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公开(公告)号:US20210028177A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-28
申请号:US17070759
申请日:2020-10-14
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hong Li , Ramaswamy Ishwar Venkatanarayanan , Sanh D. Tang , Erica L. Poelstra
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L23/49 , H01L23/538 , G11C11/402 , H01L29/78 , H01L29/66
Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated assembly. A structure is provided to have conductive lines, and to have rails over the conductive lines and extending in a direction which crosses the conductive lines. Each of the rails includes pillars of semiconductor material. The rails have sidewall surfaces along spaces between the rails. The pillars have upper segments, middle segments and lower segments. First-material liners are formed along the sidewall surfaces of the rails. A second material is formed over the liners. First sections of the liners are removed to form gaps between the second material and the sidewall surfaces of the rails. Second sections of the liners remain under the gaps. Conductive material is formed within the gaps. The conductive material is configured as conductive lines which are along the middle segments of the pillars.
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公开(公告)号:US10886282B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-05
申请号:US16831355
申请日:2020-03-26
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Amirhasan Nourbakhsh , John K. Zahurak , Sanh D. Tang , Silvia Borsari , Hong Li
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/78
Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having digit lines extending along a first direction, and rails over the digit lines. The rails include semiconductor-material pillars alternating with intervening insulative regions. The rails have upper, middle and lower segments. A first insulative material is along the upper and lower segments of the rails. A second insulative material is along the middle segments of the rails. The second insulative material differs from the first insulative material in one or both of thickness and composition. Conductive gate material is along the middle segments of the rails and is spaced from the middle segments by the second insulative material. Channel regions are within the middle segments of the pillars, upper source/drain regions are within the upper segments of the pillars and lower source/drain regions are within the lower segments of the pillars. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
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公开(公告)号:US10756217B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US16132879
申请日:2018-09-17
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Haitao Liu , Yunfei Gao , Kamal M. Karda , Deepak Chandra Pandey , Sanh D. Tang , Litao Yang
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L29/78 , H01L27/088
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods related to access devices formed with conductive contacts are described. An example apparatus may include an access device that includes a field-effect transistor (FET). A vertical pillar may be formed to include a channel of the FET, with a portion of the vertical pillar formed between at least two gates of the FET (i.e., a multi-gate Fin-FET). A conductive contact may be coupled to a body region of the vertical pillar.
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公开(公告)号:US20200243437A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-30
申请号:US16850692
申请日:2020-04-16
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Roger W. Lindsay , Krishna K. Parat
IPC: H01L23/52 , H01L27/10 , G11C13/00 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/24 , H01L45/00 , H01L27/1157
Abstract: A method of forming circuitry components includes forming a stack of horizontally extending and vertically overlapping features. The stack has a primary portion and an end portion. At least some of the features extend farther in the horizontal direction in the end portion moving deeper into the stack in the end portion. Operative structures are formed vertically through the features in the primary portion and dummy structures are formed vertically through the features in the end portion. Horizontally elongated openings are formed through the features to form horizontally elongated and vertically overlapping lines from material of the features. The lines individually extend from the primary portion into the end portion, and individually laterally about sides of vertically extending portions of both the operative structures and the dummy structures. Sacrificial material that is elevationally between the lines is at least partially removed in the primary and end portions laterally between the horizontally elongated openings. Other aspects and implementations are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200051904A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-13
申请号:US16654908
申请日:2019-10-16
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Roger W. Lindsay , Krishna K. Parat
IPC: H01L23/52 , H01L27/10 , G11C13/00 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/24 , H01L45/00 , H01L27/1157
Abstract: A method of forming circuitry components includes forming a stack of horizontally extending and vertically overlapping features. The stack has a primary portion and an end portion. At least some of the features extend farther in the horizontal direction in the end portion moving deeper into the stack in the end portion. Operative structures are formed vertically through the features in the primary portion and dummy structures are formed vertically through the features in the end portion. Horizontally elongated openings are formed through the features to form horizontally elongated and vertically overlapping lines from material of the features. The lines individually extend from the primary portion into the end portion, and individually laterally about sides of vertically extending portions of both the operative structures and the dummy structures. Sacrificial material that is elevationally between the lines is at least partially removed in the primary and end portions laterally between the horizontally elongated openings. Other aspects and implementations are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200020694A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-16
申请号:US16578608
申请日:2019-09-23
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kuo-Chen Wang , Sanh D. Tang
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L49/02 , H01L23/532 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/522
Abstract: A method of forming elevationally-elongated conductive structures of integrated circuitry comprises providing a substrate comprising a plurality of spaced elevationally-extending conductive vias individually having an upper horizontal perimeter. The conductive vias individually have an upper horizontal perimeter. Masking material is formed directly above the conductive vias. An opening is formed in the masking material directly above individual of the upper horizontal perimeters of individual of the conductive vias. Individual of the masking-material openings comprise a lower horizontal perimeter that overlaps the upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive via directly there-below. Individual of the masking-material openings comprise a lower horizontal perimeter that overlaps the upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive via directly there-below. Conductive material is formed in the individual masking-material openings against sidewalls of the individual masking-material openings and directly against the conductive via directly there-below. An upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive material in the individual masking-material openings extends outwardly beyond the upper horizontal perimeter of the conductive via directly there-below.
