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公开(公告)号:US20240206171A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-20
申请号:US18352025
申请日:2023-07-13
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Masaaki HIGASHITANI , Peter RABKIN , Hiroyuki KINOSHITA , Satoshi SHIMIZU , Yanli ZHANG , Johann ALSMEIER
Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a vertical stack of repetition units, where each instance of the repetition unit extends along a first horizontal direction and includes a first electrically conductive strip, a first memory film located over the first electrically conductive strip, discrete semiconductor channels that are laterally spaced apart from each other along the first horizontal direction and located above the first memory film, a second memory film located above the discrete semiconductor channels, a second electrically conductive strip located above the second memory film, and an insulating strip located above the first electrically conductive strip. Source/drain openings are arranged along the first horizontal direction, interlaced with the discrete semiconductor channels, and vertically extending through the vertical stack of repetition units, and source/drain pillar structures are located in respective source/drain openings, and vertically extending through the vertical stack of repetition units.
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公开(公告)号:US20220344362A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17241321
申请日:2021-04-27
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Zhixin CUI , Satoshi SHIMIZU
IPC: H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11565 , G11C8/14
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory opening fill structures vertically extending through the alternating stack in a memory array region, and an electrically conductive spacer extending vertically and electrically connecting a first drain-select-level electrically conductive layer to a second drain-select-level electrically conductive layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20200027835A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-23
申请号:US16432415
申请日:2019-06-05
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Yu-Hsien HSU , Satoshi SHIMIZU , Shunsuke AKIMOTO
IPC: H01L23/535 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11524 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/40
Abstract: A dielectric spacer assembly including an annular dielectric isolation structure is formed through in-process source-level material layers. An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers is formed over the in-process source-level material layers. A contact via cavity is formed through the dielectric spacer assembly, and is filled within a dielectric spacer and a sacrificial via fill structure. The dielectric spacer assembly protects the dielectric spacer during replacement of a source-level sacrificial layer with a source contact layer. The sacrificial via fill structure is subsequently replaced with a through-memory-level contact via structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20190043830A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-07
申请号:US15669243
申请日:2017-08-04
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Kiyohiko SAKAKIBARA , Satoshi SHIMIZU , Naoto NORIZUKI
IPC: H01L25/065 , H05K7/02 , H01L27/06 , H01L27/108 , H01L27/11568 , H01L49/02
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes a p-doped source semiconductor layer located over a substrate, a p-doped strap semiconductor layer located over the p-doped source semiconductor layer, an alternating stack of electrically conductive layers and insulating layers located over the p-doped strap semiconductor layer, and memory stack structures that extend through the alternating stack and into an upper portion of the p-doped source semiconductor layer. Each memory stack structure includes a p-doped vertical semiconductor channel and a memory film laterally surrounding the p-doped vertical semiconductor channel. A top surface of each p-doped vertical semiconductor channel contacts a bottom surface of a respective n-doped region. A sidewall of a bottom portion of each p-doped vertical semiconductor channel contacts a respective sidewall of the p-doped strap semiconductor layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240292627A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18659312
申请日:2024-05-09
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Takuya MUROOKA , Peng ZHANG , Kazuki ISOZUMI , Shinsuke YADA , Motoo OHAGA , Satoshi SHIMIZU
Abstract: A memory device includes at least one alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers overlying a source layer, a memory opening vertically extending through the at least one alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and containing a vertical stack of memory elements and a vertical semiconductor channel. The memory opening fill structure includes a lateral protrusion having a tapered sidewall surface such that a lateral extent of the lateral protrusion decreases with a vertical distance from the source layer. One of the electrically conductive layers of the at least one alternating stack is a taper-containing electrically conductive layer that is located at a level of the lateral protrusion of the memory opening fill structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20230328984A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US18060732
申请日:2022-12-01
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Nobuyuki FUJIMURA , Takashi KUDO , Shunsuke TAKUMA , Satoshi SHIMIZU
CPC classification number: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556
Abstract: A memory device includes at least one alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a memory opening vertically extending through the at least one alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and containing a vertical stack of memory elements and a vertical semiconductor channel. The memory opening fill structure includes a lateral protrusion having a tapered sidewall surface; and one of the electrically conductive layers is a taper-containing electrically conductive layer that is located at a level of the lateral protrusion of the memory opening fill structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20230240070A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-27
申请号:US17583456
申请日:2022-01-25
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Kota FUNAYAMA , Satoshi SHIMIZU , Koichi MATSUNO
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556
CPC classification number: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556
Abstract: A memory device includes a lower source-level semiconductor layer, a source contact layer, an upper source-level semiconductor layer, and an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, and a memory opening fill structure vertically extending through the alternating stack and down to an upper portion of the lower source-level semiconductor layer. The memory opening fill structure includes a vertical semiconductor channel, a memory film laterally surrounding the vertical semiconductor channel, and an annular semiconductor cap contacting a bottom surface of the memory film and contacting a top surface segment of the source contact layer. The annular semiconductor cap may be employed as an etch stop structure during a manufacturing process.
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公开(公告)号:US20220344365A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17237476
申请日:2021-04-22
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Nobuyuki FUJIMURA , Satoshi SHIMIZU , Takumi MORIYAMA
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11565
Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers is formed over a substrate. A plurality of arrays of memory opening fill structures is formed through the alternating stack. A plurality of dielectric plates is formed, which laterally surrounds a respective array of memory opening fill structures. Self-aligned drain-select-level isolation structures are formed between a respective neighboring pair of arrays of memory opening fill structures through gaps between neighboring pairs of the dielectric plates into a subset of layers within the alternating stack. Drain side select gate electrodes are provided from a divided subset of the spacer material layers.
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公开(公告)号:US20220344266A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17682466
申请日:2022-02-28
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Akihiro TOBIOKA , Satoshi SHIMIZU
IPC: H01L23/535 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, where the electrically conductive layers include word-line-level electrically conductive layers and drain-select-level electrically conductive layers located above the word-line-level electrically conductive layers, memory opening fill structures vertically extending through the alternating stack, and drain-select-level contact via structures. A first one of the drain-select level contact structures directly contacts at least a first two of the drain-select-level electrically conductive layers that are vertically spaced apart from each other. A second one of the drain-select level contact structures directly contacts at least a second two of the drain-select-level electrically conductive layers that are vertically spaced apart from each other and which are located below the at least the first two of the drain-select-level electrically conductive layers.
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公开(公告)号:US20180366486A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-20
申请号:US15626444
申请日:2017-06-19
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Tsuyoshi HADA , Satoshi SHIMIZU , Kazuyo MATSUMOTO
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11556
CPC classification number: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157
Abstract: A planar material layer stack including a lower etch stop dielectric layer, a sacrificial semiconductor layer, and an upper etch stop dielectric layer is formed over a source semiconductor layer on a substrate. An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers is formed. The spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. An array of memory stack structures is formed. A source cavity is formed by removing the sacrificial semiconductor layer and portions of the memory films. Source strap structures are formed by a selective semiconductor deposition process on the vertical semiconductor channels and the source semiconductor layer. A dielectric fill material layer fills a remaining volume of the source cavity.
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