Abstract:
A 3D device, the first level including first transistors and a first interconnect; a second level with second transistors overlaying the first level; a third level with third transistors overlaying the second level; a plurality of electronic circuit units (ECUs), where each ECU includes a first circuit with a portion of the first transistors, where each of the ECUs includes a second circuit including a portion of the second transistors, where each of the plurality of ECUs includes a third circuit, which includes a portion of the third transistors, where each of the ECUs includes a vertical data bus, where the vertical data bus has between eight pillars and three hundreds pillars, where the vertical data bus provides electrical connections between the first and second circuits, where the third level includes an array of memory cells, and where the second circuit includes a memory control circuit.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a first mono-crystallized layer including first transistors, and a first metal layer forming at least a portion of connections between the first transistors; and a second layer including second transistors, the second transistors including mono-crystalline material, the second layer overlying the first metal layer, wherein the first metal layer includes aluminum or copper, and wherein the second layer is less than one micron in thickness and includes logic cells.
Abstract:
A method for formation of a semiconductor device, the method including: providing a first mono-crystalline layer including first transistors and first alignment marks; providing an interconnection layer including aluminum or copper on top of the first mono-crystalline layer; and then forming a second mono-crystalline layer on top of the first mono-crystalline layer interconnection layer by using a layer transfer step, and then processing second transistors on the second mono-crystalline layer including a step of forming a gate dielectric, where at least one of the second transistors is a p-type transistor and at least one of the second transistors is an n-type transistor.
Abstract:
A device including a first layer of first transistors interconnected by at least one first interconnection layer, where the first interconnection layer includes copper or aluminum, a second layer including second transistors, the second layer overlaying the first interconnection layer, where the second layer is less than about 2 micron thick, where the second layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion; and a connection path connecting at least one of the second transistors to the first interconnection layer, where the connection path includes at least one through-layer via, where the at least one through-layer via is formed through and in direct contact with a source or drain of at least one of the second transistors.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor substrate with a first layer including first transistors; a shield layer overlaying the first layer; a second layer overlaying the shield layer, the second layer including second transistors; wherein the shield layer is a mostly continuous layer with a plurality of regions for connections between the first transistors and the second transistors, and where the second transistors include monocrystalline regions.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprising power distribution wires wherein; a portion of said wires have thermal connection to the semiconductor layer and said thermal connection designed to conduct heat but to not conduct electricity.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices: providing a first device including a first die and second die, where the first die is diced from a first wafer, the second die is diced from a second wafer, the first die is connected to the second die using at least one through-silicon-via; providing a second device including a third die and fourth die, where the third die is diced from a third wafer, the fourth die is diced from a fourth wafer, the third die is connected to the fourth die using at least one through-silicon-via; where the first die includes a first functionality and the third die includes a second functionality, the first functionality is different than the second functionality, a majority of the masks used for processing the first wafer and the third wafer are the same; and the second die size is substantially different than the fourth die size.
Abstract:
A 3D memory device, including: a first memory layer including a first memory transistor with side gates; a second memory layer including a second memory transistor with side gates; and a periphery circuits layer including logic transistors for controlling the memory, the periphery circuits are covered by a first isolation layer, where the first memory layer includes a first monolithically mono-crystal layer directly bonded to a second isolation layer, and the second memory layer includes a second monolithically mono-crystal layer directly bonded to the second isolation layer, and the first mono-crystal layer is bonded on top of the first isolation layer, and the second memory transistor is self-aligned to the first memory transistor.
Abstract:
A method to process an Integrated Circuit device including processing a first layer of first transistors, then processing a first metal layer overlaying the first transistors and providing at least one connection to the first transistors, then processing a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer, then processing a second layer of second transistors overlaying the second metal layer, wherein the second metal layer is connected to provide power to at least one of the second transistors.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device including: a first single crystal layer including first transistors, first alignment mark, and at least one metal layer, said at least one metal layer overlying said first single crystal layer, wherein the at least one metal layer includes copper or aluminum; and a second layer overlying the at least one metal layer; wherein the second layer includes second transistors, the second transistors include mono-crystal, the second transistors include P type transistors and N type transistors, and the second transistors are aligned to the first alignment mark with less than 40 nm alignment error.