Embodiments provide a memory device and a method for fabricating the same, relating to the field of semiconductor technology. The method includes: forming buried gate structures in a first direction in a substrate; patterning the substrate, cutting off the buried gate structures, and forming active structures arranged at parallel intervals and isolation grooves between the active structures in a second direction, where the active structures are island-shaped columnar bodies, and the active structures include the buried gate structures; forming isolation structures in the isolation grooves, where surfaces of the isolation structures are flush with surfaces of the active structures; and forming conductive word lines in the first direction on the surfaces of isolation structures and the surfaces of the active structures, where the conductive word lines cover upper surfaces of the buried gate structures in the active structures.

The disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, a layout of the semiconductor structure and a semiconductor device. The semiconductor structure includes: a plurality of first conductive layers which are spaced; a plurality of capacitor banks, and the capacitor bank being on the first conductive layer in one-to-one correspondence and the capacitor bank including at least a capacitor, each of the capacitor including a lower electrode layer, a capacitance dielectric layer and an upper electrode layer stacked from bottom to top; a capacitor plate, which is on each of the upper electrode layer; and a second conductive layer, which is above the capacitor plate and connected with the capacitor plate.

A method includes forming a plurality of first line-shaped mask patterns over a substrate including a memory cell region and an array edge region; forming a plurality of second line-shaped mask patterns over the plurality of first line-shaped mask patterns; removing first portions from the plurality of first line-shaped mask patterns in the memory cell region to leave a plurality of island-shaped mask patterns above the memory cell region; removing second portions from the plurality of first line-shaped mask patterns in the array edge region to leave a holes-provided mask pattern above the array edge region; forming a mask pattern which includes a plurality of holes provided on portions; and forming, with the mask pattern which includes the plurality of holes, a plurality of contact holes in the array edge region to provide a plurality of contact electrodes connected to a plurality of word-lines.

A semiconductor device includes: an active layer including a channel which is spaced apart from a substrate and extending in a direction parallel to a surface of the substrate; a gate dielectric layer formed over the active layer; a word line oriented laterally over the gate insulating layer to face the active layer, and including a low work function electrode and a high work function electrode which is parallel to the low work function electrode; and a dielectric capping layer disposed between the high work function electrode and the low work function electrode.

A semiconductor device includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line spaced apart from the first conductive line. A semiconductor pattern is disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line. The semiconductor pattern includes a first semiconductor pattern having first-conductivity-type impurities disposed adjacent to the first conductive line. A second semiconductor pattern having second-conductivity-type impurities is disposed adjacent to the second conductive line. A third semiconductor pattern is disposed between the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern. The third semiconductor pattern includes a first region disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor pattern and a second region disposed between the first region and the second semiconductor pattern. At least one of the first region and the second region comprises an intrinsic semiconductor layer. A first gate line crosses the first region and a second gate line crosses the second region.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device structure with a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) region and a method for forming the semiconductor device structure. The semiconductor device structure also includes a well region disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a first shallow trench isolation (STI) structure extending into the well region. The first STI structure comprises a first liner contacting the well region; a second liner covering the first liner and contacting the pad oxide layer and the pad nitride layer; a third liner covering the second liner, wherein the first liner, the second liner and the third liner are made of different materials; and a first trench filling layer disposed over the third liner and separated from the second liner by the third liner.

Described are memory devices having a metal silicide, resulting in a low resistance contact. Methods of forming a memory device are described. The methods include forming a metal silicide layer on a semiconductor material layer on a memory stack, the semiconductor material layer having a capacitor side and a bit line side. A capacitor is then formed on the capacitor side of the metal silicide layer, and a bit line is formed on the bit line side of the metal silicide layer.

A 3D device, the device including: at least a first level including logic circuits; and at least a second level bonded to the first level, where the second level includes a plurality of transistors, where the device include connectivity structures, where the connectivity structures include at least one of the following: a. differential signaling, or b. radio frequency transmission lines, or c. Surface Waves Interconnect (SWI) lines, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions and metal to metal bond regions.

The disclosure relates to a semiconductor storage device and a forming method thereof. The semiconductor storage device includes a substrate; a plurality of active region structures provided on the substrate; a shallow trench isolation structure provided within the substrate, the shallow trench isolation structure surround the plurality of active region structures; a plurality of conductive line structures, extending parallel to each other along a first direction, the conductive line structure include a first region and a second region, the first region being located over each of the plurality of active region structures, the second region is located over the shallow trench isolation structure; in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the depth of the first region is greater than the depth of the second region.

An integrated circuit device includes a device isolation trench defining an active area, a gate trench extending in a first direction across the active area and the device isolation film, a gate dielectric film covering an inner wall of the gate trench, and a conductive line filling a part of the gate trench above the gate dielectric film. The active area includes a fin body portion located under the conductive line, and a thinner fin portion protruding from the fin body portion toward the conductive line and having a width less than a width of the fin body portion in the first direction.