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.

    CONTACT STRUCTURES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230086425A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17993600

    申请日:2022-11-23

    摘要: Embodiments of contact structures of a three-dimensional memory device and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The three-dimensional memory structure includes a film stack disposed on a substrate, wherein the film stack includes a plurality of conductive and dielectric layer pairs, each conductive and dielectric layer pair having a conductive layer and a first dielectric layer. The three-dimensional memory structure also includes a staircase structure formed in the film stack, wherein the staircase structure includes a plurality of steps, each staircase step having two or more conductive and dielectric layer pairs. The three-dimensional memory structure further includes a plurality of coaxial contact structures formed in a first insulating layer over the staircase structure, wherein each coaxial contact structure includes one or more conductive and insulating ring pairs and a conductive core, each conductive and insulating ring pair having a conductive ring and an insulating ring.

    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.

    THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAND MEMORY AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20220367510A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17709668

    申请日:2022-03-31

    IPC分类号: H01L27/11582 H01L21/78

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device. The method includes forming a dielectric stack on a substrate, and forming a first opening penetrating through the dielectric stack and extending into the substrate from a first side of the dielectric stack. The method also includes forming a first layer and a second layer inside the first opening from the first side of the dielectric stack, wherein the first layer covers a sidewall and a bottom of the first opening. The method further includes removing a portion of the first layer located at the bottom of the first opening from a second side of the dielectric stack to expose a portion of the second layer. The method further includes forming a second semiconductor layer from the second side of the dielectric stack to contact the exposed portion of the second layer.