A semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure and a second stacked structure spaced apart from each other on a substrate, and a plurality of separation structures and a plurality of vertical memory structures alternately arranged between the first stacked structure and the second stacked structure in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. Each of the first and second stacked structures includes a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of gate layers alternately repeatedly stacked on the lower structure. Each of the vertical memory structures includes a first data storage structure facing the first stacked structure and a second data storage structure facing the second stacked structure. Side surfaces of the first and second stacked structures facing the vertical memory structures are concave in a plan view.

A memory cell comprises a nanowire structure comprising a channel region and source/drain regions of a transistor. The nanowire structure also comprises as first conductor of a capacitive device as a vertical extension of the nanowire structure.

A three-dimensional resistive random access memory structure includes a base layer, a first layer, a second layer, a third layer and a fourth layer. The first layer includes two first conductive layers and a first via. One of the two first conductive layers is electrically connected between the base layer and the first via. The second layer includes three second conductive layers and two second vias. Two first resistive elements are formed between one of the two second vias and two of the three second conductive layers. The third layer includes three third conductive layers and two third vias. Two second resistive elements are formed between one of the two third vias and two of the three third conductive layers. The fourth layer includes a fourth conductive layer. The fourth conductive layer is electrically connected to the two third vias.

A semiconductor memory device disposed over a substrate includes a common electrode, a selector material layer surrounding the common electrode, and a plurality of phase change material layers in contact with the selector material layer.

A semiconductor structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and composite layers. Each of the composite layers includes a plurality of electrically conductive word line strips laterally extending along a first horizontal direction and a plurality of dielectric isolation strips laterally extending along the first horizontal direction and interlaced with the plurality of electrically conductive word line strips. Rows of memory openings are arranged along the first horizontal direction. Each row of memory openings vertically extends through each insulating layer within the alternating stack and one electrically conductive strip for each of the composite layers. Rows of memory opening fill structures are located within the rows of memory openings. Each of the memory opening fill structures includes a respective vertical stack of memory elements and a respective vertical semiconductor channel.

A semiconductor device includes a stacked structure with insulating layers and conductive layers that are alternately stacked on each other, a hard mask pattern on the stacked structure, a channel structure penetrating the hard mask pattern and the stacked structure, insulating patterns interposed between the insulating layers and the channel structure, wherein the insulating patterns protrude farther towards the channel structure than a sidewall of the hard mask pattern, and a memory layer interposed between the stacked structure and the channel structure, wherein the memory layer fills a space between the insulating patterns.

The present disclosure provides a 1T1R resistive random access memory and a manufacturing method thereof, and a device. The 1T1R resistive random access memory includes: a memory cell array composed of multiple 1T1R resistive random access memory cells, each 1T1R resistive random access memory cell including a transistor and a resistance switching device (30). The transistor includes a channel layer (201), a gate layer (204) insulated from the channel layer (201), and a drain layer (203) and a source layer (202) disposed on the channel layer (201), and the drain layer (203) and the source layer (202) are vertically distributed on the channel layer (201). The resistance change device (30) is disposed near the drain layer (203). The disclosure reduces the area of a transistor, thereby significantly improving the memory density of the resistive random access memory.

A variable resistance memory device including a substrate; horizontal structures spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate; variable resistance patterns on the horizontal structures, respectively; and conductive lines on the variable resistance patterns, respectively, wherein each of the horizontal structures includes a first electrode pattern, a semiconductor pattern, and a second electrode pattern arranged along a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, and each of the variable resistance patterns is between one of the second electrode patterns and a corresponding one of the conductive lines.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a preliminary source structure including a source sacrificial layer and an upper source layer, forming a hole in the preliminary source structure, forming a preliminary memory layer on a surface of the hole, forming a channel layer on the preliminary memory layer, forming a trench passing through the upper source layer, forming a first buffer pattern by performing a surface treatment on a side portion of the upper source layer exposed by the trench, forming a cavity exposing a portion of the preliminary memory layer by removing the source sacrificial layer, forming an expanded cavity exposing a portion of the channel layer by removing the portion of the preliminary memory layer, and forming a source layer in the expanded cavity.

A resistive memory device includes: conductive layers and interlayer insulating layers, which are alternatively stacked; a vertical hole vertically penetrating the conductive layers and the interlayer insulating layers; a gate insulating layer disposed over an inner wall of the vertical hole; a charge trap layer disposed over an inner wall of the gate insulating layer; a channel layer disposed over an inner wall of the charge trap layer; and a variable resistance layer disposed over an inner wall of the channel layer.