Patent classifications
H10B12/395
SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE
A semiconductor memory device includes a bit line extending in a first direction, a channel pattern on the bit line, the channel pattern including first and second vertical portions facing each other and a horizontal portion connecting the first and second vertical portions, first and second word lines provided on the horizontal portion and between the first and second vertical portions and extended in a second direction crossing the bit line, and a gate insulating pattern provided between the first word line and the channel pattern and between the second word line and the channel pattern.
Integrated Assemblies Having Shield Lines Between Digit Lines, and Methods of Forming Integrated Assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having digit lines which extend along a first direction, and which are spaced from one another by intervening regions. Each of the intervening regions has a first width along a cross-section. Pillars extend upwardly from the digit lines; and the pillars include transistor channel regions extending vertically between upper and lower source/drain regions. Storage elements are coupled with the upper source/drain regions. Wordlines extend along a second direction which crosses the first direction. The wordlines include gate regions adjacent the channel regions. Shield lines are within the intervening regions and extend along the first direction. The shield lines may be coupled with at least one reference voltage node. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
Integrated circuit with vertically structured capacitive element, and its fabricating process
A capacitive element includes a trench extending vertically into a well from a first side. The trench is filled with a conductive central section clad with an insulating cladding. The capacitive element further includes a first conductive layer covering a first insulating layer that is located on the first side and a second conductive layer covering a second insulating layer that is located on the first conductive layer. The conductive central section and the first conductive layer are electrically connected to form a first electrode of the capacitive element. The second conductive layer and the well are electrically connected to form a second electrode of the capacitive element. The insulating cladding, the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer form a dielectric region of the capacitive element.
Integrated circuit with vertically structured capacitive element, and its fabricating process
A capacitive element includes a trench extending vertically into a well from a first side. The trench is filled with a conductive central section clad with an insulating cladding. The capacitive element further includes a first conductive layer covering a first insulating layer that is located on the first side and a second conductive layer covering a second insulating layer that is located on the first conductive layer. The conductive central section and the first conductive layer are electrically connected to form a first electrode of the capacitive element. The second conductive layer and the well are electrically connected to form a second electrode of the capacitive element. The insulating cladding, the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer form a dielectric region of the capacitive element.
Integrated assemblies having shield lines between digit lines, and methods of forming integrated assemblies
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having digit lines which extend along a first direction, and which are spaced from one another by intervening regions. Each of the intervening regions has a first width along a cross-section. Pillars extend upwardly from the digit lines; and the pillars include transistor channel regions extending vertically between upper and lower source/drain regions. Storage elements are coupled with the upper source/drain regions. Wordlines extend along a second direction which crosses the first direction. The wordlines include gate regions adjacent the channel regions. Shield lines are within the intervening regions and extend along the first direction. The shield lines may be coupled with at least one reference voltage node. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array of a three-dimensional structure including a plurality of memory cells repeatedly arranged in a first horizontal direction and a second horizontal direction that are parallel with a main surface of a substrate and cross each other on the substrate and in a vertical direction perpendicular to the main surface, wherein each of the plurality of memory cells includes three transistors. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming simultaneously a plurality of memory cells arranged in a row in a vertical direction on a substrate, wherein each of the plurality of memory cells includes three transistors.
SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of semiconductors, and provide a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate, including active regions arranged in an array and an isolation structure separating the active regions, where the substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a buried word line structure, located at a side, close to the second surface, in the substrate and embedded in the active regions; a bit line structure, located on the first side of the substrate and electrically connected to the active regions; and capacitor structures, located on the second surface of the substrate and correspondingly connected to the active regions in a one-to-one manner.
Memory arrays with vertical access transistors
An apparatus can have first and second memory cells. The first memory cell can have a first storage device selectively coupled to a first digit line at a first level by a first vertical transistor at a second level. The second memory cell can have a second storage device selectively coupled to a second digit line at the first level by a second vertical transistor at the second level. A third digit line can be at a third level and can be coupled to a main sense amplifier. A local sense amplifier can be coupled to the first digit line, the second digit line, and the third digit line. The second level can be between the first and third levels.
Array Of Vertical Transistors And Method Of Forming An Array Of Vertical Transistors
An array of vertical transistors comprises spaced pillars individually comprising a channel region of individual vertical transistors. A horizontally-elongated conductor line directly electrically couples together individual of the channel regions of the pillars of a plurality of the vertical transistors. An upper source/drain region is above the individual channel regions of the pillars, a lower source/drain region is below the individual channel regions of the pillars, and a conductive gate line is operatively aside the individual channel regions of the pillars and that interconnects multiple of the vertical transistors. Methods are disclosed.
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURES HAVING MEMORY WITH BACKSIDE DRAM AND POWER DELIVERY
Structures having memory with backside DRAM and power delivery are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a front-side structure including a device layer having a plurality of nanowire-based transistors, and a plurality of metallization layers above the nanowire-based transistors of the device layer. A backside structure is below the nanowire-based transistors of the device layer. The backside structure includes a plurality of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices.