THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES AND FABRICATING METHODS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230363138A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US17738661

    申请日:2022-05-06

    IPC分类号: H01L27/108

    CPC分类号: H01L27/10802

    摘要: Embodiments of three-dimensional memory devices are disclosed. A disclosed memory structure comprises a memory cell comprising: a cylindrical body having a cylindrical shape, an insulating layer surrounding the cylindrical body, a word line contact coupled to a word line and surrounding a first portion of the insulating layer, and multiple plate line contact segments coupled to multiple plate lines respectively and surrounding a second portion of the insulating layer. The memory structure further comprises a bit line contact coupled to a bit line and coupled to a first end of the cylindrical body, a source line contact coupled to a source line, and a source cap coupled between the source line contact and a second end of the cylindrical body to increase a distance between the source line contact and the plate line contact segments.

    MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240215458A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18089838

    申请日:2022-12-28

    摘要: A memory device includes a semiconductor layer and a stack structure over the semiconductor layer. The stack structure includes a cell array region and a staircase structure region. The cell array region includes multiple vertical levels of stacked transistor-magnetic tunnel junction (TMTJ) elements and a plurality of channel structures vertically extending through the stack structure. At least one channel structure includes a vertical core, a vertical magnetic reference layer, and a vertical tunnel barrier layer, which are shared by a set of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) elements associated with the at least one channel structure. The set of MTJ elements are located at different vertical levels of the stack structure.

    DYNAMIC FLASH MEMORY (DFM) WITH CHANNEL FIRST SCHEME

    公开(公告)号:US20230354578A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US17731523

    申请日:2022-04-28

    IPC分类号: H01L27/108

    CPC分类号: H01L27/10802

    摘要: A three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes a memory cell, a top contact coupled to the memory cell, and a bottom contact coupled to the memory cell. The memory cell can include a pillar, an insulating layer surrounding the pillar, a first gate contact surrounding a first portion of the insulating layer, and a second gate contact surrounding a second portion of the insulating layer. The pillar can be configured to store an electrical charge. The pillar can be a monocrystalline material. The 3D memory device can utilize dynamic flash memory (DFM), decrease defects, increase manufacturing efficiency, decrease leakage current, decrease junction current, decrease power consumption, increase storage density, increase charge retention times, and decrease refresh rates.

    MEMORY AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240164105A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18090142

    申请日:2022-12-28

    摘要: A memory, a controlling method thereof, a memory system and an electronic device are disclosed. The memory can include a semiconductor layer and a memory array disposed on the semiconductor layer. The memory array can include a plurality of memory strings connected with the same bit line. Each memory string can include a memory cell and a select cell connected on at least one side of the memory cell. The select cell can include a first kind of transistors with a first threshold voltage and a second kind of transistors with a second threshold voltage. The first kind of transistors can be connected with the second kind of transistors. The first threshold voltage can be different from the second threshold voltage. Different memory strings can be controlled to be on or off to realize selective controlling functions for a plurality of memory strings connected with the same bit line.

    NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES AND DATA ERASING METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240105266A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17950931

    申请日:2022-09-22

    IPC分类号: G11C16/16 G11C16/04

    CPC分类号: G11C16/16 G11C16/0483

    摘要: A method for data erasing of a non-volatile memory device is disclosed. The memory includes multiple memory cell strings each including a select gate transistor and multiple memory cells that are connected in series. The method comprises applying a step erase voltage to one memory cell string for an erase operation, the step erase voltage having a step-rising shaped voltage waveform. The method further comprises, during a period when the step erase voltage rises from an intermediate level to a peak level, raising a voltage of the select gate transistor from a starting level to a peak level, and raising a voltage of a predetermined region from a starting level to a peak level, such that a gate-induced drain leakage current is generated in the one memory cell string. The predetermined region is adjacent to the at least one select gate transistor and includes at least one memory cell.