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公开(公告)号:US11791391B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-17
申请号:US17655479
申请日:2022-03-18
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Haitao Liu , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy , Karthik Sarpatwari , Richard E. Fackenthal
IPC: H01L29/423 , H01L27/02 , H01L27/092 , G11C5/02 , H10B10/00
CPC classification number: H01L29/42372 , G11C5/025 , H01L27/0207 , H01L27/092 , H10B10/12
Abstract: An inverter includes a transistor, an additional transistor overlying the transistor, and a hybrid gate electrode interposed between and shared by the transistor and the additional transistor. The hybrid gate electrode includes a region overlying a channel structure of the transistor, an additional region overlying the region and underlying an additional channel structure of the additional transistor, and further region interposed between the region and the additional region. The region has a first material composition. The additional region has a second material composition different than the first material composition of the region. Memory devices and electronic systems are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US20230269922A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US18141046
申请日:2023-04-28
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Karthik Sarpatwari , Haitao Liu , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy
IPC: H10B12/00 , G11C11/401
CPC classification number: H10B12/20 , G11C11/401
Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a substrate, a conductive plate located over the substrate to couple a ground connection, a data line located between the substrate and the conductive plate, a memory cell, and a conductive line. The memory cell includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first region electrically coupled between the data line and the conductive plate, and a charge storage structure electrically separated from the first region. The second transistor includes a second region electrically coupled to the charge storage structure and the data line. The conductive line is electrically separated from the first and second regions and spans across part of the first region of the first transistor and part of the second region of the second transistor and forming a gate of the first and second transistors.
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公开(公告)号:US20230207699A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-29
申请号:US17695634
申请日:2022-03-15
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kamal M. Karda , Haitao Liu , Sameer Chhajed
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L27/108
CPC classification number: H01L29/78618 , H01L27/10808 , H01L29/78642
Abstract: A transistor comprises a pair of source/drain regions having a channel region there-between. A gate is adjacent the channel region with a gate insulator being between the gate and the channel region. A fixed-charge material is adjacent the source/drain regions. Insulating material is between the fixed-charge material and the source/drain regions. The insulating material and the fixed-charge material comprise different compositions relative one another. The fixed-charge material has charge density of at least 1 x 1011 charges/cm2.
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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:US20230132576A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US17515024
申请日:2021-10-29
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy , Kamal M. Karda
IPC: H01L27/11524 , H01L29/24 , H01L29/786 , H01L29/788 , H01L21/02 , H01L29/66
Abstract: Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a memory cell including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a dielectric structure formed in a trench. The first transistor includes a first channel region, and a charge storage structure separated from the first channel region. The second transistor includes a second channel region formed over the charge storage structure. The dielectric structure includes a first dielectric portion formed on a first sidewall of the trench, and a second dielectric portion formed on a second sidewall of the trench. The charge storage structure is between and adjacent the first and second dielectric portions.
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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:US20230081634A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-16
申请号:US18050424
申请日:2022-10-27
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Scott E. Sills , Ramanathan Gandhi , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy , Yi Fang Lee , Kamal M. Karda
Abstract: A transistor comprises a first conductive contact, a heterogeneous channel comprising at least one oxide semiconductor material over the first conductive contact, a second conductive contact over the heterogeneous channel, and a gate electrode laterally neighboring the heterogeneous channel. A device, a method of forming a device, a memory device, and an electronic system are also described.
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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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