According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a ferroelectric layer and a first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is electrically connected to a first electrode and a second electrode and includes an n-type oxide semiconductor. A third electrode is opposite the first semiconductor layer. The ferroelectric layer is between the third electrode and the first semiconductor layer. A second semiconductor layer includes at least one of a Group IV semiconductor material or a p-type oxide semiconductor material. The first semiconductor layer is between the ferroelectric layer and the second semiconductor layer.

In an embodiment, a device includes: a source line extending in a first direction; a bit line extending in the first direction; a back gate between the source line and the bit line, the back gate extending in the first direction; a channel layer surrounding the back gate; a word line extending in a second direction, the second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a data storage layer extending along the word line, the data storage layer between the word line and the channel layer, the data storage layer between the word line and the bit line, the data storage layer between the word line and the source line.

A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first stacked structure including a plurality of first insulating patterns and a plurality of first semiconductor patterns alternately stacked on a substrate, the first stacked structure extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, a first conductive pattern on one side surface of the first stacked structure, the first conductive pattern extending in a second direction crossing the upper surface of the substrate, and a first ferroelectric layer between the first stacked structure and the first conductive pattern, the first ferroelectric layer extending in the second direction, wherein each of the first semiconductor patterns includes a first impurity region, a first channel region and a second impurity region which are sequentially arranged along the first direction.

A device includes a semiconductor fin, a first epitaxy structure and a gate stack. The semiconductor fin protrudes from a substrate. The first epitaxy feature laterally surrounds a first portion of the semiconductor fin. The gate stack laterally surrounds a second portion of the semiconductor fin above the first portion of the semiconductor fin, wherein the second portion of the semiconductor fin has a lower surface roughness than the first epitaxy feature.

A semiconductor device includes a gate isolation structure on a shallow trench isolation (STI), a first epitaxial layer on one side of the gate isolation structure, a second epitaxial layer on another side of the gate isolation structure, first fin-shaped structures directly under the first epitaxial layer, and second fin-shaped structures directly under the second epitaxial layer, in which the STI surrounds the first fin-shaped structures and the second fin-shaped structures.

A memory cell includes a transistor including a memory film extending along a word line; a channel layer extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the channel layer and the word line; a source line extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the source line and the word line; a first contact layer on the source line, wherein the first contact layer contacts the channel layer and the memory film; a bit line extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the bit line and the word line; a second contact layer on the bit line, wherein the second contact layer contacts the channel layer and the memory film; and an isolation region between the source line and the bit line.

A method of forming an arrangement of active and inactive fins on a substrate, including forming at least three vertical fins on the substrate, forming a protective liner on at least three of the at least three vertical fins, removing at least a portion of the protective liner on the one of the at least three of the at least three of vertical fins, and converting the one of the at least three of the at least three vertical fins to an inactive vertical fin.

An embodiment of a semiconductor device includes forming an active region that extends vertically into the semiconductor material in which the semiconductor device is formed. The active region may include a P-N junction or alternately a gate or a channel region of an MOS transistor.

A semiconductor device includes first active patterns on a PMOSFET section of a logic cell region of a substrate, second active patterns on an NMOSFET section of the logic cell region, third active patterns on a memory cell region of the substrate, fourth active patterns between the third active patterns, and a device isolation layer that fills a plurality of first trenches and a plurality of second trenches. Each of the first trenches is interposed between the first active patterns and between the second active patterns. Each of the second trenches is interposed between the fourth active patterns and between the third and fourth active patterns. Each of the third and fourth active patterns includes first and second semiconductor patterns that are vertically spaced apart from each other. Depths of the second trenches are greater than depths of the first trenches.

A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a plurality of first metal layers; a second level, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level includes at least one single crystal silicon layer, where the second level includes a plurality of transistors, where each transistor of the plurality of transistors includes a single crystal channel, where the second level includes a plurality of second metal layers, where the plurality of second metal layers include interconnections between the transistors of the plurality of transistors, and where the second level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; and a connective path between the plurality of transistors and the plurality of first metal layers, where the connective path includes a via disposed through at least the single crystal silicon layer, and where the via includes contact with at least one of the plurality of transistors.