Integrated circuits described herein implement multiplexer (MUX) gate system. An integrated circuit includes a plurality of inputs coupled with a first stage of the integrated circuit. The first stage includes a plurality of first Schottky diodes and a plurality of N-type transistors. Each input is coupled with a respective first Schottky diode and N-type transistor. The integrated circuit also includes a plurality of outputs of the first stage coupled with a second stage of the integrated circuit. The second stage includes a plurality of second Schottky diodes and a plurality of P-type transistors. Each output coupled with a respective second Schottky diode and P-type transistor. The integrated circuit further includes a plurality of outputs of the second stage coupled with a set of transistors including a P-type transistor and an N-type transistor, and an output of the set of transistors coupled with an output of the MUX gate system.

Structures for a non-volatile memory and methods of forming such structures. A gate electrode and a gate dielectric layer are formed over an active region with the gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the active region. A first doped region is formed in the active region, a second doped region is formed in the active region, and a source line is coupled to the second doped region. The first doped region is positioned in the active region at least in part beneath the gate dielectric layer, and the second doped region is positioned in the active region adjacent to the first doped region. The first doped region has a first conductivity type, and the second doped region has a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.

Structures for a non-volatile memory and methods of forming such structures. A gate electrode and a gate dielectric layer are formed over an active region with the gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the active region. A first doped region is formed in the active region, a second doped region is formed in the active region, and a source line is coupled to the second doped region. The first doped region is positioned in the active region at least in part beneath the gate dielectric layer, and the second doped region is positioned in the active region adjacent to the first doped region. The first doped region has a first conductivity type, and the second doped region has a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.

A memory device includes a substrate, first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternately stacked over the substrate, a first gate structure and a second gate structure crossing the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers, a first via and a second via over the first gate structure and the second gate structure, and a first word line and a second word line over the first via and the second via. Along a lengthwise direction of the first and second gate structures, a width of the first semiconductor layers is narrower than a width of the second semiconductor layers.

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where the first transistors each include a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; and a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the second level includes an array of memory cells, and where each of the memory cells includes at least one recessed-channel-array-transistor (RCAT).

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where the first transistors each include a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer, and a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second transistors each include a High-k metal gate, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.

A semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal substrate and plurality of logic circuits, where the first single crystal substrate has a device area, where the device area is significantly larger than a reticle size, where the plurality of logic circuits include an array of processors, where the plurality of logic circuits include a first logic circuit, a second logic circuit, and third logic circuit, where the plurality of logic circuits include switching circuits to support replacing the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit by the third logic circuit; and a built-in-test-circuit (“BIST”), where the built-in-test-circuit is connected to test at least the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit.

A semiconductor device includes core circuits configured to operate at a core bias potential, input/output (I/O) circuits configured to operate at an I/O bias potential higher than the core bias potential, and a non-volatile memory having a peripheral circuit configured to operate at a memory program bias potential that is higher than the I/O bias potential. The peripheral circuit is also configured to operate at the core bias potential. The peripheral circuit has an input buffer; a threshold potential at an input buffer input node of the input buffer is less than the core bias potential. The peripheral circuit may be manifested as a low voltage supply detection circuit. The peripheral circuit may be manifested as a level shifter circuit. The peripheral circuit may be manifested as a sense circuit. The input buffer may include a drain extended core transistor to provide the desired threshold potential.

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a controller, a semiconductor memory component, first and second capacitors, and a jumper element. The substrate has a conductor pattern. The conductor pattern includes a first conductor portion and a second conductor portion. The first conductor portion overlaps at least a part of the first capacitor in a thickness direction of the substrate and is electrically connected to the first capacitor. The second conductor portion overlaps at least a part of the second capacitor in the thickness direction of the substrate and is electrically connected to the second capacitor. The first conductor portion and the second conductor portion are separated from each other, and are electrically connected to each other by the jumper element.

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and at least one metal layer, where the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of logic gates including the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of second transistors atop the at least one metal layer; a plurality of third transistors atop the second transistors; a top metal layer atop the third transistors; and a memory array including wordlines, where the memory array includes at least two rows by two columns of memory mini arrays, where each of the mini arrays includes at least four rows by four columns of memory cells, and where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors or at least one of the third transistors.