NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH REDUCED WORD LINE SWITCH AREA

    公开(公告)号:US20240111440A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US17957424

    申请日:2022-09-30

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06

    摘要: A three dimensional non-volatile memory structure includes word lines connected to non-volatile memory cells arranged in blocks. A plurality of word line switches are connected to the word lines and one or more sources of voltage. The word line switches are arranged in groups of X word line switches such that each group of X word line switches is positioned in a line under Y blocks of non-volatile memory cells and has a length that is equal to the width of the Y blocks of non-volatile memory cells. To allow closer placement of word line switches that supply different blocks and support the possible large voltage differences between their transistors, word line switches supplying different blocks are formed over a single active region and separated by an intermediate control gate set to be off.

    Multi-tier three-dimensional memory device containing dielectric well structures for contact via structures and methods of forming the same

    公开(公告)号:US11081443B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-03

    申请号:US16827990

    申请日:2020-03-24

    摘要: A first vertically alternating sequence of first insulating layers and first spacer material layers and a first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion are formed over a substrate. The first spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, first electrically conductive layers. A second vertically alternating sequence of second insulating layers and second spacer material layers and a second-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion are formed over the first vertically alternating sequence and the first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion. The second spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, second electrically conductive layers. An opening is formed through the second vertically alternating sequence over the first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion, and is filled with a dielectric well structure. Contact via structures can be formed through the dielectric well structure and the first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion on the first electrically conductive layers.

    CIRCUITRY ARRANGEMENT IN A FLOORPLAN OF A MEMORY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230367944A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US17740705

    申请日:2022-05-10

    摘要: The memory device includes a die with a first set of planes and a second set of planes. The planes are rectangular in shape with a major dimension and a minor dimension. The die includes a CMOS layer with at least one common peripheral circuitry area, and each of the planes includes a non-common peripheral circuitry area in the CMOS layer. Each plane of the first set of planes is oriented such that its major dimension extends in a first direction, and each plane of the second set of planes is oriented such that its major dimension extends in a second direction that is different than the first direction such that the non-common peripheral circuitry area of each plane is immediately adjacent the at least one common peripheral circuitry area in the CMOS layer.

    Three-dimensional memory device with double-sided stepped surfaces and method of making thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11569259B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16985305

    申请日:2020-08-05

    摘要: A memory die can include an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, and memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack. A first layer stack within the alternating stack includes a first staircase region in which the first electrically conductive layers have respective lateral extents that increase with a vertical distance from the substrate to provide first stepped surfaces. A second layer stack within the alternating stack includes a second staircase region in which the second electrically conductive layers have respective lateral extents that decrease with the vertical distance from the substrate to provide second stepped surfaces. The second layer stack can be more distal from the substrate than the first layer stack. Contact via structures can be formed from the top side and the bottom side of the alternating stack.

    NAND PLANE BOUNDARY SHRINK
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240215240A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18358584

    申请日:2023-07-25

    摘要: Technology is disclosed herein for a memory device having a narrow gap between planes and a method of shrinking the gap between planes. A first and second adjacent planes each has a word line (WL) hookup region at mid-plane. A dummy array region resides between the two planes. The dummy array region may contain a stack of alternating layers of a first insulating material and a second insulating material. There is a first electrical isolation structure between the dummy array region and a stack in the first plane. There is a second electrical isolation structure between the dummy array region and a stack in a second plane. The electrical isolation structures may be formed in narrow trenches. The combination of the dummy array region and the two electrical isolation structures results in a very short gap between the adjacent planes.