TRENCH STRUCTURES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220115395A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17645102

    申请日:2021-12-20

    摘要: The present disclosure describes method and structure of a three-dimensional memory device. The memory device includes a substrate and a plurality of wordlines extending along a first direction over the substrate. The first direction is along the x direction. The plurality of wordlines form a staircase structure in a first region. A plurality of channels are formed in a second region and through the plurality of wordlines. The second region abuts the first region at a region boundary. The memory device also includes an insulating slit formed in the first and second regions and along the first direction. A first width of the insulating slit in the first region measured in a second direction is greater than a second width of the insulating slit in the second region measured in the second direction.

    Three-dimensional memory devices and fabricating methods thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11257831B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-22

    申请号:US16797030

    申请日:2020-02-21

    摘要: Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and fabricating methods thereof are disclosed. The method includes: forming an alternating dielectric stack on a substrate; forming a top selective gate cut and two structure strengthen plugs in an upper portion of the alternating dielectric stack, wherein each structure strengthen plug has a narrow support body and two enlarged connecting portions; forming a plurality of channel structures in the alternating dielectric stack; forming a plurality of gate line silts in the alternating dielectric stack, wherein each gate line slit exposes a sidewall of one enlarged connecting portion of a corresponding structure strengthen plug; transforming the alternating dielectric stack into an alternating conductive/dielectric stack; and forming a gate line slit structure in each gate line slit including an enlarged end portion connected to one enlarged connecting portion of a corresponding structure strengthen plug.

    Three-dimensional memory device without gate line slits and method for forming the same

    公开(公告)号:US11251195B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US16670586

    申请日:2019-10-31

    摘要: Embodiments of structure and methods for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are provided. In an example, the 3D memory device includes a stack structure. The stack structure includes a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of insulating layers interleaved over a substrate. The plurality of conductor layers include a pair of top select conductor layers divided by a first top select structure and a pair of bottom select conductor layers divided by a bottom select structure. The first top select structure and the bottom select structure extend along a horizontal direction and are aligned along a vertical direction. A plurality of channel structures extend along a vertical direction and into the substrate and are distributed on both sides of the top select structure and the bottom select structure.

    THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITH SOURCE CONTACTS CONNECTED BY AN ADHESION LAYER AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210167084A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US17148551

    申请日:2021-01-13

    摘要: A method for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes forming a cut structure in a stack structure. The stack structure includes interleaved a plurality of initial sacrificial layers and a plurality of initial insulating layers. The method also includes removing portions of the stack structure adjacent to the cut structure to form a slit structure and an initial support structure. The initial support structure divides the slit structure into a plurality of slit openings. The method further includes forming a plurality of conductor portions in the initial support structure through the plurality of slit openings. The method also includes forming a source contact in each of the plurality of slit openings. The method also includes removing portions of the initial support structure to form a support structure. The support structure includes an adhesion portion extending through the support structure. In addition, the method includes forming an adhesion layer over the source contact in each of the plurality of slit openings. At least two adhesion layers are conductively connected to the adhesion portion extending through the support structure.

    THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE WITHOUT GATE LINE SLITS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210104549A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US17100874

    申请日:2020-11-21

    摘要: Embodiments of structure and methods for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are provided. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device includes forming a bottom select structure extending along a vertical direction through a bottom conductor layer over a substrate and along a horizontal direction to divide the bottom conductor layer into a pair of bottom select conductor layers, forming a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of insulating layers interleaved on the pair of bottom select conductor layers and the bottom select structure, and forming a plurality of channel structures extending along the vertical direction through the pair of bottom select conductor layers, the plurality of conductor layers, and the plurality of insulating layers and into the substrate. The method may further include forming a first top select structure extending along the vertical direction through a top conductor layer of the plurality of conductor layers and along the horizontal direction to divide the top conductor layer into a pair of top select conductor layers. The first top select structure and the bottom select structure may be aligned along the vertical direction and may divide a plurality of memory cells formed by the plurality of conductor layers and the plurality of channel structures into a pair of memory blocks.