Patent classifications
H01L2924/12033
3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE
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 transistors are horizontally oriented and 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.
3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE
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 transistors are horizontally oriented, where the second transistors are raised source drain extension transistors, where the second level includes a memory array, where the first level includes control circuits to control data written to the memory array, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.
3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE
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 transistors are horizontally oriented, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the device includes at least a first logic circuit and a second logic circuit, and where the device includes a control function adapted to use the second logic circuit as a redundancy for the first logic circuit so to overcome a fault in the first logic circuit.
Methods for producing a 3D semiconductor memory device and structure
A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching holes within the second level; forming at least one third level above the at least one second level; performing a second etch step including etching holes within the third level; performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within the second level and a plurality of second memory cells within the third level; and performing a bonding of a fourth level above the third level, where the fourth level includes a second single crystal layer, where each of the first memory cells include one first transistor, where each of the second memory cells include one second transistor, where at least one of the first or second transistors has a channel, a source and a drain having a same doping type.
3D SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND STRUCTURE
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 first 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 four rows by four 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.
3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH MEMORY
A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including logic circuits, the logic circuits include a plurality of first single crystal transistors and a first metal layer; a second level including a plurality of second transistors, where the second level includes memory cells including the plurality of second transistors; a second metal layer atop the second level; where the plurality of second transistors are junction-less transistors, where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes polysilicon, where the memory cells are structured as a plurality of at least sixteen sub-arrays, where each of the sub-arrays is independently controlled, where at least one of the plurality of at least sixteen sub-arrays is at least partially atop at least one of the logic circuits, and where the at least one of the logic circuits is designed to control at least one of the plurality of at least sixteen sub-arrays.
3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH MEMORY
A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first single crystal transistors and a first metal layer, where the first transistors include forming memory control circuits; a second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level including a plurality of third transistors, where the second level is above the first level, and where the third level is above the second level; a second metal layer above the third level; and a third metal layer above the second metal layer, where the second transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 140 nm alignment error, where the second level includes a plurality of first memory cells, where the third level includes a plurality of second memory cells, and where the memory control circuits are designed to adjust a memory write voltage according to the device specific process parameters
3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH NAND LOGIC
A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a single crystal layer and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer including interconnects between the plurality of first transistors, where the interconnects between the plurality of first transistors includes forming a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors atop at least a portion of the first metal layer, where at least six of the plurality of first transistors are connected in series forming at least a portion of a NAND logic structure, where the plurality of second transistors are vertically oriented transistors, and where the plurality of second transistors are at least partially directly atop of the NAND logic structure; and a second metal layer atop at least a portion of the plurality of second transistors, where the second metal layer is aligned to the first metal layer with less than 150 nm misalignment, and where at least one of the second transistors is a junction-less transistor.
METHODS FOR PRODUCING A 3D SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND STRUCTURE
A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching holes within the second level; forming at least one third level above the at least one second level; performing a second etch step including etching holes within the third level; performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within the second level and a plurality of second memory cells within the third level; and performing a bonding of a fourth level above the third level, where the fourth level includes a second single crystal layer, where each of the first memory cells include one first transistor, where each of the second memory cells include one second transistor, where at least one of the first or second transistors has a channel, a source and a drain having a same doping type.
POWER AMPLIFIER MODULES INCLUDING RELATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS
One aspect of this disclosure is a power amplifier system that includes a control interface, a power amplifier, a passive component on a same die as the power amplifier, and a bias circuit on a different die than the power amplifier. The control interface can operate as a serial interface or as a general purpose input/output interface. The power amplifier can be controllable based at least partly on an output signal from the control interface. The bias circuit can generate a bias signal based at least partly on an indication of the electrical property of the passive component. Other embodiments of the system are provided along with related methods and components thereof.