A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a buried gate structure in the substrate. The buried gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer, a first work function layer, a barrier layer, and a second work function layer. The gate dielectric layer is formed on the sidewalls and the bottom surface of a trench. The work function layer is formed in the trench and contacts the sidewalls and the bottom surface of the gate dielectric layer. The barrier layer is formed on the top surface of the first work function layer. The second work function layer is formed on the barrier layer, and the sidewall of the second work function layer is separated from the gate dielectric layer by a distance. The semiconductor structure further includes an insulating layer in the trench and on the second work function layer.

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell area and a peripheral area, a plurality of capacitors including a plurality of lower electrodes arranged in the cell area, a plurality of capacitor dielectric layers covering the plurality of lower electrodes, and an upper electrode on the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers, an etch stop layer covering the upper electrode, a filling insulation layer covering the etch stop layer and arranged in the cell area and the peripheral area, a plurality of wiring lines on the filling insulation layer, and a first wiring contact plug electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of wiring lines to the upper electrode. The upper electrode includes a first upper electrode layer covering the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers and including a semiconductor material and a second upper electrode layer covering the first upper electrode layer and including a metallic material.

An IC package includes a substrate, a first monolithic die, a second monolithic die and a third monolithic die. A processing unit circuit is formed in the first monolithic die. A plurality of SRAM arrays are formed in the second monolithic die, wherein the plurality of SRAM arrays include at least 5-20 G Bytes. A plurality of DRAM arrays are formed in the third monolithic die, wherein the plurality of DRAM arrays include at least 64-512 G Bytes. The first monolithic die, the second monolithic die and the third monolithic die are vertically stacked above the substrate. The third monolithic die is electrically connected to the first monolithic die through the second monolithic die.

Embodiments of the present application disclose a semiconductor structure, a formation method thereof and a memory. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a channel located in the substrate, the channel being configured to form a gate structure; and a convex portion arranged on an inner wall of the channel. The embodiments of the present application can increase a channel length and solve a short-channel effect.

A semiconductor memory device includes active regions including first impurity regions and second impurity regions, word lines on the active regions and extended in a first direction, bit lines on the word lines and extended in a second direction crossing the first direction, the bit lines being connected to the first impurity regions, first contact plugs between the bit lines, the first contact plugs being connected to the second impurity regions, landing pads on the first contact plugs, respectively, and gap-fill structures filling spaces between the landing pads, top surfaces of the gap-fill structures being higher than top surfaces of the landing pads.

A semiconductor device including a substrate; bottom electrodes on the substrate, each bottom electrode including a first region and a second region, the second region containing an additional element relative to the first region; a first supporting pattern on the substrate and in contact with a portion of a side surface of each bottom electrode; a top electrode on the bottom electrodes; a dielectric layer between the bottom electrodes and the top electrode; and a capping layer between the bottom electrodes and the dielectric layer, the capping layer covering a top surface and a bottom surface of the first supporting pattern, wherein the second region is in contact with the capping layer, and the capping layer and the dielectric layer include different materials from each other.

Disclosed are DRAM devices and methods of forming DRAM devices. One method may include forming a plurality of trenches and angled structures, each angled structure including a first sidewall opposite a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall extends over an adjacent trench. The method may include forming a spacer along a bottom surface of the trench, along the second sidewall, and along the first sidewall, wherein the spacer has an opening at a bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include forming a drain in each of the angled structures by performing an ion implant, which impacts the first sidewall through the opening at the bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include removing the spacer from the first sidewall, forming a bitline over the spacer along the bottom surface of each of the trenches, and forming a series of wordlines along the angled structures.

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate which includes a cell region and a core region, a boundary element separation film which is placed inside the substrate, and separates the cell region and the core region, and a bit line which is placed on the cell region and the boundary element separation film and extends along a first direction, in which the boundary element separation film includes a first region and a second region, a height of an upper side of the first region of the boundary element separation film is different from a height of an upper side of the second region of the boundary element separation film, on a basis of a bottom side of the boundary element separation film, and the bit line is placed over the first region and the second region of the boundary element separation film.

A method of forming a semiconductor memory device includes the following steps. First of all, a substrate is provided, and a plurality of gates is formed in the substrate, along a first direction. Next, a semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate, covering the gates, and a plug is then in the semiconductor layer, between two of the gates. Then, a deposition process is performed to from a stacked structure on the semiconductor layer. Finally, the stacked structure is patterned to form a plurality of bit lines, with one of the bit lines directly in contact with the plug.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a pair of source/drain regions, a metal-containing layer, and a gate structure. The substrate includes a trench. The source/drain regions are disposed in the substrate on opposite sides of the trench. The metal-containing layer is disposed under the trench, wherein the metal-containing layer includes a metal silicide layer, and the metal-containing layer and the substrate on opposite sidewalls of the trench collectively form the channel region of the semiconductor device. The gate structure is disposed in the trench. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer disposed on opposite sidewalls of the trench, a buffer layer disposed on the metal-containing layer, and a gate conductive layer disposed on the buffer layer and filling in the trench.