3D semiconductor memory devices and structures

    公开(公告)号:US12250830B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-11

    申请号:US18593727

    申请日:2024-03-01

    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and a memory control circuit, the memory control circuit including a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the first single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a plurality of second transistors disposed atop the second metal layer; a third metal layer disposed atop the plurality of second transistors; and a memory array including word-lines and memory cells, where the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes a metal gate, where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the plurality of second transistors, where the memory control circuit includes at least one Look Up Table circuit (“LUT”), and where the device includes a hybrid bonding layer.

    3D memory devices and structures with memory arrays and metal layers

    公开(公告)号:US12225704B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-11

    申请号:US18731340

    申请日:2024-06-02

    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first level including at least four independently controlled first memory arrays, where the first level includes first transistors; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes second memory arrays; and a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, where the second filled holes are aligned to the first filled holes with a more than 1 nm but less than 40 nm alignment error, and where the third level includes at least one SRAM memory array.

    3D semiconductor memory devices and structures

    公开(公告)号:US12178055B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US18592383

    申请日:2024-02-29

    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and a memory control circuit, the memory control circuit including a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the first single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a plurality of second transistors disposed atop the second metal layer; a third metal layer disposed atop the plurality of third transistors; and a memory array including word-lines and memory cells, where the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes a metal gate, where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the plurality of second transistors, where the memory control circuit includes at least one digital to analog converter circuit, and where the device includes a hybrid bonding layer.

    METHOD TO PRODUCE A 3D MULTILAYER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20240397720A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18793939

    申请日:2024-08-05

    Abstract: A method of making a 3D multilayer semiconductor device, including: providing a first substrate including a first level, the first level including a first single crystal silicon layer; providing a second substrate including a second level, the second level including a second single crystal silicon layer; performing an epitaxial growth of a SiGe layer on top of the second single crystal silicon layer; performing an epitaxial growth of a third single crystal silicon layer on top of the SiGe layer, the third silicon layer has an average thickness of less than 2,000 nm; forming a plurality of second transistors each including a single crystal channel; forming many metal layers interconnecting the plurality of second transistors; and then performing a bonding of the second level onto the first level, where performing the bonding includes making oxide-to-oxide bond zones; and performing removal of a majority of the second single crystal silicon layer.

    Semiconductor memory device and structure

    公开(公告)号:US11937422B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17367385

    申请日:2021-07-04

    CPC classification number: H10B41/27 G11C5/025 H01L23/5384 H10B43/27

    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including first single crystal transistors; and a second level including second single crystal transistors, where the first level is overlaid by the second level, where a vertical distance from the first single crystal transistors to the second single crystal transistors is less than eight microns, where the second level includes a layer transferred and bonded level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the first level includes a plurality of processors, and where the second level includes a plurality of memory cells.

    3D MEMORY DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH CONTROL CIRCUITS

    公开(公告)号:US20230020251A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17949988

    申请日:2022-09-21

    Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including control circuits, where the control circuits include a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of metal layers; a memory level disposed on top of the first level, where the memory level includes an array of memory cells, where each of the memory cells include at least one second transistor, where the control circuits control the array of memory cells, where the first level is bonded to the memory level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, and where at least one of the memory cells is disposed directly above at least one of the plurality of metal to metal bonding regions.

    3D MEMORY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH BIT-LINE PILLARS

    公开(公告)号:US20220189990A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17681767

    申请日:2022-02-26

    Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device comprising: a plurality of memory cells, wherein each memory cell of said plurality of memory cells comprises at least one memory transistor, wherein each of said at least one memory transistor comprises a source, a drain, and a channel; a plurality of bit-line pillars, wherein each bit-line pillar of said plurality of bit-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of said source or said drain, wherein said bit-line pillars are vertically oriented, wherein said channel is horizontally oriented, wherein said plurality of memory cells comprise a partially or fully metalized source, and/or, a partially or fully metalized drain, and wherein said plurality of bit-line pillars comprise a thermally conductive path from said plurality of memory cells to an external surface of said device.

    3D MEMORY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20220013533A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17484394

    申请日:2021-09-24

    Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device including: a plurality of memory cells, where each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source, a drain, and a channel; a plurality of bit-line pillars, where each bit-line pillar of the plurality of bit-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where the bit-line pillars are vertically oriented, where the channel is horizontally oriented; and a level of memory control circuits, where the memory control circuits is disposed either above or below the plurality of memory cells.

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