A semiconductor structure includes a power rail contact at least partially disposed between a first source/drain region of a first vertical fin structure and a second source/drain region of a second vertical fin structure. The power rail contact is in contact with a buried power rail disposed under the first and second vertical fin structures. The power rail contact is in contact with at least one of the first and second source/drain regions. A contact cap is disposed above the power rail contact.

A preparation method for a semiconductor structure includes the following operations. A bit line structure, active pillars, and a word line structure are formed in turn on a substrate. Bottom ends of the active pillars are connected to the bit line structure, and the active pillars are connected with the word line structure. A pillar-shaped conductive structure is formed on the active pillars, and a cup-shaped conductive structure is formed on the pillar-shaped conductive structure. There is an electrode gap between the pillar-shaped conductive structure and the cup-shaped conductive structure, and the pillar-shaped conductive structure and the cup-shaped conductive structure form a lower electrode. A dielectric layer is formed on a surface of the lower electrode. An upper electrode is formed on a surface of the dielectric layer. The upper electrode fills the electrode gap.

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 vertical type transistor includes: a substrate; a first source/drain electrode layer provided on the substrate; a second source/drain electrode layer provided above the first source/drain electrode layer; a first gate electrode layer provided between the first and second source/drain electrode layers; a first gate insulating film passing through the first gate electrode layer; a hole passing through the second source/drain electrode layer, the first gate insulating film, and the first source/drain electrode layer; and a first channel layer provided on a lateral side of the hole, wherein the first channel layer may include a 2D semiconductor.

A semiconductor device including: a first structure including: a first semiconductor pattern protruding from a substrate, the first semiconductor pattern being a channel; a first conductive pattern surrounding the first semiconductor pattern, the first conductive pattern being a gate electrode; a first impurity region under the first semiconductor pattern, the first impurity region contacting the first semiconductor pattern, the first impurity region being a source or drain region; and a second impurity region contacting the first semiconductor pattern, the second impurity region being the other of the source or drain region; and a second structure including: second semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other, each of the second semiconductor patterns protruding from the substrate; second conductive patterns surrounding the second semiconductor patterns, respectively; and first contact plugs connected to the second conductive patterns, wherein the first structure is a vfet, and the second structure includes a resistor or a capacitor.

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 thin-film memory transistor includes a source region, a drain region, a channel region, a gate electrode, and a charge-trapping layer provided between the channel region and the gate electrode and electrically isolated therefrom, wherein the charge-trapping layer has includes a number of charge-trapping sites that is 70% occupied or evacuated using a single voltage pulse of a predetermined width of 500 nanoseconds or less and a magnitude of 15.0 volts or less. The charge-trapping layer comprises silicon-rich nitride may have a refractive index of 2.05 or greater or comprises nano-crystals of germanium (Ge), zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2), or zinc oxide (ZnO). The thin-film memory transistor may be implemented, for example, in a 3-dimensional array of NOR memory strings formed above a planar surface of a semiconductor substrate.

Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having pillars arranged in an array. The pillars have channel regions between upper and lower source/drain regions. Gating structures are proximate to the channel regions and extend along a row direction. Digit lines are beneath the pillars, extend along a column direction, and are coupled with the lower source/drain regions. Linear structures are above the pillars and extend along the column direction. Bottom electrodes are coupled with the upper source/drain regions. The bottom electrodes have horizontal segments adjacent the upper source/drain regions and have vertical segments extending upwardly from the horizontal segments. The vertical segments are adjacent to lateral sides of the linear structures. Ferroelectric-insulative-material and top-electrode-material are over the bottom electrodes. A slit passes through the top-electrode-material, is directly over one of the linear structures, and extends along the column direction.

Embodiments relate to a semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The method includes: providing a substrate, a first trench being formed in the substrate; forming a protective layer in the first trench, the protective layer covering a side wall and a bottom of the first trench; etching the protective layer and the substrate at the bottom of the first trench to form second trenches; forming a passivation layer at a bottom of each of the second trenches; and etching a side wall of each of the second trenches to form a groove, and forming a dielectric layer in the groove. The method can eliminate a process of forming a bit line contact structure, thereby reducing resistance of a bit line and simplifying fabrication processes of the bit line.

A semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing same. The semiconductor structure includes a storage unit, which includes: a first dielectric layer and a metal bit line located therein; a semiconductor channel, located on the metal bit line; a word line, disposed surrounding part of the semiconductor channel; a second dielectric layer, located between the metal bit line and the word line, and on top of the word line; a first and a second lower electrode layers, stacked on the semiconductor channel, the first lower electrode layer contacting the top surface of the semiconductor channel; an upper electrode layer, located on top of the second lower electrode layer, and surrounding the first and the second lower electrode layers; and a capacitor dielectric layer, located between the upper electrode layer and the first lower electrode layer, and between the upper electrode layer and the second lower electrode layer.