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公开(公告)号:US20230052468A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-16
申请号:US17399283
申请日:2021-08-11
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: M. Jared Barclay , John D. Hopkins , Richard J. Hill , Indra V. Chary , Kar Wui Thong
IPC: H01L23/535 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L21/768
Abstract: A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers above a conductor tier. Strings of memory cells comprise channel-material strings that extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The channel-material strings directly electrically couple with conductor material of the conductor tier by conducting material that is in a lowest of the conductive tiers and that is directly against multiple of the channel-material strings. The channel-material strings in the laterally-spaced memory blocks comprise part of a memory plane. A wall in the lowest conductive tier is aside the conducting material. The wall is in a region that is edge-of-plane relative to the memory plane. The edge-of-plane region comprises a TAV region. The wall is horizontally-elongated relative to an edge of the TAV region that is in the edge-of-plane region. Other memory arrays and methods are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230052332A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-16
申请号:US17398188
申请日:2021-08-10
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Alyssa N. Scarbrough , M. Jared Barclay , John D. Hopkins , Jordan D. Greenlee
IPC: H01L23/535 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L21/768
Abstract: A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers above a conductor tier. The conductor tier is directly above a lower tier that comprises conductive lines that are horizontally elongated. An insulator tier is vertically between the conductor tier and the lower tier. Strings of memory cells comprise channel-material strings that extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The channel-material strings directly electrically couple to the conductor material of the conductor tier. A through-array-via (TAV) region comprises TAVs that individually directly electrically couple to one of the conductive lines. Insulator walls are in the TAV region. The insulator walls extend vertically through the conductor tier and the insulator tier to the lower tier and are horizontally elongated. Methods are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200168622A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-28
申请号:US16200158
申请日:2018-11-26
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Yoshiaki Fukuzumi , M. Jared Barclay , Emilio Camerlenghi , Paolo Tessariol
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11565 , H01L21/768 , H01L21/28
Abstract: A method used in forming a memory array comprises forming a tier comprising conductor material above a substrate. Sacrificial islands comprising etch-stop material are formed directly above the conductor material of the tier comprising the conductor material. A stack comprising vertically-alternating insulative tiers and wordline tiers is formed above the sacrificial islands and the tier comprising the conductor material. Etching is conducted through the insulative tiers and the wordline tiers to the etch-stop material of individual of the sacrificial islands to form channel openings that have individual bases comprising the etch-stop material. The sacrificial islands are removed through individual of the channel openings to extend the individual channel openings to the tier comprising the conductor material. Channel material is formed in the extended-channel openings to the tier comprising the conductor material. The channel material is electrically coupled with the conductor material of the tier comprising the conductor material. Structure independent of method is disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US12159674B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-03
申请号:US17409476
申请日:2021-08-23
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jordan D. Greenlee , John D. Hopkins , M. Jared Barclay , Andrew Li , Aireus Christensen
Abstract: A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a conductor tier comprising conductor material on a substrate. Laterally-spaced memory-block regions are formed that individually comprise a vertical stack comprising alternating first tiers and second tiers are formed directly above the conductor tier. Material of the first tiers is sacrificial and of different composition from material of the first tiers. Channel-material strings extend through the first tiers and the second tiers. Conducting material in a lowest of the first tiers is formed that directly electrically couples together the channel material of individual of the channel-material strings and the conductor material of the conductor tier. A horizontally-elongated trench is formed between immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory-block regions. The trenches extend downwardly into the conducting material. After forming the trenches, lateral-sidewall regions of the conducting material that are aside the individual trenches in the lowest first tier is doped with an impurity. The sacrificial material is etched from the first tiers through the trenches selectively relative to the doped lateral-sidewall regions of the conducting material. Other embodiments, including structure, are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230057852A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-23
申请号:US17408813
申请日:2021-08-23
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Collin Howder , M. Jared Barclay , Bhavesh Bhartia , Chet E. Carter , John D. Hopkins , Andrew Li , Haoyu Li , Alyssa N. Scarbrough , Grady S. Waldo
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556
Abstract: Integrated circuitry comprising a memory array comprises strings of memory cells comprising laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a first vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers above a conductor tier. Strings of memory cells comprise channel-material strings that extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The channel-material strings directly electrically couple with conductor material of the conductor tier. The conductive tiers individually comprise a horizontally-elongated conductive line. A second vertical stack is aside the first vertical stack. The second vertical stack comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion comprises vertically-alternating first insulating tiers and second insulating tiers that are of different insulative compositions relative one another. The lower portion comprises a horizontal line above the conductor tier that runs parallel with the laterally-spaced memory blocks in the first vertical stack. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20220199644A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-23
