公开(公告)号：US20230015040A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17951099

申请日：2022-09-23

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: H01L23/00 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L25/18 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L25/00

Abstract: A 3D device including: a first level including first transistors and a first interconnect; a second level including second transistors, the second level overlaying the first level; and at least eight electronic circuit units (ECUs), where each of the at least eight ECUs includes a first circuit, the first circuit including a portion of the first transistors, where each of the at least eight ECUs includes a second circuit, the second circuit including a portion of the second transistors, where each of the at least eight ECUs includes a first vertical bus, where the first vertical bus includes greater than eight pillars and less than three hundred pillars, where the first vertical bus provides electrical connections between the first circuit and the second circuit, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and metal to metal bonding regions.

公开(公告)号：US11532599B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-20

申请号：US17882607

申请日：2022-08-08

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L29/06 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L27/088 ,  H01L23/528 ,  H01L23/552 ,  H01L23/532 ,  H01L27/11582 ,  H01L27/24 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11573 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L27/1157 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L21/28

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer disposed over the first silicon layer; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a third metal layer disposed over the second metal layer; a second level including a plurality of second transistors, the second level disposed over the third metal layer; a fourth metal layer disposed over the second level; a fifth metal layer disposed over the fourth metal layer, a connection path from the fifth metal layer to the second metal layer, where the connection path includes a via disposed through the second level, where the via has a diameter of less than 450 nm, where the fifth metal layer includes a global power distribution grid, and where a typical thickness of the fifth metal layer is greater than a typical thickness of the second metal layer by at least 50%.

公开(公告)号：US11514221B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US17712850

申请日：2022-04-04

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Zeev Wurman

IPC: G06F30/392 ,  G06F30/394 ,  G06F30/327

Abstract: A method of designing a 3D Integrated Circuit including: partitioning at least one design into at least a first and a second level, where the first level includes logic and the second level includes memory; then performing a first placement of the second level using a placer executed by a computer, the placer is a part of a Computer Aided Design tool, where the 3D Integrated Circuit includes a plurality of connections between the first level and the second level; and performing a second placement of the first level based on the first placement, where memory includes a first memory array, the logic includes a first logic circuit configured so as to write data to first memory array. Performing the first placement includes placing the first memory array, and where performing the second placement includes placing the first logic circuit based on the first placement of the first memory array.

公开(公告)号：US11482438B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17340004

申请日：2021-06-05

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: H01L21/82 ,  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 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H01L23/00

Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer and control circuits; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching holes within the second level; forming at least one third level above the at least one second level; performing a second etch step including etching holes 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 each of the first memory cells include one first transistor, where each of the second memory cells include one second transistor, where at least one of the first or second transistors has a channel, a source, and a drain having a same doping type.

公开(公告)号：US20220328474A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17827705

申请日：2022-05-28

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  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

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer disposed over the first silicon layer; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a third metal layer disposed over the second metal layer; a second level including a plurality of second transistors, the second level disposed over the third metal layer; a fourth metal layer disposed over the second level; a fifth metal layer disposed over the fourth metal layer, where the fourth metal layer is aligned to first metal layer with a less than 40 nm alignment error; and a via disposed through the second level, where each of the second transistors includes a metal gate, and where a typical thickness of the second metal layer is greater than a typical thickness of the third metal layer by at least 50%.

公开(公告)号：US11462586B1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17850840

申请日：2022-06-27

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Deepak C. Sekar ,  Zvi Or-Bach

IPC: H01L21/425 ,  H01L27/24 ,  H01L21/268 ,  H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/11529 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/11578 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/78 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L27/22 ,  H01L27/105 ,  H01L27/11526 ,  H01L27/11573 ,  H01L45/00

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

公开(公告)号：US11430668B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US17705392

申请日：2022-03-28

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: H01L23/498 ,  H01L21/48 ,  H01L23/34 ,  H01L27/02 ,  H01L21/8234 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L27/098 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H01L23/60 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L23/373

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device a first level, where the first level includes a first layer which includes first transistors, 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 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 first ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) circuit, and where the first level includes at least one second ESD circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20220223458A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17704464

申请日：2022-03-25

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 including: a first single-crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one first metal layer disposed atop the plurality of first transistors; a second metal layer disposed atop the at least one first metal layer; a plurality of second transistors disposed atop the second metal layer; a plurality of third transistors disposed atop the plurality of second transistors; a plurality of fourth transistors disposed atop the plurality of third transistors; a third metal layer disposed atop the plurality of fourth transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed atop the third metal layer; a plurality of connecting metal paths from the fourth metal layer or the third metal layer to the second metal layer, where at least one of the plurality of third transistors is aligned to at least one of the plurality of first transistors with less than 40 nm alignment error.

公开(公告)号：US20220208594A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17699098

申请日：2022-03-19

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 single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one first metal layer disposed above the plurality of first transistors; a second metal layer disposed above the at least one first metal layer; a plurality of second transistors disposed atop the second metal layer; a plurality of third transistors disposed atop the plurality of second transistors; a plurality of fourth transistors disposed atop the plurality of third transistors; a third metal layer disposed above the plurality of fourth transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed above the third metal layer; and a plurality of connecting metal paths from the fourth metal layer or the third metal layer to the second metal layer, where the device includes an array of memory cells, and where at least one of the memory cells includes one of the plurality of third transistors.

公开(公告)号：US11374042B1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US17699099

申请日：2022-03-19

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Deepak C. Sekar

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H01L33/16 ,  H01L25/075 ,  H01L27/15 ,  H01L33/62

Abstract: A 3D micro display, the 3D micro display including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first single crystal layer includes at least one LED driving circuit; a second level including a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the first plurality of LEDs including a second single crystal layer, where the second level is disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes at least ten individual first LED pixels; and a bonding structure, where the bonding structure includes oxide to oxide bonding.