Some embodiments include a NAND memory array having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. The conductive levels include terminal regions, and include nonterminal regions proximate the terminal regions. The terminal regions are vertically thicker than the nonterminal regions, and are configured as segments which are vertically stacked one atop another and which are vertically spaced from one another. Blocks are adjacent to the segments and have approximately a same vertical thickness as the segments. The blocks include high-k dielectric material, charge-blocking material and charge-storage material. Channel material extends vertically along the stack and is adjacent to the blocks. Some embodiments include integrated assemblies. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.

A semiconductor process system etches gate metals on semiconductor wafers. The semiconductor process system includes a machine learning based analysis model. The analysis model dynamically selects process conditions for an atomic layer etching process. The process system then uses the selected process conditions data for the next etching process.

A semiconductor device is provided, including a substrate, a transistor structure, a metal silicide layer, and a metal silicon nitride layer. The transistor structure is formed on the substrate. The transistor structure includes a source region, a drain region and a gate structure. The gate structure is located between the source region and the drain region. The metal silicide layer is formed on the top surface of the source region and the top surface of the drain region, and the metal silicon nitride layer is formed on the surface of the metal silicide layer.

A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: first and second regions that are provided in a substrate, the first and second regions containing impurities of a first conductivity type; a gate electrode disposed above the substrate between the first and second regions; first and second metal silicide layers disposed in the first and second regions, respectively; and first and second contacts connected to the first and second regions via the first and second metal silicide layers, respectively, in which the first and second contacts include: first and second oxidized silicide layers that are disposed at lower end portions of the first and second contacts and contain a predetermined metal different from metals included in the first and second metal silicide layers, respective; and metal layers that are in contact with the first and second oxidized silicide layers and extend in a second direction that intersects the first direction, respectively.

A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate that includes first, second, and third regions spaced apart from each other in a first direction on a well region; first and second conductive layers that are spaced apart in the first direction; a first contact connected to the first region and passing through a first opening through the first conductive layer; a second contact connected to the third region and passing through a second opening through the second conductive layer; and third and fourth conductive layers that are between the first and second conductive layers and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The first conductive layer and the first contact are connected to each other to be at substantially the same potential, and the second conductive layer and the second contact are connected to each other to be at substantially the same potential.

A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode formed on a silicon substrate via a gate insulation film in correspondence to a channel region, source and drain regions of a p-type diffusion region formed in the silicon substrate at respective outer sides of sidewall insulation films of the gate electrode, and a pair of SiGe mixed crystal regions formed in the silicon substrate at respective outer sides of the sidewall insulation films in epitaxial relationship to the silicon substrate, the SiGe mixed crystal regions being defined by respective sidewall surfaces facing with each other, wherein, in each of the SiGe mixed crystal regions, the sidewall surface is defined by a plurality of facets forming respective, mutually different angles with respect to a principal surface of the silicon substrate.

A semiconductor device with improved roll-off resistivity and reliability are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate dielectric overlying a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric, a gate silicide region on the gate electrode, a source/drain region adjacent the gate dielectric, and a source/drain silicide region on the source/drain region, wherein the source/drain silicide region and the gate silicide region have different metal compositions.

A semiconductor device is provided that includes a gate structure on a channel region of a substrate. A source region and a drain region are present on opposing sides of the channel region. A first metal semiconductor alloy is present on an upper surface of at least one of the source and drain regions. The first metal semiconductor alloy extends to a sidewall of the gate structure. A dielectric layer is present over the gate structure and the first metal semiconductor alloy. An opening is present through the dielectric layer to a portion of the first metal semiconductor alloy that is separated from the gate structure. A second metal semiconductor alloy is present in the opening, is in direct contact with the first metal semiconductor alloy, and has an upper surface that is vertically offset and is located above the upper surface of the first metal semiconductor alloy.

Provided is a semiconductor device including: a substrate containing a semiconductor material; an electrode provided on a substrate surface of the substrate, the electrode containing a metal material; and a mixed member provided on the substrate surface to be in contact with the electrode, the mixed member containing the semiconductor material and the metal material, in which a portion of the substrate surface is exposed at an end of the substrate.

An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate, insulation regions extending into the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor fin protruding above the insulation regions. The insulation regions have a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion and the second portion on opposite sides of the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin has a first height. The integrated circuit device further includes a gate stack over a middle portion of the semiconductor fin, and a fin spacer on a sidewall of an end portion of the semiconductor fin. The fin spacer has a second height. The first height is greater than about two times the second height.