Patent classifications
H01L27/11585
Memory Arrays
A memory array comprises vertically-alternating tiers of insulative material and memory cells. The memory cells individually comprise a transistor comprising first and second source/drain regions having a channel region there-between and a gate operatively proximate the channel region. The individual memory cells comprise a capacitor comprising first and second electrodes having a capacitor insulator there-between. The first electrode electrically couples to the first source/drain region. Wordline structures extend elevationally through the insulative material and the memory cells of the vertically-alternating tiers. Individual of the gates that are in different of the memory cell tiers directly electrically couple to individual of the wordline structures. Sense-lines electrically couple to multiple of the second source/drain regions of individual of the transistors. Other embodiments are disclosed.
LOGIC SWITCHING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
Provided are a logic switching device and a method of manufacturing the same. The logic switching device may include a domain switching layer adjacent to a gate electrode. The domain switching layer may include a ferroelectric material region and an anti-ferroelectric material region. The domain switching layer may be a non-memory element. The logic switching device may include a channel, a source and a drain both connected to the channel, the gate electrode arranged to face the channel, and the domain switching layer provided between the channel and the gate electrode.
SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING DEVICES HAVING FERROELECTRIC LAYERS THEREIN AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a channel on or in the substrate, a source/drain pair respectively on opposite ends of the channel, and a gate structure on the channel between the source/drain pair, wherein the gate structure includes an interfacial layer, a ferroelectric layer, a stabilization layer, an oxygen diffusion barrier layer, and a threshold voltage control layer that are sequentially stacked on the channel.
Memory arrays
A memory array comprises vertically-alternating tiers of insulative material and memory cells. The memory cells individually comprise a transistor comprising first and second source/drain regions having a channel region there-between and a gate operatively proximate the channel region. The individual memory cells comprise a capacitor comprising first and second electrodes having a capacitor insulator there-between. The first electrode electrically couples to the first source/drain region. Wordline structures extend elevationally through the insulative material and the memory cells of the vertically-alternating tiers. Individual of the gates that are in different of the memory cell tiers directly electrically couple to individual of the wordline structures. Sense-lines electrically couple to multiple of the second source/drain regions of individual of the transistors. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Semiconductor structure having memory device and method of forming the same
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, an interconnection structure disposed over the substrate and a first memory cell. The first memory cell is disposed over the substrate and embedded in dielectric layers of the interconnection structure. The first memory cell includes a first transistor and a first data storage structure. The first transistor is disposed on a first base dielectric layer and embedded in a first dielectric layer. The first data storage structure is embedded in a second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the first transistor. The first data storage structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a storage layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode.
Memory array word line routing
Routing arrangements for 3D memory arrays and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a memory array includes a ferroelectric (FE) material contacting a first word line; an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer contacting a source line and a bit line, the FE material being disposed between the OS layer and the first word line; a dielectric material contacting the FE material, the FE material being between the dielectric material and the first word line; an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) over the first word line; a first contact extending through the IMD to the first word line, the first contact being electrically coupled to the first word line; a second contact extending through the dielectric material and the FE material; and a first conductive line electrically coupling the first contact to the second contact.
Multibit ferroelectric memory cells and methods for forming the same
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers and memory stack structures vertically extending through the alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a vertical semiconductor channel and a vertical stack of ferroelectric memory elements surrounding the vertical semiconductor channel and located at levels of the electrically conductive layers. Each of the ferroelectric memory elements includes a respective vertical stack of a first ferroelectric material portion and a second ferroelectric material portion that differs from the first ferroelectric material portion by at least one of a material composition and a lateral thickness.
Semiconducting Ferroelectric Device
A device stack for an electronic memory or other device includes a substrate and first and second layers of insulating material. The first layer of insulating material is supported by the substrate. A semiconducting ferroelectric layer is positioned and electrically isolated between the first and second layers of insulating material. An electrode is positioned onto or above the second layer of insulating material. In some embodiments, the device is a Metal-Insulator-FeS-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIFIS) device that allows for controlled switching of the semiconducting ferroelectric (FeS) layer between various polarization states. Switching polarization states is enabled by application of an electric field by the electrode.
Ferroelectric memory device
Provided is a storage device according to an embodiment including: a stacked body including gate electrode layers stacked in a first direction; a semiconductor layer provided in the stacked body and extending in the first direction; and a gate insulating film provided between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode layer, the gate insulating film having a first region disposed between the gate electrode layer and the semiconductor layer and a second region disposed between the two first regions adjacent to each other in the first direction, the gate insulating film containing a hafnium oxide, in which a first thickness of the first region in the second direction from the semiconductor layer toward the gate electrode layer is smaller than a second thickness of the second region in the second direction.
Semiconductor Memory Structures And Method Of Forming The Same
A semiconductor memory structure includes a ferroelectric layer and a channel layer formed over the ferroelectric layer. The structure also includes a source structure and a drain structure formed over the channel layer. The structure further includes a first isolation structure formed between the source structure and the drain structure. The source structure extends over the cap layer and towards the drain structure.