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公开(公告)号:US20200312863A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16366245
申请日:2019-03-27
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Takaaki IWAI , Yoshitaka OTSU , Hisakazu OTOI
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11529 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11573
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a semiconductor material layer, and memory stack structures extending through one of the alternating stacks. Laterally-undulating backside trenches are present between alternating stacks, and include a laterally alternating sequence of straight trench segments and bulging trench segments. Cavity-containing dielectric fill structures and contact via structures are present in the laterally-undulating backside trenches. The contact via structures are located within the bulging trench segments. The contact via structures are self-aligned to sidewalls of the alternating stacks. Additional contact via structures may vertically extend through a dielectric alternating stack of a subset of the insulating layers and dielectric spacer layers laterally adjoining one of the alternating stacks.
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公开(公告)号:US20200303398A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16361773
申请日:2019-03-22
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Yoshitaka OTSU , Koichiro NAGATA , Junpei KANAZAWA
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11529 , H01L27/11556
Abstract: A vertically alternating sequence of continuous insulating layers and continuous sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate, and is patterned to form stepped surfaces. Memory stack structures are formed in a memory array region of the alternating stack. Support pillar structures are formed through the vertically alternating sequence within a staircase region. The support pillar structures are formed at lattice sites of a hexagonal lattice structure that includes unoccupied lattice sites. Portions of the continuous sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers. Contact via structures are formed on a respective one of the electrically conductive layers at the unoccupied lattice sites. Geometrical centers of the support pillar structures are arranged at vertices of a polygon having more than four vertices having a respective contact via structure located at a geometric center of the polygon in a plan view.
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公开(公告)号:US20230013984A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17376490
申请日:2021-07-15
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Yoshitaka OTSU
IPC: H01L23/535 , H01L21/768 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582
Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes semiconductor devices located on a top surface of a substrate semiconductor layer, lower-level metal interconnect structures embedded in lower-level dielectric material layers, source-level material layers, an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers overlying the source-level material layer, memory stack structures, a vertically alternating sequence of insulating plates and dielectric material plates laterally surrounded by the alternating stack, an isolation trench fill structure interposed between the alternating stack and the vertically alternating sequence and including a trench fill material portion and a capping dielectric structure overlying the trench fill material portion, and a first through-memory-level interconnection via structure vertically extending through each plate within the vertically alternating sequence and contacting a top surface of one of the lower-level metal interconnect structures.
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公开(公告)号:US20210210503A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US17106792
申请日:2020-11-30
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Koichi MATSUNO , James KAI , Jixin YU , Johann ALSMEIER , Yoshitaka OTSU
IPC: H01L27/11575 , H01L23/522 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11548 , H01L27/11582 , H01L21/768
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack, wherein each of the memory stack structures comprises a vertical semiconductor channel and a vertical stack of memory elements, a dielectric moat structure vertically extending through the alternating stack and including an annular dielectric plate portion at each level of the electrically conductive layers that laterally surrounds a respective dielectric material plate, and an interconnection via structure laterally surrounded by the dielectric moat structure and vertically extending through each insulating layer within the alternating stack. Each of the annular dielectric plate portions includes a continuous inner sidewall including a plurality of laterally-convex and vertically-planar inner sidewall segments that are adjoined to each other, and a continuous outer sidewall including a plurality of laterally-convex and vertically-planar outer sidewall segments that are adjoined to each other.
