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公开(公告)号:US10347654B1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-09
申请号:US15977212
申请日:2018-05-11
发明人: Takaaki Iwai , Shuji Minagawa , Hisakazu Otoi
IPC分类号: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11548 , H01L27/11575
摘要: Memory openings and backside openings are formed through an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers over a substrate. Memory opening fill structures are formed in the memory openings, and sacrificial backside opening fill structures are formed in the backside openings. Cavities are formed in volumes of the backside openings by removing the sacrificial backside opening fill structures. Remaining portions of the sacrificial material layers are replaced with material portions including electrically conductive layers. Each electrically conductive layer is formed as a continuous material layer including holes around the backside openings. Each electrically conductive layer is singulated into a plurality of electrically conductive strips by isotropically recessing the electrically conductive layers around each backside opening. Width-modulated cavities including expanded volumes of the backside openings are formed, and are filled with width-modulated insulating wall structures.
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公开(公告)号:US20190027489A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US15818146
申请日:2017-11-20
发明人: Takashi ORIMOTO , James KAI , Sayako Najamine , Takaaki Iwai , Shigeyuki Sugihara , Shuji Minagawa
IPC分类号: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11524 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/311 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11565
摘要: An array of memory stack structures extends through an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers over a substrate. An array of drain select level assemblies including cylindrical electrode portions is formed over the alternating stack with the same periodicity as the array of memory stack structures. A drain select level isolation strip including dielectric materials can be formed between a neighboring pair of drain select level assemblies employing the drain select level assemblies as a self-aligning template. Alternatively, cylindrical electrode portions can be formed around an upper portion of each memory stack structure. Strip electrode portions are formed on the cylindrical electrode portions after formation of the drain select level isolation strip.
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公开(公告)号:US12127406B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17577533
申请日:2022-01-18
发明人: Takaaki Iwai , Takashi Inomata , Takayuki Maekura
IPC分类号: H01L25/18 , H01L23/00 , H01L23/535 , H01L25/00 , H01L25/065 , H10B41/27 , H10B41/35 , H10B43/27 , H10B43/35 , H10B51/20 , H10B51/30 , H10B63/00
CPC分类号: H10B43/27 , H01L23/535 , H01L24/08 , H01L24/80 , H01L25/0657 , H01L25/18 , H01L25/50 , H10B41/27 , H10B41/35 , H10B43/35 , H10B51/20 , H10B51/30 , H10B63/34 , H10B63/845 , H01L2224/08145 , H01L2224/80895 , H01L2224/80896 , H01L2924/1431 , H01L2924/1441 , H01L2924/1444 , H01L2924/14511
摘要: A semiconductor structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and composite layers. Each of the composite layers includes a plurality of electrically conductive word line strips laterally extending along a first horizontal direction and a plurality of dielectric isolation strips laterally extending along the first horizontal direction and interlaced with the plurality of electrically conductive word line strips. Rows of memory openings are arranged along the first horizontal direction. Each row of memory openings vertically extends through each insulating layer within the alternating stack and one electrically conductive strip for each of the composite layers. Rows of memory opening fill structures are located within the rows of memory openings. Each of the memory opening fill structures includes a respective vertical stack of memory elements and a respective vertical semiconductor channel.
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公开(公告)号:US10943917B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-09
申请号:US16388054
申请日:2019-04-18
发明人: Takaaki Iwai , Makoto Koto , Sayako Nagamine , Ching-Huang Lu , Wei Zhao , Yanli Zhang , James Kai
IPC分类号: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11519 , H01L21/762 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11556
摘要: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, and memory pillar structures extending through the alternating stack. Each of the memory pillar structures includes a respective memory film and a respective vertical semiconductor channel. Dielectric cores contact an inner sidewall of a respective one of the vertical semiconductor channels. A drain-select-level isolation structure laterally extends along a first horizontal direction and contacts straight sidewalls of the dielectric cores at a respective two-dimensional flat interface. The memory pillar structures may be formed on-pitch as a two-dimensional periodic array, and themay drain-select-level isolation structure may cut through upper portions of the memory pillar structures to minimize areas occupied by the drain-select-level isolation structure.
