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公开(公告)号:US20230187346A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-15
申请号:US18164903
申请日:2023-02-06
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Naveen Kaushik , Sidhartha Gupta , Pankaj Sharma , Haitao Liu
IPC: H01L23/522 , G11C5/06 , H01L21/48 , H01L21/768 , H10B41/27 , H10B43/27
CPC classification number: H01L23/5226 , G11C5/06 , H01L21/486 , H01L21/76802 , H01L21/76877 , H10B41/27 , H10B43/27
Abstract: A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a stack structure comprising vertically alternating insulating structures and conductive structures arranged in tiers. Each of the tiers individually comprises one of the insulating structures and one of the conductive structures. A sacrificial material is formed over the stack structure and pillar structures are formed to extend vertically through the stack structure and the sacrificial material. The method comprises forming conductive plug structures within upper portions of the pillar structures, forming slots extending vertically through the stack structure and the sacrificial material, at least partially removing the sacrificial material to form openings horizontally interposed between the conductive plug structures, and forming a low-K dielectric material within the openings. Microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US11653488B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-16
申请号:US16869339
申请日:2020-05-07
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Litao Yang , Srinivas Pulugurtha , Haitao Liu
IPC: H01L21/322 , H01L27/11 , H01L29/76 , H01L29/792 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/108 , H01L23/522 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/786 , H01L29/78
CPC classification number: H01L27/10802 , H01L23/5225 , H01L29/42392 , H01L29/66969 , H01L29/7841 , H01L29/7869 , H01L29/78642 , H01L29/78696
Abstract: An apparatus comprises a first conductive structure and at least one transistor in electrical communication with the first conductive structure. The at least one transistor comprises a lower conductive contact coupled to the first conductive structure and a split-body channel on the lower conductive contact. The split-body channel comprises a first semiconductive pillar and a second semiconductive pillar horizontally neighboring the first semiconductive pillar. The at least one transistor also comprises a gate structure horizontally interposed between the first semiconductive pillar and the second semiconductive pillar of the split-body channel and an upper conductive contact vertically overlying the gate structure and coupled to the split-body channel. Portions of the gate structure surround three sides of each of the first semiconductive pillar and the second semiconductive pillar. Memory devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming the apparatus are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230138620A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17515782
申请日:2021-11-01
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Haitao Liu , Litao Yang , Kamal M. Karda
IPC: H01L27/11551 , H01L21/8234 , H01L21/02
Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for two transistor cells for vertical three-dimensional memory. The memory has serially connected horizontally oriented transistors each having an independent first source/drain region and a shared second source/drain region separated by channel regions, and gates opposing the channel regions and separated therefrom by a gate dielectric;
pairs of vertically oriented access lines coupled to the gates and separated from the channel region by the gate dielectric; and horizontally oriented digit lines electrically coupled to the first source/drain regions of the horizontally oriented transistors.-
公开(公告)号:US11641732B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-02
申请号:US17237664
申请日:2021-04-22
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Litao Yang , Si-Woo Lee , Haitao Liu , Kamal M. Karda
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L27/11507 , H01L27/11514
Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for self-aligned etch back for vertical three dimensional (3D) memory. One example method includes depositing layers of a first dielectric material, a semiconductor material, and a second dielectric material to form a vertical stack, forming first vertical openings to form elongated vertical, pillar columns with first vertical sidewalls in the vertical stack, and forming second vertical openings through the vertical stack to expose second vertical sidewalls. Further, the example method includes removing portions of the semiconductor material to form first horizontal openings and depositing a fill in the first horizontal openings. The method can further include forming third vertical openings to expose third vertical sidewalls in the vertical stack and selectively removing the fill material to form a plurality of second horizontal openings in which to form horizontally oriented storage nodes.