申请号:US17691993
申请日:2022-03-10
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Darwin A. Clampitt , Matthew J. King , John D. Hopkins , M. Jared Barclay
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11526 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11573 , H01L23/48
Abstract: Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a base (e.g., a monocrystalline silicon wafer), and having memory cells over the base and along channel-material-pillars. A conductive structure is between the memory cells and the base. The channel-material-pillars are coupled with the conductive structure. A foundational structure extends into the base and projects upwardly to a level above the conductive structure. The foundational structure locks the conductive structure to the base to provide foundational support to the conductive structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20220157844A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-19
申请号:US17590266
申请日:2022-02-01
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: M. Jared Barclay , Merri L. Carlson , Saurabh Keshav , George Matamis , Young Joon Moon , Kunal R. Parekh , Paolo Tessariol , Vinayak Shamanna
IPC: H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11519 , H01L21/311 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11565
Abstract: A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a construction comprising a stack that have vertically-alternating insulative tiers and wordline tiers. An array of openings is formed in an uppermost portion of upper material that is above the stack, and the openings comprise channel openings and dummy openings. At least the uppermost portion of the upper material is used as a mask while etching the channel openings and the dummy openings into a lower portion of the upper material. The channel openings are etched into the insulative and wordline tiers. The channel openings are etched deeper into the construction than the dummy openings, and channel material is formed in the channel openings after the etching. Structures independent of method are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200328222A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-15
申请号:US16382932
申请日:2019-04-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: M. Jared Barclay , Merri L. Carlson , Saurabh Keshav , George Matamis , Young Joon Moon , Kunal R. Parekh , Paolo Tessariol , Vinayak Shamanna
IPC: H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11582 , H01L21/311
Abstract: A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a construction comprising a stack that have vertically-alternating insulative tiers and wordline tiers. An array of openings is formed in an uppermost portion of upper material that is above the stack, and the openings comprise channel openings and dummy openings. At least the uppermost portion of the upper material is used as a mask while etching the channel openings and the dummy openings into a lower portion of the upper material. The channel openings are etched into the insulative and wordline tiers. The channel openings are etched deeper into the construction than the dummy openings, and channel material is formed in the channel openings after the etching. Structures independent of method are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US12068255B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-20
申请号:US17399283
申请日:2021-08-11
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: M. Jared Barclay , John D. Hopkins , Richard J. Hill , Indra V. Chary , Kar Wui Thong
IPC: H10B43/27 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/535 , H10B41/27
CPC classification number: H01L23/535 , H01L21/76805 , H01L21/76895 , H10B41/27 , H10B43/27
Abstract: A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers above a conductor tier. Strings of memory cells comprise channel-material strings that extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. The channel-material strings directly electrically couple with conductor material of the conductor tier by conducting material that is in a lowest of the conductive tiers and that is directly against multiple of the channel-material strings. The channel-material strings in the laterally-spaced memory blocks comprise part of a memory plane. A wall in the lowest conductive tier is aside the conducting material. The wall is in a region that is edge-of-plane relative to the memory plane. The edge-of-plane region comprises a TAV region. The wall is horizontally-elongated relative to an edge of the TAV region that is in the edge-of-plane region. Other memory arrays and methods are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11114379B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-07
申请号:US15995475
申请日:2018-06-01
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Michael J. Gossman , M. Jared Barclay , Matthew J. King , Eldon Nelson , Matthew Park , Jason Reece , Lifang Xu , Bo Zhao
IPC: H01L23/528 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11548 , H01L23/522 , H01L21/768 , H01L27/11575 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/11529
Abstract: A method used in forming integrated circuitry comprises forming a stack of vertically-alternating tiers of different composition materials. A stair-step structure is formed into the stack and an upper landing is formed adjacent and above the stair-step structure. The stair-step structure is formed to comprise vertically-alternating tiers of the different composition materials. A plurality of stairs individually comprise two of the tiers of different composition materials. At least some of the stairs individually have only two tiers that are each only of a different one of the different composition materials. An upper of the stairs that is below the upper landing comprises at least four of the tiers of different composition materials. Structure independent of method is disclosed.
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