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公开(公告)号:US20200343258A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
申请号:US16394233
申请日:2019-04-25
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Yoshitaka OTSU , Satoshi SHIMIZU , Makoto KOTO
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/1157
Abstract: A source-level sacrificial layer and an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers are formed over a substrate. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack, and a source cavity is formed by removing the source-level sacrificial layer. A memory film is formally formed by a conformal deposition process, and a source contact layer is formed in the source cavity. Vertical semiconductor channels and drain regions are formed in remaining volumes of the memory openings on sidewalls of the source contact layer. A backside contact via structure is formed through the alternating stack and directly on a sidewall of the source contact layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240260268A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-01
申请号:US18357676
申请日:2023-07-24
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Takayuki MAEKURA , Yoshitaka OTSU
CPC classification number: H10B43/27 , H01L24/08 , H01L24/80 , H01L25/0657 , H01L25/18 , H01L25/50 , H10B80/00 , H01L2224/08145 , H01L2224/80006 , H01L2224/80895 , H01L2224/80896 , H01L2924/1431 , H01L2924/14511
Abstract: A device structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and composite layers located over a source layer, where each of the composite layers includes a combination of a respective dielectric material layer and a respective electrically conductive layer, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings, where each of the memory opening fill structures includes a respective vertical stack of memory elements and a respective vertical semiconductor channel, and contact via structures vertically extending through a respective subset of the dielectric material layers and the insulating layers in the alternating stack and contacting a horizontal surface of a respective one of the electrically conductive layers in the alternating stack.
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公开(公告)号:US20210210428A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US17155512
申请日:2021-01-22
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Kazuto OHSAWA , Kota FUNAYAMA , Hisaya SAKAI , Yoshitaka OTSU
IPC: H01L23/522 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack, a finned dielectric moat structure including a dielectric core portion vertically extending through each layer within the alternating stack and a vertical stack of dielectric fin portions laterally extending outward from the dielectric core portion, a vertical stack of insulating plates and dielectric material plates laterally surrounded by the finned dielectric moat structure, and an interconnection via structure vertically extending through the vertical stack and contacting a top surface of an underlying metal interconnect structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20210391345A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:US16900060
申请日:2020-06-12
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Yoshitaka OTSU , Muneyuki IMAI , Junpei KANAZAWA
IPC: H01L27/11539 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11519 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/528 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11582
Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional memory device includes forming a first-tier alternating stack of first insulating layers and first sacrificial material layers, forming first-tier memory openings, first-tier support openings, and first-tier moat trenches through the first alternating stack using a same etching step, forming a first dielectric moat structure in the first moat tier-trenches and first support pillar structures in the first-tier support openings during a same deposition step, forming memory stack structures in the first-tier memory openings, forming backside trenches through the first-tier alternating stack after forming the first dielectric moat structure, replacing portions of the first sacrificial material layers with first electrically conductive layers through the backside trenches, and forming at least one through-memory-level interconnection via structure through the first vertically alternating sequence of first insulating plates and first dielectric material plates surrounded by the first dielectric moat structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20210384206A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-09
申请号:US16893933
申请日:2020-06-05
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Takaaki IWAI , Yoshitaka OTSU , Hirofumi TOKITA
IPC: H01L27/11539 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11582
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device can include at least one alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a semiconductor material layer, memory stack structures vertically extending through the at least one alternating stack, and a vertical stack of dielectric plates interlaced with laterally extending portions of the insulating layers of the at least one alternating stack. A conductive via structure can vertically extend through each dielectric plate and the insulating layers, and can contact an underlying metal interconnect structure. Additionally or alternatively, support pillar structures can vertically extend through the vertical stack of dielectric plates and into an opening through the semiconductor material layer, and can contact lower-level dielectric material layers embedding the underlying metal interconnect structure to enhance structural support to the three-dimensional memory device during manufacture.
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公开(公告)号:US20210210504A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US16735854
申请日:2020-01-07
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Yoshitaka OTSU , Kenichi OKABE , Takashi ARAI
IPC: H01L27/11582 , H01L23/522 , H01L21/768
Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack, a perforated dielectric moat structure vertically extending through the alternating stack, and an interconnection via structure laterally surrounded by the perforated dielectric moat structure and vertically extending through each insulating layer within the alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a vertical semiconductor channel and a vertical stack of memory elements located at levels of the electrically conductive layers. The perforated dielectric moat structure includes a plurality of lateral openings at each level of the insulating layers, and does not include any opening at levels of the electrically conductive layers.
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