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公开(公告)号:US10403639B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-03
申请号:US15818146
申请日:2017-11-20
发明人: Takashi Orimoto , James Kai , Sayako Nagamine , Takaaki Iwai , Shigeyuki Sugihara , Shuji Minagawa
IPC分类号: H01L21/02 , H01L21/28 , H01L29/06 , H01L29/51 , H01L29/66 , H01L21/311 , H01L21/768 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/528 , H01L29/423 , H01L29/788 , H01L29/792 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/11582
摘要: An array of memory stack structures extends through an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers over a substrate. An array of drain select level assemblies including cylindrical electrode portions is formed over the alternating stack with the same periodicity as the array of memory stack structures. A drain select level isolation strip including dielectric materials can be formed between a neighboring pair of drain select level assemblies employing the drain select level assemblies as a self-aligning template. Alternatively, cylindrical electrode portions can be formed around an upper portion of each memory stack structure. Strip electrode portions are formed on the cylindrical electrode portions after formation of the drain select level isolation strip.
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公开(公告)号:US11515317B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-29
申请号:US16893995
申请日:2020-06-05
IPC分类号: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11539 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11556
摘要: 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:US10985176B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-20
申请号:US16366330
申请日:2019-03-27
发明人: Takaaki Iwai , Yoshitaka Otsu , Hisakazu Otoi
IPC分类号: H01L27/11 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/11558 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11529 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11524
摘要: 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:US10950627B1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-16
申请号:US16707541
申请日:2019-12-09
发明人: Tatsuya Hinoue , Takaaki Iwai , Shunsuke Takuma
IPC分类号: H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11524
摘要: A three-dimensional memory device includes alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate. Each of the alternating stacks laterally extend along a first horizontal direction, and neighboring pairs of the alternating stacks are laterally spaced apart along a horizontal direction by laterally alternating sequences of memory openings and dielectric pillar structures. Each of the memory openings contains a respective memory opening fill structure that includes a dielectric core, a first vertical semiconductor channel, a second vertical semiconductor channel, a first memory film, and a second memory film. The dielectric core contacts a pair of dielectric pillar structures among the dielectric pillar structures of the laterally alternating sequences.
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公开(公告)号:US12058854B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-06
申请号:US17232209
申请日:2021-04-16
发明人: Takaaki Iwai , Akio Nishida , Masanori Tsutsumi
IPC分类号: H10B41/27 , G11C8/14 , H10B41/10 , H10B41/35 , H10B41/40 , H10B43/10 , H10B43/27 , H10B43/35 , H10B43/40
CPC分类号: H10B41/27 , G11C8/14 , H10B41/10 , H10B41/35 , H10B41/40 , H10B43/10 , H10B43/27 , H10B43/35 , H10B43/40
摘要: A memory die includes source-select-level electrically conductive strips laterally spaced apart by source-select-level dielectric isolation structures, an alternating stack of word-line-level electrically conductive layers and insulating layers; and source strips located on an opposite side of the source-select-level electrically conductive strips. Each of the source strips has an areal overlap with only a respective one of the source-select-level electrically conductive strips. Memory stack structures vertically extend through the alternating stack and a respective subset of the source-select-level electrically conductive strips. A logic die may be bonded to the memory die on an opposite side of the source strips. Each source strip is electrically connected to a respective group of memory stack structures laterally surrounded by a respective source-select-level electrically conductive strip.
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公开(公告)号:US20230328976A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US17715549
申请日:2022-04-07
发明人: Takaaki Iwai , Tomohiro Kubo , Kento Iseri
IPC分类号: H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11582 , H01L23/522 , H01L23/528
CPC分类号: H01L27/11524 , H01L27/11519 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11582 , H01L23/5226 , H01L23/5283
摘要: A three-dimensional memory device includes a source-level structure located over a substrate, an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over the source-level structure, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings. The source-level structure includes a lower source-level semiconductor layer including elongated grooves in an upper portion thereof, doped semiconductor source rails located within the elongated grooves, and an upper source-level semiconductor layer. The doped semiconductor source rails are laterally spaced apart from each other along a first horizontal direction and laterally extend along a second horizontal direction. Each of the memory opening fill structures includes a respective vertical stack of memory elements and a respective vertical semiconductor channel that contacts a respective one of the doped semiconductor source rails.
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