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公开(公告)号:US10510769B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-17
申请号:US16125242
申请日:2018-09-07
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , John K. Zahurak
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11565 , H01L21/28 , H01L27/06 , H01L27/11551 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11578 , H01L27/24 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/792 , H01L21/768 , H01L27/11548 , H01L27/11575 , G11C13/00 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/14 , G11C16/26 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11519 , H01L45/00
Abstract: Some embodiments include a memory device and methods of forming the memory device. One such memory device includes a first group of memory cells, each of the memory cells of the first group being formed in a cavity of a first control gate located in one device level of the memory device. The memory device also includes a second group of memory cells, each of the memory cells of the second group being formed in a cavity of a second control gate located in another device level of the memory device. Additional apparatus and methods are described.
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公开(公告)号:US20190363253A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-28
申请号:US16538477
申请日:2019-08-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Scott E. Sills , Whitney L. West , Rob B. Goodwin , Nishant Sinha
IPC: H01L45/00 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/532
Abstract: Methods of forming conductive elements, such as interconnects and electrodes, for semiconductor structures and memory cells. The methods include forming a first conductive material and a second conductive material comprising silver in a portion of at least one opening and performing a polishing process to fill the at least one opening with at least one of the first and second conductive materials. An annealing process may be performed to form a mixture or an alloy of the silver and the first conductive material. The methods enable formation of silver-containing conductive elements having reduced dimensions (e.g., less than about 20 nm). The resulting conductive elements have a desirable resistivity. The methods may be used, for example, to form interconnects for electrically connecting active devices and to form electrodes for memory cells. A semiconductor structure and a memory cell including such a conductive structure are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10461149B1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-29
申请号:US16021683
申请日:2018-06-28
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Kuo-Chen Wang
IPC: H01L49/02 , H01L21/3213 , H01L27/108
Abstract: A method of forming elevationally-elongated conductive structures of integrated circuitry comprises providing a substrate comprising a plurality of spaced elevationally-extending conductive vias. Conductive material is formed directly above and directly against the conductive vias. The conductive material has an upper surface and a first sidewall that are directly above individual of the conductive vias in a vertical cross-section. The conductive material has a second sidewall that is not directly above the individual conductive vias. Covering material is formed directly above individual of the upper surfaces and against individual of the first sidewalls directly above the individual conductive vias. The covering material comprises a composition different from that of at least some of the conductive material. Etching is conducted completely through at least some of the covering material that is directly above the individual upper surfaces to the conductive material directly there-below and etching is conducted into said conductive material. The covering material that is against the individual first sidewalls masks the individual first sidewalls from being etched during said etchings. Structure that may be independent of method is disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10411186B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-10
申请号:US15848399
申请日:2017-12-20
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Scott E. Sills , Whitney L. West , Rob B. Goodwin , Nishant Sinha
IPC: H01L45/00 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/532
Abstract: Methods of forming conductive elements, such as interconnects and electrodes, for semiconductor structures and memory cells. The methods include forming a first conductive material and a second conductive material comprising silver in a portion of at least one opening and performing a polishing process to fill the at least one opening with at least one of the first and second conductive materials. An annealing process may be performed to form a mixture or an alloy of the silver and the first conductive material. The methods enable formation of silver-containing conductive elements having reduced dimensions (e.g., less than about 20 nm). The resulting conductive elements have a desirable resistivity. The methods may be used, for example, to form interconnects for electrically connecting active devices and to form electrodes for memory cells. A semiconductor structure and a memory cell including such a conductive structure are also disclosed.
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