公开(公告)号：US20220375779A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17880653

申请日：2022-08-04

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 level including a plurality of first single-crystal transistors; a plurality of memory control circuits formed from at least a portion of the plurality of first single-crystal transistors; a first metal layer disposed atop the plurality of first single-crystal transistors; a second metal layer disposed atop the first metal layer; a second level disposed atop the second metal layer, the second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level including a plurality of third transistors, where the third level is disposed above the second level; a third metal layer disposed above the third level; and a fourth metal layer disposed above the third metal layer, where the plurality of second transistors are aligned to the plurality of first single crystal transistors with less than 140 nm alignment error, the second level includes first memory cells, the third level includes second memory cells.

公开(公告)号：US20220359473A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17868776

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: H01L25/075 ,  H01L33/62 ,  H01L33/30 ,  H01L33/16

Abstract: A multi-level semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including integrated circuits; a second level including a structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves, where the second level is disposed above the first level, where the integrated circuits include single crystal transistors; and an oxide layer disposed between the first level and the second level, where the second level is bonded to the oxide layer, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.

公开(公告)号：US11487928B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17841619

申请日：2022-06-15

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Zeev Wurman

IPC: G06F30/392 ,  G06F30/394

Abstract: A method of designing 3D Integrated Circuits including: partitioning at least one design into at least two levels, a first and second level, where the first level includes logic, the second level includes memory; and then receiving a first placement of at least portion of the second level, where the first placement includes a placement of a first memory array, where the Circuit includes a plurality of connections between the first level and second level; performing a second placement of the first level based on the first placement, the performing a second placement includes using a placer computer executed, where the placer is a part of a Computer Aided Design tool, where the logic includes a first logic circuit configured to write data to 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：US11482494B1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17843957

申请日：2022-06-18

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L23/528 ,  H01L23/532 ,  H01L27/06

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a silicon layer including a single crystal silicon layer 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; and a via disposed through the second level and has a diameter of less than 450 nm, where the second level thickness is less than four microns, 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：US11482440B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17542492

申请日：2021-12-05

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: 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 ,  H01L21/683 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L21/762 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L21/8238 ,  H01L21/84 ,  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 semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal substrate and plurality of logic circuits, where the first single crystal substrate has a device area, where the device area is significantly larger than a reticle size, where the plurality of logic circuits include an array of processors, where the plurality of logic circuits include a first logic circuit, a second logic circuit, and third logic circuit, where the plurality of logic circuits include switching circuits to support replacing the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit by the third logic circuit; and a built-in-test-circuit (“BIST”), where the built-in-test-circuit is connected to test at least the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit.

公开(公告)号：US11482439B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17377042

申请日：2021-07-15

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 ,  H01L23/367 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H01L23/00

Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device including: providing a first level including a single crystal layer and control circuits, where the control circuits include a plurality of first transistors; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching holes within the second level; performing processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within the second level, where each of the first memory cells include one of a plurality of second transistors, where the control circuits include memory peripheral circuits, where at least one first memory cell is at least partially atop a portion of the memory peripheral circuits, and where fabrication processing of the first transistors accounts for a temperature and time associated with processing the second level and the plurality of second transistors by adjusting a process thermal budget of the first level accordingly.

公开(公告)号：US20220336532A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17850840

申请日：2022-06-27

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Deepak C. Sekar ,  Zvi Or-Bach

IPC: 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

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：US20220328411A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17843957

申请日：2022-06-18

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L23/528 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L23/532

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a silicon layer including a single crystal silicon layer 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; and a via disposed through the second level and has a diameter of less than 450 nm, where the second level thickness is less than four microns, 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：US11443971B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US17146416

申请日：2021-01-11

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

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

IPC: H01L21/8239 ,  H01L21/8242 ,  H01L21/8244 ,  H01L21/8246 ,  H01L27/108 ,  H01L27/11 ,  H01L27/112 ,  H01L27/115 ,  H01L27/11514 ,  H01L27/11517 ,  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 ,  H01L27/11526 ,  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 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first single crystal transistors and a first metal layer, where the first transistors include forming memory control circuits; a second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level including a plurality of third transistors, where the second level is above the first level, and where the third level is above the second level; a second metal layer above the third level; and a third metal layer above the second metal layer, where the second transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 140 nm alignment error, where the second level includes a plurality of first memory cells, where the third level includes a plurality of second memory cells, and where the memory control circuits are designed to adjust a memory write voltage according to the device specific process parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20220285322A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17750338

申请日：2022-05-21

Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.

Inventor： Zvi Or-Bach ,  Brian Cronquist

IPC: H01L25/065 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L23/485 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/74 ,  H01L25/00 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L27/088

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