3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, STRUCTURE AND METHODS WITH MEMORY ARRAYS AND CONNECTIVITY STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20250040141A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18739083

    申请日:2024-06-10

    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including dicing including an etch process; and including: a first level including a single crystal layer, and a memory control circuit which includes first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the first single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer; second transistors—which may include a metal gate—disposed atop the third metal layer; third transistors disposed atop the second transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed atop the third transistors; a memory array including word-lines and at least four memory mini arrays (each mini array includes at least four rows by four columns of memory cells), each memory cell includes at least one second transistor or at least one third transistor; and a connection path from fourth metal to third metal, the path includes a via disposed through the memory array.

    3D memory semiconductor device and structure

    公开(公告)号:US12114494B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17461075

    申请日:2021-08-30

    CPC classification number: H10B41/27 H10B43/27

    Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device including: a first vertical pillar, the first vertical pillar includes a transistor source; a second vertical pillar, the second vertical pillar includes the transistor drain, where the first vertical pillar and the second vertical pillar each functions as a source or functions as a drain for a plurality of overlaying horizontally-oriented memory transistors, where at least of one of the plurality of overlaying horizontally-oriented memory transistors is disposed between the first vertical pillar and the second vertical pillar, where the plurality of overlaying horizontally-oriented memory transistors are self-aligned being formed following a same lithography step, and where the first vertical pillar includes metal.

    3D MEMORY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH MEMORY-LINE PILLARS

    公开(公告)号:US20240147740A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-02

    申请号:US18407096

    申请日:2024-01-08

    Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device including: a first structure including a plurality of memory cells, where each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source, a drain, and a channel; a plurality of memory-line pillars, where each memory-line pillar of the plurality of memory-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where the plurality of memory-line pillars are vertically oriented, and where the at least one memory transistor is self-aligned to an overlaying another the at least one memory transistor, both being processed following a same lithography step; and a control level including a memory controller circuit, where the memory controller circuit includes a row buffer, where the control level is bonded to the first structure, and where the bonded includes hybrid bonding.

    3D memory semiconductor devices and structures with memory-line pillars

    公开(公告)号:US11963373B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US18407096

    申请日:2024-01-08

    Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device including: a first structure including a plurality of memory cells, where each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source, a drain, and a channel; a plurality of memory-line pillars, where each memory-line pillar of the plurality of memory-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where the plurality of memory-line pillars are vertically oriented, and where the at least one memory transistor is self-aligned to an overlaying another the at least one memory transistor, both being processed following a same lithography step; and a control level including a memory controller circuit, where the memory controller circuit includes a row buffer, where the control level is bonded to the first structure, and where the bonded includes hybrid bonding.

    3D memory semiconductor devices and structures

    公开(公告)号:US11069697B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US17235879

    申请日:2021-04-20

    Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device including: a plurality of memory cells, where each of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source, a drain and a channel; a plurality of bit-line pillars, where each of the plurality of bit-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where the bit-line pillars are vertically oriented, where the channel is horizontally oriented, and where the channel includes a circular shape or an ellipsoidal shape.

    3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, STRUCTURE AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210151450A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16649660

    申请日:2018-09-23

    Abstract: A 3D device, the device including: at least a first level including logic circuits; at least a second level including an array of memory cells; at least a third level including special circuits; and at least a fourth level including special connectivity structures, where the special connectivity structures include one of the following: a. waveguides, or b. differential signaling, or c. radio frequency transmission lines, or d. Surface Waves Interconnect (SWI) lines, and where the third level includes Radio Frequency (“RF”) circuits to drive the special connectivity structures, where the second level overlays the first level, where the third level overlays the second level, and where the fourth level overlays the third level.

    3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200013791A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US16483431

    申请日:2018-02-03

    Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device including: a first vertical pillar; a second vertical pillar, where the first vertical pillar and the second vertical pillar function as a source or a drain for a plurality of overlaying horizontally-oriented memory transistors, where the plurality of overlaying horizontally-oriented memory transistors are self-aligned being formed following the same lithography step; and memory control circuits, where the memory control circuits are disposed at least partially directly underneath the plurality of overlaying horizontally-oriented memory transistors, or are disposed at least partially directly above the plurality of overlaying horizontally-oriented memory transistors.

    3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH SLITS

    公开(公告)号:US20240404600A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18800057

    申请日:2024-08-10

    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first level including memory control circuits (include a plurality of refresh circuits for the memory units) which include first transistors; a second level including a first array of memory cells including second transistors self-aligned to at least one of the third transistors; a third level disposed on top of the second level disposed on top of first level, the third level including a second array of memory cells including third transistors; a fourth level disposed on top of the third level, the fourth level including a third array of memory cells including fourth transistors, second level is bonded to the first level, a plurality of slits disposed through the second level, the third level, and the fourth level, the slits enable gate replacement of a plurality of the third transistors, where the second array of memory cells include a plurality of independently controlled memory units.

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