The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory and a semiconductor memory, and relates to the technical field of storage devices. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor memory includes: providing a substrate, where multiple active regions arranged at intervals are provided in the substrate; each of the active regions includes a first contact region and second contact regions; forming a bump on each of the second contact regions; forming multiple bit line (BL) structures arranged at intervals on the substrate; forming a first isolation layer covering the BL structures and covering the substrate, where multiple filling holes are provided in the first isolation layer; and forming a wire in each of the filling holes, the wire being electrically connected to the bump.

There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method of a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes: a first channel structure and a second channel structure, extending in a first direction; a third channel structure disposed between the first channel structure and the second channel structure, the third channel structure extending in the first direction; and a plurality of conductive layers surrounding the first channel structure, the second channel structure, and the third channel structure, the plurality of conductive layers being stacked to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The third channel structure is spaced apart from the first channel structure and the second channel structure without interposition of the plurality of conductive layers.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive layer, a first semiconductor body, a second semiconductor body, a first memory layer, and a second memory layer. The first conductive layer includes first to fourth extension regions, and a first connection region. The first extension region extends in a first direction. The second extension region extends in the first direction and is arranged with the first extension region in the first direction. The third extension region extends in the first direction and is arranged with the first extension region in a second direction crossing the first direction. The fourth extension region extends in the first direction, is arranged with the third extension region in the first direction, and is arranged with the second extension region in the second direction.

Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices with multiple layers of gate metal, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack; an insulating material above the quantum well stack, wherein the insulating material includes a trench; and a gate on the insulating material and extending into the trench, wherein the gate includes a first gate metal in the trench and a second gate metal above the first gate metal.

A three-dimensional semiconductor devices including a substrate, a stack structure including gate electrodes on the substrate and string selection electrodes spaced apart from each other on the gate electrodes, a first separation structure running in a first direction across the stack structure and being between the string selection electrodes, vertical channel structures penetrating the stack structure, and bit lines connected to the vertical channel structures and extending in a second direction may be provided. A first subset of the vertical channel structures is connected in common to one of the bit lines. The vertical channel structures of the first subset may be adjacent to each other in the second direction across the first separation structure. Each of the string selection electrodes may surround each of the vertical channel structures of the first subset.

A memory and a method for preparing a memory are provided. The method for preparing the memory includes: providing a substrate, in which the substrate includes a first N-type active region and a first P-type active region; forming an epitaxial layer covering the first P-type active region, in which the epitaxial layer exposes the first N-type active region; simultaneously forming a first gate dielectric layer covering the first N-type active region and a second gate dielectric layer covering the epitaxial layer, in which a thickness of the first gate dielectric layer is substantially the same as a thickness of the second gate dielectric layer; forming a first gate covering the first gate dielectric layer to form a first N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) device; and forming a second gate covering the second gate dielectric layer to form a first P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) device.

Three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In certain aspects, a stack structure includes interleaved dielectric layers and conductive layers, a channel structure extending in the stack structure, and a doped semiconductor layer arranged on the stack structure. The doped semiconductor layer covers an end of the channel structure and the stack structure, the channel structure includes a channel layer, and the channel layer includes a doped channel layer.

Three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In certain aspects, a 3D memory device includes a first semiconductor assembly, a second semiconductor assembly, and an inter-assembly bonding layer between the first semiconductor assembly and the second semiconductor assembly. The first semiconductor assembly includes a first array structure and a first periphery structure. The first array structure includes a first memory stack having a plurality of interleaved stack conductive layers and stack dielectric layers. The first periphery structure includes a plurality of first peripheral circuits electrically connected to the first memory stack. The second semiconductor assembly includes a second array structure and a second periphery structure. The second array structure includes a second memory stack having a plurality of interleaved stack conductive layers and stack dielectric layers. The second periphery structure includes a plurality of second peripheral circuits electrically connected to the second memory stack.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, gate electrodes stacked and spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, channel structures penetrating the gate electrodes, extending in the first direction, and each including a channel layer, separation regions penetrating the gate electrodes, extending in the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and spaced apart from each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and crack prevention layers disposed on at least a portion of the separation regions, wherein each of the separation regions includes a lower region and upper regions spaced apart from each other in the second direction on the lower region and protruding upwardly from the lower region, and wherein the crack prevention layers are in contact with upper surfaces of the upper regions.

A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a first plug and two metal lines. The substrate has a shallow trench isolation and an active area, and the gate structure is disposed on the substrate to cover a boundary between the active area and the shallow trench isolation. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate, to cover the gate structure, and the first plug is disposed in the first dielectric layer to directly in contact with a conductive layer of the gate structure and the active area. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, with the first plug and the gate being entirely covered by the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The two metal lines are disposed in the second dielectric layer.