The present application provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device including providing a substrate, concurrently forming a first conductive line and a bottom contact on the substrate, concurrently forming a first conductive line spacer on a sidewall of the first conductive line and a bottom contact spacer on a sidewall of the bottom contact, forming a first insulating layer over the substrate and concurrently forming an air gap between the first conductive line spacer and the bottom contact spacer.

A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode on a substrate, a capacitor dielectric film extending on the lower electrode along a side surface of the lower electrode that is perpendicular to the substrate, an upper electrode on the capacitor dielectric film, an interface layer including a hydrogen blocking film and a hydrogen bypass film on the upper electrode, the hydrogen blocking film including a conductive material, and a contact plug penetrating the interface layer and electrically connected to the upper electrode.

The present application provides a memory device with an air gap. The memory device includes an active region disposed in a substrate; a word line disposed in the substrate, wherein the word line is intersected with the active region; a contact structure disposed on the substrate, wherein the contact structure is located at a side of the word line, and electrically connected to the active region; a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the contact structure is covered by the first and second conductive layers; a conductive pillar overlapped with and electrically connected to the contact structure; a landing pad covers and electrically connects to the conductive pillar, wherein a sidewall of the conductive pillar is laterally recessed from a sidewall of the landing pad; and a dielectric layer laterally surrounding the conductive pillar and the landing pad.

A semiconductor memory device, including a first semiconductor pattern, and a second semiconductor pattern separated from the first semiconductor pattern in a vertical direction; a first bit line electrically connected to a first source/drain region of the first semiconductor pattern, and a second bit line electrically connected to a first source/drain region of the second semiconductor pattern; a word line structure in contact with the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern; and a first data storage element electrically connected to a second source/drain region of the first semiconductor pattern, and a second data storage element electrically connected to a second source/drain region of the second semiconductor pattern, wherein the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern are monocrystalline, and wherein a crystal orientation of the first semiconductor pattern is different from a crystal orientation of the second semiconductor pattern.

A stacked memory device includes a plurality of lower word lines extending in a first direction, a bit line positioned over the plurality of the lower word lines and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a plurality of upper word lines positioned over the bit line and extending in the first direction. The stacked memory device also includes a plurality of lower memory cells including a lower capacitor and a lower switching element between the lower word lines and the bit line. The stacked memory device further includes a plurality of upper memory cells including an upper capacitor and an upper switching element between the bit line and the upper word lines.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure having a test structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory device and a test structure. The memory device is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and includes a device area and an edge area. The edge area surrounds the device area. The test structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and includes a dummy area, a test edge area and a plurality of unit cells. The test edge area surrounds the dummy area. The plurality of unit cells are disposed in the test edge area, and the dummy area is free of the unit cells. A dimension of the test edge area in a top view is different from a dimension of the edge area in the top view.

Provided is a dynamic random access memory including a substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a metal filling layer, an adhesion layer, multiple work function layers, and multiple doped regions. The substrate has a trench. The gate dielectric layer is located on a sidewall and a bottom surface of the trench. The metal filling layer is located in the trench. The adhesion layer is located between the gate dielectric layer and the metal filling layer. The work function layers are located in the trench, where each work function layer is located between a sidewall of the gate dielectric layer and a sidewall of the adhesion layer. The doped regions are located in the substrate on both sides of the trench, where part of the work function layers and part of the gate dielectric layer are laterally sandwiched between part of the doped regions and part of the adhesion layer.

A semiconductor device manufacturing method according to the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure includes patterning a substrate, thereby forming an active pattern, forming a trench penetrating the active pattern, forming a support layer covering the trench, forming a first opening at the support layer, forming a gate electrode layer filling the trench through the first opening, and forming a bit line structure electrically connected to the active pattern. The support layer includes a base portion covering a top surface of the active pattern, and a support disposed in the trench.

A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first active region and a chop region. The semiconductor structure also includes a source/drain region disposed in the first active region, an isolation structure disposed in the chop region, and a gate structure extending at least across the isolation structure in the chop region. The gate structure includes a gate electrode layer and a gate lining layer lining on the gate electrode layer. The gate lining layer includes a first portion having an upper surface that is lower than a bottom surface of the source/drain region.

A semiconductor structure for a DRAM is described having multiple layers of arrays of memory cells. Memory cells in a vertical string extending through the layers have an electrical connection to one terminal of the memory cells in that string. Word lines couple the strings together. Each layer of the array also includes bit line connections to memory cells on that layer. Select transistors enable the use of folded bit lines. The memory cells preferably are thyristors. Methods of fabricating the array are described.