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公开(公告)号:US11631453B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US17545756
申请日:2021-12-08
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Haitao Liu , Karthik Sarpatwari , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy
IPC: G11C11/00 , G11C11/4097 , G11C11/4096 , H01L27/108 , G11C11/4094
Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes multiple levels of two-transistor (2T) memory cells vertically arranged above a substrate. Each 2T memory cell includes a charge storage transistor having a gate, a write transistor having a gate, a vertically extending access line, and a single bit line pair. The source or drain region of the write transistor is directly coupled to a charge storage structure of the charge storage transistor. The vertically extending access line is coupled to gates of both the charge storage transistor and the write transistor of 2T memory cells in multiple respective levels of the multiple vertically arranged levels. The vertically extending access line and the single bit line pair are used for both write operations and read operations of each of the 2T memory cells to which they are coupled.
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公开(公告)号:US20230031362A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-02
申请号:US17387669
申请日:2021-07-28
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Haitao Liu , Kamal M. Karda , Albert Fayrushin , Yingda Dong
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L29/423 , H01L27/11556 , H01L21/28
Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a memory cell included in a memory cell string; the memory cell including charge storage structure and channel structure separated from the charge storage structure by a dielectric structure; a first control gate associated with the memory cell and located on a first side of the charge storage structure and a first side of the channel structure; and a second control gate associated with the memory cell and electrically separated from the first control gate, the second control gate located on a second side of the charge storage structure and a second side of the channel structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20230030585A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-02
申请号:US17967441
申请日:2022-10-17
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Karthik Sarpatwari , Kamal M. Karda , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy , Haitao Liu
IPC: H01L27/108 , G11C11/401
Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first data line located in a first level of the apparatus; a second data line located in a second level of the apparatus; a first memory cell located in a third level of the apparatus between the first and second levels, the first memory cell including a first transistor coupled to the first data line, and a second transistor coupled between the first data line and a charge storage structure of the first transistor; and a second memory cell located in a fourth level of the apparatus between the first and second levels, the second memory cell including a third transistor coupled to the second data line, and a fourth transistor coupled between the second data line and a charge storage structure of the third transistor, the first transistor coupled in series with the third transistor between the first and second data lines.
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公开(公告)号:US11557537B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-17
申请号:US16986776
申请日:2020-08-06
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Michael A. Smith , Haitao Liu , Vladimir Mikhalev
IPC: H01L29/78 , H01L27/092 , H01L21/8238 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11 , H01L29/66
Abstract: A memory device includes an array of memory cells and a plurality of bit-lines with each bit-line connected to a respective set of memory cells of the array of memory cells. The memory device includes a memory subsystem having first and second memory circuits. Each first memory circuit can be disposed laterally adjacent to a second memory circuit. Each first memory circuit includes a first bit-line connection and each second memory circuit including a second bit-line connection, the first and second bit-line connections can connect to respective bit-lines. Each first bit-line connection is disposed on a first bit-line connection line of the memory subsystem and each second bit-line connection is disposed on a second bit-line connection line of the memory subsystem, and the second bit-line connection line can be offset from the first bit-line connection line by a predetermined distance that is greater than zero.
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公开(公告)号:US11482538B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US17062222
申请日:2020-10-02
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Haitao Liu , Kunal R. Parekh
IPC: H01L21/00 , H01L27/11582 , H01L29/47 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11529 , H01L21/285
Abstract: A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure, cell pillar structures, an active body structure, digit line structures, and control logic devices. The stack structure comprises vertically neighboring tiers, each of the vertically neighboring tiers comprising a conductive structure and an insulative structure vertically neighboring the conductive structure. The cell pillar structures vertically extend through the stack structure and each comprise a channel material and an outer material stack horizontally interposed between the channel material and the stack structure. The active body structure vertically overlies the stack structure and is in contact with the channel material of the cell pillar structures. The active body structure comprises a metal material having a work function greater than or equal to about 4.7 electronvolts. The digit line structures vertically underlie the stack structure and are coupled to the cell pillar structures. Memory devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming a microelectronic device are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US11469230B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US17188083
申请日:2021-03-01
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Haitao Liu , Litao Yang
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L27/11507
Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for an array of vertically stacked memory cells. The vertically stacked memory cells have horizontally oriented access devices having a first source/drain region, a channel region, and a second source drain and storage nodes that are vertically separated from the access devices.
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