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公开(公告)号:US20200185389A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-11
申请号:US16793888
申请日:2020-02-18
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Song Guo , Sanh D. Tang , Vlad Temchenko , Shivani Srivastava
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L21/308
Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device comprises forming a patterned masking material comprising parallel structures and parallel trenches extending at a first angle from about 30° to about 75° relative to a lateral direction. A mask is provided over the patterned masking material and comprises additional parallel structures and parallel apertures extending at a second, different angle from about 0° to about 90° relative to the lateral direction. The patterned masking material is further patterned using the mask to form a patterned masking structure comprising elongate structures separated by the parallel trenches and additional parallel trenches. Exposed portions of a hard mask material underlying the patterned masking structure are subjected to ARDE to form a patterned hard mask material. Exposed portions of a semiconductive material underlying the patterned hard mask material are removed to form semiconductive pillar structures. Semiconductor devices and electronic systems are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US20200176465A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-04
申请号:US16204224
申请日:2018-11-29
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Richard J. Hill , Yi Fang Lee , Martin C. Roberts
IPC: H01L27/11582 , G06F3/06 , H01L27/11514 , H01L27/11585
Abstract: A memory array comprises vertically-alternating tiers of insulative material and memory cells. The memory cells individually comprise a transistor comprising first and second source/drain regions having a channel region there-between and a gate operatively proximate the channel region. The individual memory cells comprise a capacitor comprising first and second electrodes having a capacitor insulator there-between. The first electrode electrically couples to the first source/drain region. Wordline structures extend elevationally through the insulative material and the memory cells of the vertically-alternating tiers. Individual of the gates that are in different of the memory cell tiers directly electrically couple to individual of the wordline structures. Sense-lines electrically couple to multiple of the second source/drain regions of individual of the transistors. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10658285B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-19
申请号:US16654908
申请日:2019-10-16
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Roger W. Lindsay , Krishna K. Parat
IPC: H01L27/1157 , H01L23/52 , H01L27/10 , G11C13/00 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/24 , H01L45/00 , H01L27/11524
Abstract: A method of forming circuitry components includes forming a stack of horizontally extending and vertically overlapping features. The stack has a primary portion and an end portion. At least some of the features extend farther in the horizontal direction in the end portion moving deeper into the stack in the end portion. Operative structures are formed vertically through the features in the primary portion and dummy structures are formed vertically through the features in the end portion. Horizontally elongated openings are formed through the features to form horizontally elongated and vertically overlapping lines from material of the features. The lines individually extend from the primary portion into the end portion, and individually laterally about sides of vertically extending portions of both the operative structures and the dummy structures. Sacrificial material that is elevationally between the lines is at least partially removed in the primary and end portions laterally between the horizontally elongated openings. Other aspects and implementations are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10593678B1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-17
申请号:US16111499
申请日:2018-08-24
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Song Guo , Sanh D. Tang , Vlad Temchenko , Shivani Srivastava
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L21/308 , G11C11/408
Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device comprises forming a patterned masking material comprising parallel structures and parallel trenches extending at a first angle from about 30° to about 75° relative to a lateral direction. A mask is provided over the patterned masking material and comprises additional parallel structures and parallel apertures extending at a second, different angle from about 0° to about 90° relative to the lateral direction. The patterned masking material is further patterned using the mask to form a patterned masking structure comprising elongate structures separated by the parallel trenches and additional parallel trenches. Exposed portions of a hard mask material underlying the patterned masking structure are subjected to ARDE to form a patterned hard mask material. Exposed portions of a semiconductive material underlying the patterned hard mask material are removed to form semiconductive pillar structures. Semiconductor devices and electronic systems are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US10566332B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-18
申请号:US16192097
申请日:2018-11-15
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kuo-Chen Wang , Shih-Fan Kuan , Lars Heineck , Sanh D. Tang
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L21/027 , H01L21/3105 , H01L21/311 , H01L21/762 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/528 , H01L23/532 , H01L29/06
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having active areas and a trench isolation region between the active areas. The active areas extend along a first direction. Buried word lines extend along a second direction in the semiconductor substrate. Two of the buried word lines intersect with each of the active areas, separating each of the active areas into a digit line contact area and two cell contact areas. The second direction is not perpendicular to the first direction. A digit line contact is disposed on the digit line contact area. A storage node contact is disposed on each of the two cell contact areas. The digit line contact and the storage node contact are coplanar. At least one digit line extends along a third direction over a main surface of the semiconductor substrate. The at least one digit line is in direct contact with the digit line contact.
