Patent ID: 11877450
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A semiconductor memory device comprising:
a first stacked structure on a substrate, the first stacked structure including a cell region and a first staircase portion extending in a first direction;
a second stacked structure on the first stacked structure, the second stacked structure including a second staircase portion extending in the first direction, the second staircase portion at least partially overlapping the first staircase portion in a second direction; and
a first contact plug and a second contact plug on the first staircase portion and the second staircase portion, the first contact plug and the second contact plug penetrating the first stacked structure and the second stacked structure,
wherein the first stacked structure includes first electrode pads stacked in the second direction, the second stacked structure includes second electrode pads stacked in the second direction, one of the first electrode pads surrounds an outer surface of the first contact plug, and one of the second electrode pads surrounds an outer surface of the second contact plug.