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公开(公告)号:US20220238453A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17155541
申请日:2021-01-22
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Rahul SHARANGPANI , Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Fei ZHOU
IPC: H01L23/532 , H01L23/522 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L21/768
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, and memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective vertical stack of memory elements located at levels of the electrically conductive layers. Each of the electrically conductive layers includes a respective conductive liner comprising molybdenum carbide or carbonitride, and a respective molybdenum metal fill material portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20210408031A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US16910752
申请日:2020-06-24
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Rahul SHARANGPANI , Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Fei ZHOU , Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11556
Abstract: A source-level sacrificial layer and an alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers are formed over a substrate. The spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack and the source-level sacrificial layer, and memory opening fill structures are formed. A source cavity is formed by removing the source-level sacrificial layer, and exposing an outer sidewall of each vertical semiconductor channel in the memory opening fill structures. A metal-containing layer is deposited on physically exposed surfaces of the vertical semiconductor channel and the vertical semiconductor channel is crystallized using metal-induced lateral crystallization. Alternatively or additionally, cylindrical metal-semiconductor alloy regions can be formed around the vertical semiconductor channels to reduce contact resistance. A source contact layer can be formed in the source cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US20210327889A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-21
申请号:US16849600
申请日:2020-04-15
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Senaka KANAKAMEDALA , Fei ZHOU , Yao-Sheng LEE
IPC: H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L23/538 , H01L29/423
Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers can be formed over a substrate. The spacer material layers may be formed as, or may be subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. A memory opening can be formed through the alternating stack, and annular lateral recesses are formed at levels of the insulating layers. Metal portions are formed in the annular lateral recesses, and a semiconductor material layer is deposited over the metal portions. Metal-semiconductor alloy portions are formed by performing an anneal process, and are subsequently removed by performing a selective etch process. Remaining portions of the semiconductor material layer include a vertical stack of semiconductor material portions, which may be optionally converted, partly or fully, into silicon nitride material portions. The semiconductor material portions and/or the silicon nitride material portions can be employed as discrete charge storage elements.
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公开(公告)号:US20210296285A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US16825397
申请日:2020-03-20
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Rahul SHARANGPANI , Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR , Senaka KANAKAMEDALA , Fei ZHOU
IPC: H01L25/065 , H01L25/18 , H01L23/00 , H01L25/00
Abstract: A first semiconductor die includes first semiconductor devices located over a first substrate, first interconnect-level dielectric material layers embedding first metal interconnect structures and located on the first semiconductor devices, and a first pad-level dielectric layer located on the first interconnect-level dielectric material layers and embedding first bonding pads. Each of the first bonding pads includes a first proximal horizontal surface and at least one first distal horizontal surface that is more distal from the first substrate than the first proximal horizontal surface is from the first substrate and has a lesser total area than a total area of the first proximal horizontal surface. A second semiconductor die including second bonding pads that are embedded in a second pad-level dielectric layer can be bonded to a respective distal surface of the first bonding pads.
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公开(公告)号:US20210296269A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US17118036
申请日:2020-12-10
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Rahul SHARANGPANI , Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Fei ZHOU , Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR
IPC: H01L23/00 , H01L23/495
Abstract: A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die that includes first semiconductor devices, and a first pad-level dielectric layer and embedding first bonding pads; and a second semiconductor die that includes second semiconductor devices, and a second pad-level dielectric layer embedding second bonding pads that includes a respective second pad base portion. Each of the first bonding pads includes a respective first pad base portion and a respective first metal alloy material portion having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the respective first pad base portion. Each of the second bonding pads is bonded to a respective one of the first bonding pads.
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公开(公告)号:US20210265385A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-26
申请号:US17001003
申请日:2020-08-24
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR , Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Fei ZHOU , Rahul SHARANGPANI
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11543
Abstract: A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers, dielectric barrier liners and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate and a memory stack structure extending through each layer in the alternating stack. Each of the dielectric barrier liners is located between vertically neighboring pairs of an insulating layer and an electrically conductive layer within the alternating stack. The memory stack structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel, the memory film includes a tunneling dielectric layer and a vertical stack of discrete memory-level structures that are vertically spaced from each other without direct contact between them, and each of the discrete memory-level structures includes a lateral stack including, from one side to another, a charge storage material portion, a silicon oxide blocking dielectric portion, and a dielectric metal oxide blocking dielectric portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20210217775A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-15
申请号:US16738644
申请日:2020-01-09
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Yanli ZHANG , Johann ALSMEIER , Fei ZHOU
IPC: H01L27/11597 , H01L27/11587 , H01L29/78 , H01L29/66 , G11C11/22
Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes layer stack structures laterally extending along a first horizontal direction and spaced apart from each other along a second horizontal direction by line trenches. Each of the layer stack structures includes at least one instance of a unit layer sequence that includes, from bottom to top or top to bottom, a doped semiconductor source strip, a channel-level insulating strip, and a doped semiconductor drain strip. Line trench fill structures are located within a respective one of the line trenches. Each of the line trench fill structures includes a laterally-alternating sequence of memory pillar structures and dielectric pillar structures. Each of the memory pillar structures includes a gate electrode, at least one pair of ferroelectric dielectric layers, and at least one pair of vertical semiconductor channels located at each level of the channel-level insulating strips.
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公开(公告)号:US20210210497A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US16737088
申请日:2020-01-08
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Seung-Yeul YANG , Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Fei ZHOU , Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR , Rahul SHARANGPANI
IPC: H01L27/11514 , H01L49/02 , H01L45/00 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11504
Abstract: A ferroelectric tunnel junction memory device includes a bit line, a word line and a memory cell located between the bit line and the word line. The memory cell includes a ferroelectric tunneling dielectric portion and an ovonic threshold switch material portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20210082955A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-18
申请号:US16568668
申请日:2019-09-12
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR , Raghuveer S. MAKALA , Rahul SHARANGPANI , Seung-Yeul YANG , Fei ZHOU
IPC: H01L27/11597 , H01L27/11587 , H01L27/1159
Abstract: A three-dimensional ferroelectric memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, where each of the electrically conductive layers contains a transition metal element-containing conductive liner and a conductive fill material portion, a vertical semiconductor channel extending vertically through the alternating stack, a vertical stack of tubular transition metal element-containing conductive spacers laterally surrounding the vertical semiconductor channel and located at levels of the electrically conductive layers, and a ferroelectric material layer located between the vertical stack of tubular transition metal element-containing conductive spacers and the transition metal element-containing conductive liner.
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公开(公告)号:US20200168619A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-28
申请号:US16200115
申请日:2018-11-26
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Fei ZHOU , Adarsh RAJASHEKHAR , Rahul SHARANGPANI , Raghuveer S. MAKALA
IPC: H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11582 , H01L23/522
Abstract: In-process source-level material layers including a source-level sacrificial layer are formed over a substrate. An alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over the in-process source-level material layers. A memory opening is formed through the alternating stack, and is filled with a memory film and a sacrificial opening fill structure. The source-level sacrificial layer is replaced with a source contact layer including a doped polycrystalline semiconductor material. The source contact layer can be formed by diffusing a metal in a metallic catalyst material through a semiconductor fill material layer that fills a source cavity formed by removal of the source-level sacrificial layer. The sacrificial opening fill structure is replaced with a vertical semiconductor channel, which can be formed with large grains due to large crystal sizes in the source contact layer. The sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers.
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