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公开(公告)号:US10475737B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-12
申请号:US15900188
申请日:2018-02-20
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Roger W. Lindsay , Krishna K. Parat
IPC: H01L27/1157 , H01L23/52 , H01L27/10 , G11C13/00 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/24 , H01L45/00 , H01L27/11524
Abstract: A method of forming circuitry components includes forming a stack of horizontally extending and vertically overlapping features. The stack has a primary portion and an end portion. At least some of the features extend farther in the horizontal direction in the end portion moving deeper into the stack in the end portion. Operative structures are formed vertically through the features in the primary portion and dummy structures are formed vertically through the features in the end portion. Horizontally elongated openings are formed through the features to form horizontally elongated and vertically overlapping lines from material of the features. The lines individually extend from the primary portion into the end portion, and individually laterally about sides of vertically extending portions of both the operative structures and the dummy structures. Sacrificial material that is elevationally between the lines is at least partially removed in the primary and end portions laterally between the horizontally elongated openings. Other aspects and implementations are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190252553A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-15
申请号:US16132879
申请日:2018-09-17
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Haitao Liu , Yunfei Gao , Kamal M. Karda , Deepak Chandra Pandey , Sanh D. Tang , Litao Yang
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L29/78 , H01L27/088
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods related to access devices formed with conductive contacts are described. An example apparatus may include an access device that includes a field-effect transistor (FET). A vertical pillar may be formed to include a channel of the FET, with a portion of the vertical pillar formed between at least two gates of the FET (i.e., a multi-gate Fin-FET). A conductive contact may be coupled to a body region of the vertical pillar.
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公开(公告)号:US10325926B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15464060
申请日:2017-03-20
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Ming Zhang , Andrew M. Bayless , John K. Zahurak
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/84 , H01L27/12 , H01L27/24 , H01L29/04 , H01L29/16 , H01L29/78 , H01L21/306 , H01L21/762 , H01L27/102 , H01L27/108 , H01L29/786
Abstract: Methods for fabricating semiconductor-metal-on-insulator (SMOI) structures include forming an acceptor wafer including an insulator material on a first semiconductor substrate, forming a donor wafer including a conductive material and an amorphous silicon material on a second semiconductor substrate, and bonding the amorphous silicon material of the donor wafer to the insulator material of the acceptor wafer. SMOI structures formed from such methods are also disclosed, as are semiconductor devices including such SMOI structures.
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公开(公告)号:US20190172517A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-06
申请号:US16267087
申请日:2019-02-04
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Kuo-Chen Wang , Martin C. Roberts , Diem Thy N. Tran , Hideki Gomi , Fredrick D. Fishburn , Srinivas Pulugurtha , Michel Koopmans , Eiji Hasunuma
IPC: G11C11/402 , G11C5/06 , H01L27/108
Abstract: Some embodiments include an assembly having active material structures arranged in an array having rows and columns. Each of the active material structures has a first side which includes a bit contact region, and has a second side which includes a cell contact region. Each of the bit contact regions is coupled with a first redistribution pad. Each of the cell contact regions is coupled with a second redistribution pad. The first redistribution pads are coupled with bitlines, and the second redistribution pads are coupled with programmable devices. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory arrays.
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公开(公告)号:US20180323200A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15973707
申请日:2018-05-08
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Sanh D. Tang , Martin C. Roberts
IPC: H01L27/108 , H01L27/06 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/08 , H01L29/10 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11507 , H01L27/11514 , H01L49/02
Abstract: A memory array comprises vertically-alternating tiers of insulative material and memory cells. The memory cells individually comprise a transistor and a capacitor. One of (a) a channel region of e transistor, or (b) a pair of electrodes of the capacitor, is directly above the other of (a) and (b). Additional embodiments and aspects are disclosed.
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