公开(公告)号：US20210343722A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17367386

申请日：2021-07-04

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

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

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：US11158598B1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US17372476

申请日：2021-07-11

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Jin-Woo Han ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L21/30 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L25/00

Abstract: A method to construct a 3D system, the method including: providing a base wafer; transferring a first memory wafer on top of the base wafer; thinning the first memory wafer, thus forming a thin first memory wafer; transferring a second memory wafer on top of the thin first memory wafer; thinning the second memory wafer, thus forming a thin second memory wafer; and transferring a memory control wafer on top of the thin second memory wafer; where the transferring a memory control wafer includes bonding of the memory control wafer to the thin second memory wafer, and where the bonding includes oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.

公开(公告)号：US20210296155A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17340477

申请日：2021-06-07

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

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 comprising: a first level comprising a single crystal layer, first transistors and a first metal layer; memory control circuits comprising said first transistors; a second level disposed above said first level, said second level comprising second transistors; a third level disposed above said second level, said third level comprising a plurality of third transistors; wherein said third transistors are aligned to said first transistors with a less than 40 nm alignment error, wherein said second level comprises a plurality of first memory cells, wherein said third level comprises a plurality of second memory cells, wherein one of said second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of said third transistors, being processed following a same lithography step, wherein at least one of said second memory cells comprises at least one of said third transistors, wherein said memory cells comprise a NAND non-volatile memory type.

公开(公告)号：US20210265410A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17317894

申请日：2021-05-12

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H01L23/544

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 alignment marks; and a third level overlaying the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of second image sensors, where the third level is aligned to the alignment marks, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes an oxide to oxide bond.

公开(公告)号：US20210257357A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17246612

申请日：2021-05-01

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L25/16 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L23/522

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level, where the first level includes a first layer and first transistors, and where the first level includes a 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; 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, where the second level includes at least one memory array, where the third layer includes crystalline silicon; and where the second level includes at least one SerDes circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20210257244A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17232129

申请日：2021-04-15

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 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; a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors; and a third level including a third single crystal layer, the third level including third transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the bonded includes metal to metal bonds, where the second level includes a first array of first memory cells, and where the third level includes a second array of second memory cells.

公开(公告)号：US20210249296A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17232122

申请日：2021-04-15

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 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, where the second level includes an array of memory cells, and where each of the memory cells includes at least one recessed-channel-array-transistor (RCAT).

公开(公告)号：US20210242068A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US17234207

申请日：2021-04-19

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 and first single crystal transistors; a first metal layer interconnecting the first single crystal transistors; second transistors disposed atop of the first single crystal transistors; third transistors disposed atop of the second transistors; fourth transistors disposed atop of the third transistors; where the fourth transistors include replacement gates, being processed to replace a non-metal gate material with a metal based gate, and where a distance from at least one of the fourth transistors to at least one of the second transistors is less than 1 micron.

公开(公告)号：US20210233901A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US17214883

申请日：2021-03-28

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Jin-Woo Han ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L25/18 ,  H01L21/78 ,  H01L21/66 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L25/00

Abstract: A method to construct a 3D system, the method including: providing a base wafer; and then transferring a memory control on top; and then thinning the memory control, transferring a first memory wafer on top; and then thinning the first memory wafer; and then transferring a second memory wafer on top; and then thinning the second memory wafer. A 3D device, the device including: a first stratum including first bit-cell memory arrays; a second stratum including second bit-cell memory arrays; and a third stratum, where the second stratum overlays the first stratum, where the first stratum overlays the third stratum, where the third stratum includes a plurality of word-line decoders to control the first bit-cell memory arrays and the second bit-cell memory arrays.

公开(公告)号：US11018133B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16945796

申请日：2020-07-31

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: H01L27/06 ,  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 ,  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 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L21/268 ,  H01L27/088

Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit, the circuit including: a first wafer including a first crystalline substrate, a plurality of first transistors, and first copper interconnecting layers, where the first copper interconnecting layers at least interconnect the plurality of first transistors; and a second wafer including a second crystalline substrate, a plurality of second transistors, and second copper interconnecting layers, where the second copper interconnecting layers at least interconnect the plurality of second transistors; where the second wafer is bonded face-to-face on top of the first wafer, where the bonded includes copper to copper bonding; and where the second crystalline substrate has been thinned to a thickness of less than 5 micro-meters.