公开(公告)号：US20210407842A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17473224

申请日：2021-09-13

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist ,  Deepak C. Sekar

IPC: H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/525 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/10 ,  H01L27/105 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/112 ,  H01L27/11526 ,  H01L27/11529 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/11573 ,  H01L27/11578 ,  H01L27/118 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/788 ,  H01L29/792 ,  G11C8/16

Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits in and on the first level, where the control circuits include first single crystal transistors, where the control circuits include at least two metal layers; forming at least one second level disposed on top of the first level; performing a first etch step within the second level; forming at least one third level disposed on top of the at least one second level; performing a second etch step within the third level; and performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within the second level and a plurality of second memory cells within the third level, where the first memory cells include second transistors, and where the second memory cells include third transistors.

公开(公告)号：US20210375972A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17402527

申请日：2021-08-14

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Deepak C. Sekar ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H01L23/00

Abstract: An integrated device, the device including: a first level including a first mono-crystal layer, the first mono-crystal layer including a plurality of single crystal transistors; an overlaying oxide on top of the first level; a second level including a second mono-crystal layer, the second level overlaying the oxide, where the second mono-crystal layer includes a plurality of first image sensors; and a third level overlaying the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of second image sensors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes an oxide to oxide bond; and an isolation layer disposed between the second mono-crystal layer and the third level.

公开(公告)号：US20210351135A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17384796

申请日：2021-07-25

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L23/538 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L25/065

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level, where the first level includes a first layer, the first layer including first transistors, and where the first level includes a second layer, the second layer including first interconnections; a second level overlaying the first level, where the second level includes a third layer, the third layer including second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions, where the bonded includes metal to metal bond regions, and where the second level includes at least one voltage regulator.

公开(公告)号：US20210320026A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-14

申请号：US17347593

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist ,  Deepak C. Sekar

IPC: H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/525 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/10 ,  H01L27/105 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/112 ,  H01L27/11526 ,  H01L27/11529 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/11573 ,  H01L27/11578 ,  H01L27/118 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/788 ,  H01L29/792 ,  G11C8/16

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and at least one metal layer, where the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of logic gates including the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of second transistors atop the at least one metal layer; a plurality of third transistors atop the second transistors; a top metal layer atop the third transistors; and a memory array including wordlines, where the memory array includes at least two rows by two columns of memory mini arrays, where each of the mini arrays includes at least four rows by four columns of memory cells, and where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors or at least one of the third transistors.

公开(公告)号：US11145657B1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US17367386

申请日：2021-07-04

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L27/108 ,  G11C5/02 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L21/822

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level, where the first level includes a first layer, the first layer including first transistors, and where the first level includes a second layer, the second layer including first interconnections; a second level overlaying the first level, where the second level includes a third layer which includes second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provide first connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions, where the bonded includes metal to metal bond regions, where the third layer includes crystalline silicon, and where the second level includes at least one scan-chain to support circuit test.

公开(公告)号：US20210296157A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17334928

申请日：2021-05-31

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L21/74 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L27/11582 ,  H01L27/11556

Abstract: A method to form a 3D semiconductor device, the method including: providing a first level including first circuits, the first circuits including first transistors and first interconnection; preparing a second level including a silicon layer; forming second circuits over the second level, the second circuits including second transistors and second interconnection; transferring with bonding the second level on top of the first level; and then thinning the second level to a thickness of less than thirty microns, where the bonding includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the bonding includes metal to metal bonds, and where at least one of the metal to metal bond structures has a pitch of less than 1 micron from another of the metal to metal bond structures.

公开(公告)号：US11121021B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16101489

申请日：2018-08-12

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist ,  Deepak C. Sekar ,  Zeev Wurman

IPC: H01L27/11521 ,  H01L27/11524 ,  H01L27/11529 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/11578 ,  H01L21/683 ,  G11C8/16 ,  H01L29/792 ,  H01L29/788 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L27/118 ,  H01L27/11573 ,  H01L27/11526 ,  H01L27/112 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/105 ,  H01L27/10 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L23/525 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L29/732 ,  H01L29/737 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/06 ,  H01L29/775 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L23/544 ,  H01L27/24 ,  H01L45/00

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, including: a first level including a single crystal layer, a plurality of first transistors, and a first metal layer, forming memory control circuits; a second level overlaying the single crystal layer, and including a plurality of second transistors and a plurality of first memory cells; a third level overlaying the second level, and including a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of second memory cells; where the second transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm alignment error, where the memory cells include a NAND non-volatile memory type, where some of the memory control circuits can control at least one of the memory cells, and where some of the memory control circuits are designed to perform a verify read after a write pulse so to detect if the at least one of the memory cells has been successfully written.

公开(公告)号：US20210272835A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17306627

申请日：2021-05-03

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist ,  Deepak C. Sekar

IPC: H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/525 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/10 ,  H01L27/105 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/112 ,  H01L27/11526 ,  H01L27/11529 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/11573 ,  H01L27/11578 ,  H01L27/118 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/788 ,  H01L29/792 ,  G11C8/16

Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal substrate and plurality of logic circuits, where the first single crystal substrate has a device area, where the device area is significantly larger than a reticle size, where the plurality of logic circuits include an array of processors, where the plurality of logic circuits include a first logic circuit, a second logic circuit, and third logic circuit, where the plurality of logic circuits include switching circuits to support replacing the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit by the third logic circuit; and a second single crystal substrate, where the second single crystal substrate is disposed atop the first single crystal substrate.

公开(公告)号：US11101266B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US17026146

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Deepak C. Sekar ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L29/812 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/732 ,  H01L29/808 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L23/532 ,  G03F9/00 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/544 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L27/105 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/112 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/11578 ,  H01L27/118 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L21/268 ,  H01L27/088

Abstract: A 3D device including: a first level including first single crystal transistors overlaid by a second level including second single crystal transistors; a third level including third single crystal transistors, the second level is overlaid by the third level; a fourth level including fourth single crystal transistors, the third level is overlaid by the fourth level; first bond regions including first oxide to oxide bonds, where the first bond regions are between the first level and the second level; second bond regions including second oxide to oxide bonds, where the second bond regions are between the second level and the third level; and third bond regions including third oxide to oxide bonds, where the third bond regions are between the third level and the fourth level, where the second level, third level, and fourth level each include one array of memory cells, and where the one array of memory cells is a DRAM type memory.

公开(公告)号：US20210217643A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17214806

申请日：2021-03-27

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist ,  Deepak C. Sekar

IPC: H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/525 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L27/10 ,  H01L27/105 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/112 ,  H01L27/11526 ,  H01L27/11529 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/11573 ,  H01L27/11578 ,  H01L27/118 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/788 ,  H01L29/792 ,  G11C8/16

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where the first transistors each include a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; and a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the bonded includes metal to metal bonds, and where through the first metal layers power is provided to at least one of the second transistors.