A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method including etching a portion of a substrate including a first region and a second region to form a device isolation trench; forming a device isolation layer defining active regions by sequentially stacking a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a third insulating layer on an inner surface of the device isolation trench; forming word lines buried in the substrate of the first region, the word lines extending in a first direction to intersect the active region of the first region, the word lines being spaced apart from each other; forming a first mask layer covering the word lines on the substrate of the first region, the first mask layer exposing the substrate of the second region; forming a channel layer on the substrate of the second region; and forming a gate electrode on the channel layer.

A method includes forming a stack of material layers to cover an array region and a periphery region of a substrate. A first patterned mask layer is formed, and the pattern of the first patterned mask layer is transferred to the stack of material layers, thereby forming a first array pattern and a first periphery pattern respectively in the array and periphery regions. A second patterned mask layer is provided above the first array and periphery patterns. The pattern of the second patterned mask is not aligned with the pattern of the first patterned mask. The pattern of the second patterned mask layer is transferred to form the first and second sacrificial patterns respectively in the array and periphery regions. The first array pattern, the first and second sacrificial patterns, and the first periphery pattern are simultaneously transferred to form a second array pattern and a second periphery pattern.

A semiconductor memory device includes a stack including a plurality of layers vertically stacked on a substrate, each of the layers including a bit line extending in a first direction and a semiconductor pattern extending from the bit line in a second direction crossing the first direction, a gate electrode along each of the semiconductor patterns stacked, a vertical insulating layer on the gate electrode, a stopper layer, and a data storing element electrically connected to each of the semiconductor patterns. The data storing element includes a first electrode electrically connected to each of the semiconductor patterns, a second electrode on the first electrode, and a dielectric layer between the first and second electrodes. The stopper layer is between the vertical insulating layer and the second electrode.

A cell array includes a substrate and a conductive line. The substrate has active areas in the substrate. The conductive line is disposed across the active areas and includes work function nodes and line sections which are horizontally and alternately arranged with work function nodes, in which each work function node is between two of the active areas.

Sacrificial plugs for forming contacts in integrated circuits, as well as methods of forming connections in integrated circuit arrays are disclosed. Various pattern transfer and etching steps can be used to create densely-packed features and the connections between features. A sacrificial material can be patterned in a continuous zig-zag line pattern that crosses word lines. Planarization can create parallelogram-shaped blocks of material that can overlie active areas to form sacrificial plugs, which can be replaced with conductive material to form contacts.

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes: etching a semiconductor substrate and forming a plurality of bodies separated from one another by a plurality of trenches; forming a protective layer with open parts to expose both sidewalls of each of the bodies; forming buried bit lines in the bodies by silicidizing exposed portions of the bodies through the open parts; and forming a dielectric layer to gap-fill the trenches and define air gaps between adjacent buried bit lines.

A semiconductor structure includes an array of fins extending horizontally across a substrate. A plurality of transistors are embedded in the fins. The transistors include a 1.sup.st S/D region and a 2.sup.nd S/D region defining a channel region therebetween. The transistors have a gate structure disposed over the channel region and extending perpendicular to the fins. An ILD layer is disposed over the structure. The ILD layer includes a plurality of TS trenches disposed over the 1.sup.st and 2.sup.nd S/D regions. The TS tranches extend parallel to the gate structures. A plurality of storage capacitors are disposed within the TS trenches. The storage capacitors include a 1.sup.st metal terminal electrically connected to one of the 1.sup.st and 2.sup.nd S/D regions, a 2.sup.nd metal terminal and a capacitor dielectric disposed therebetween. Each transistor is electrically connected to a single storage capacitor to form an eDRAM cell.

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.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: forming a capacitor on a substrate, where a first support layer is provided between parts of the first electrodes in the capacitor away from the substrate; removing part of a second electrode and part of a first dielectric layer to expose a surface of the first support layer away from the substrate; forming, on the surface of the first support layer away from the substrate, a second support layer having a first hole structure; forming, on a side surface of the first hole structure, a third electrode in contact with the first electrode; forming a second dielectric layer covering the third electrode and being in contact with the first dielectric layer; and forming, on a side surface of the second dielectric layer, a fourth electrode in contact with the second electrode.

A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor patterns stacked to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction, perpendicular to an upper surface of a substrate, and extending in a second direction, parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, a plurality of first conductive patterns extending in a third direction, perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, on the plurality of semiconductor patterns, a plurality of second conductive patterns extending in the first direction on the substrate, a plurality of capacitors electrically connected to the plurality of semiconductor patterns, respectively, and at least one epitaxial layer disposed to be in contact with at least one of both end surfaces of at least one of the plurality of semiconductor patterns and including an impurity.