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公开(公告)号:US20220293726A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-15
申请号:US17714740
申请日:2022-04-06
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Albert Fayrushin , Haitao Liu , Matthew J. King
IPC: H01L29/06 , G11C16/04 , H01L29/792 , H01L27/11529 , H01L29/423 , G11C16/16 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11573 , H01L29/66 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11582 , H01L29/788 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11524
Abstract: A variety of applications can include memory devices designed to provide enhanced gate-induced-drain-leakage (GIDL) current during memory erase operations. The enhanced operation can be provided by enhancing the electric field in the channel structures of the topmost select gate transistors to strings of memory cells upon application of a voltage to the gates of the topmost select gate transistors. This electric field can be provided by using a dissected plug as a contact to the channel structure of the topmost select gate transistor, where the dissected plug has one or more conductive regions contacting the channel structure and one or more non-conductive regions contacting the channel structure. The dissected plug can be part of a contact between the data line and the channel structure. Additional devices, systems, and methods are discussed.
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公开(公告)号:US20220278103A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-01
申请号:US17745298
申请日:2022-05-16
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Karthik Sarpatwari , Haitao Liu , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy
IPC: H01L27/105 , H01L27/12 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/24 , H01L29/786
Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using a substrate, a pillar having a length perpendicular to the substrate, a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate, a memory cell located between the first and second conductive plates and electrically separated from the first and second conductive plates, and a conductive connection. The first conductive plate is located in a first level of the apparatus and being separated from the pillar by a first dielectric located in the first level. The second conductive plate is located in a second level of the apparatus and being separated from the pillar by a second dielectric located in the second level. The memory cell includes a first semiconductor material located in a third level of the apparatus between the first and second levels and contacting the pillar and the conductive connection, and a second semiconductor material located in a fourth level of the apparatus between the first and second levels and contacting the pillar.
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公开(公告)号:US11430895B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-30
申请号:US16891462
申请日:2020-06-03
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Guangyu Huang , Haitao Liu , Akira Goda
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L27/11529 , H01L27/11573 , H01L29/66
Abstract: A transistor comprises a lower contact structure, a channel structure, a dielectric fill structure, and an upper contact structure. The lower contact structure comprises a first oxide semiconductive material. The channel structure contacts the lower contact structure and comprises a second oxide semiconductive material having a smaller atomic concentration of one or more metals than the first oxide semiconductive material. The dielectric fill structure contacts an inner side surface of the channel structure and has a recessed upper surface relative to the channel structure. The upper contact structure comprises a third oxide semiconductive material having a greater atomic concentration of the one or more metals than the channel structure. The upper contact structure comprises a first portion contacting the upper surface of the dielectric fill structure and the inner side surface of the channel structure, and a second portion contacting the upper surface of the channel structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11430793B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-30
申请号:US16899339
申请日:2020-06-11
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Deepak Chandra Pandey , Venkata Naveen Kumar Neelapala , Haitao Liu
IPC: H01L27/108
Abstract: A microelectronic device comprises a first pillar of a semiconductive material, a second pillar of the semiconductive material adjacent to the first pillar of the semiconductive material, an active word line extending between the first pillar and the second pillar, and a passing word line extending on a side of the second pillar opposite the active word line, the passing word line extending into an isolation region within the semiconductive material, the isolation region comprising a lower portion and an upper portion having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape and a larger lateral dimension than the lower portion. Related microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US20220238547A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17158859
申请日:2021-01-26
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Albert Fayrushin , Haitao Liu , Chris M. Carlson
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11519
Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of insulative structures and conductive structures arranged in tiers. At least one pillar, comprising a channel material, extends through the stack structure. A source region, below the stack structure, comprises a doped material. A vertical extension of the doped material protrudes upward to an interface with the channel material at elevation within the stack structure (e.g., an elevation proximate or laterally overlapping in elevation at least one source-side GIDL region). The microelectronic device structure may be formed by a method that includes forming a lateral opening through cell materials of the pillar, recessing the channel material to form a vertical recess, and forming the doped material in the vertical recess. Additional microelectronic devices are also disclosed, as are related methods and electronic systems.
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公开(公告)号:US20220223605A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17712674
申请日:2022-04-04
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Karthik Sarpatwari , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy , Haitao Liu
IPC: H01L27/108
Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a memory cell and first, second, and third data lines located over a substrate. The memory cell includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a charge storage structure located on a first level of the apparatus, and a first channel region electrically separated from the charge storage structure. The second transistor includes a second channel region located on a second level of the apparatus and electrically coupled to the charge storage structure. The first and second data lines are located on a third level of the apparatus and electrically coupled to the first channel region. The first level is between the substrate and the third level. The third data line is electrically coupled to the second channel region and electrically separated from the first channel region.
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公开(公告)号:US11373913B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-28
申请号:US16558928
申请日:2019-09-03
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Deepak Chandra Pandey , Haitao Liu , Kamal M. Karda
IPC: H01L29/66 , H01L21/8238 , H01L21/8234 , H01L29/08 , H01L29/10 , H01L29/78 , H01L27/1159 , H01L27/11507 , H01L23/528 , H01L29/786 , H01L29/792 , H01L27/24 , H01L21/8239 , H01L27/108 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/311
Abstract: An array of vertical transistors comprises spaced pillars individually comprising a channel region of individual vertical transistors. A horizontally-elongated conductor line directly electrically couples together individual of the channel regions of the pillars of a plurality of the vertical transistors. An upper source/drain region is above the individual channel regions of the pillars, a lower source/drain region is below the individual channel regions of the pillars, and a conductive gate line is operatively aside the individual channel regions of the pillars and that interconnects multiple of the vertical transistors. Methods are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11362018B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16668296
申请日:2019-10-30
Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Deepak C. Pandey , Haitao Liu , Chandra Mouli
IPC: H01L23/538 , H01L23/48 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/532
Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein for the formation of to capacitance through substrate via structures. An example apparatus includes an opening formed in a substrate. Wherein the opening has at least one sidewall, a first dielectric at least formed on the sidewall of the opening, a first conductor at least formed on the first dielectric, a second dielectric at least formed on the first conductor, and a second conductor at least formed on a sidewall of the second dielectric.
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公开(公告)号:US11309321B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
申请号:US17107814
申请日:2020-11-30
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Haitao Liu , Chandra Mouli , Sergei Koveshnikov , Dimitrios Pavlopoulos , Guangyu Huang
IPC: H01L27/11556 , H01L21/28 , H01L27/11582
Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a stack of alternating dielectric levels and conductive levels, and having vertically-stacked memory cells within the conductive levels. An opening extends through the stack. Channel material is within the opening and along the memory cells. At least some of the channel material contains germanium.
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公开(公告)号:US11302628B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-12
申请号:US16924506
申请日:2020-07-09
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Naveen Kaushik , Yoshihiko Kamata , Richard J. Hill , Kyle A. Ritter , Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki , Haitao Liu
IPC: H01L23/522 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556
Abstract: Some embodiments include an assembly having channel-material-structures, and having memory cells along the channel-material-structures. The memory cells include charge-storage-material. Linear-conductive-structures are vertically offset from the channel-material-structures and are electrically coupled with the channel-material-structures. Intervening regions are between the linear-conductive-structures. Conductive-shield-structures are within the intervening regions. The conductive-shield-structures are electrically coupled with a reference-voltage-source.
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