A device includes a dielectric layer, a conductive layer, electrode layers and an oxide semiconductor layer. The dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The conductive layer is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer. The electrode layers are disposed on the second surface of the dielectric layer. The oxide semiconductor layer is disposed in between the second surface of the dielectric layer and the electrode layers, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises a material represented by formula 1 (In.sub.xSn.sub.yTi.sub.zM.sub.mO.sub.n). In formula 1, 0<x<1, 0≤y<1, 0<z<1, 0<m<1, 0<n<1, and M represents at least one metal.

A memory cell includes a transistor including a memory film extending along a word line; a channel layer extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the channel layer and the word line; a source line extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the source line and the word line; a first contact layer on the source line, wherein the first contact layer contacts the channel layer and the memory film; a bit line extending along the memory film, wherein the memory film is between the bit line and the word line; a second contact layer on the bit line, wherein the second contact layer contacts the channel layer and the memory film; and an isolation region between the source line and the bit line.

A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory openings vertically extending through a first region of the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings, and support pillar structures vertically extending through a second region of the alternating stack. Each of the support pillar structures includes a central columnar structure and a set of fins laterally protruding from the central columnar structure at levels of a subset of the electrically conductive layers.

A semiconductor memory device may include a stack including word lines and interlayer insulating patterns alternatingly stacked on a substrate, the word lines being extended in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, semiconductor patterns crossing the word lines and having a long axis extended in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the substrate, data storage patterns respectively interposed between the semiconductor patterns and the word lines, the data storage patterns including a ferroelectric material, bit lines extended in a third direction perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, each of the bit lines being in contact with first side surfaces of the semiconductor patterns spaced apart from each other in the third direction, and a source line in contact with second side surfaces of the semiconductor patterns.

An antiferroelectric memory device includes at least one antiferroelectric memory cell. Each of the at least one antiferroelectric memory cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a stack containing an antiferroelectric layer and a doped semiconductor layer or a ferroelectric layer located between the first and the second electrodes.

3D memory arrays including dummy conductive lines and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a memory array includes a ferroelectric (FE) material over a semiconductor substrate, the FE material including vertical sidewalls in contact with a word line; an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer over the FE material, the OS layer contacting a source line and a bit line, the FE material being between the OS layer and the word line; a transistor including a portion of the FE material, a portion of the word line, a portion of the OS layer, a portion of the source line, and a portion of the bit line; and a first dummy word line between the transistor and the semiconductor substrate, the FE material further including first tapered sidewalls in contact with the first dummy word line.

Three-dimensional memories are provided. A three-dimensional memory includes a memory cell array, a first interconnect structure, a bit line decoder and a second interconnect structure. The bit line decoder is formed under the memory cell array and the first interconnect structure. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells formed in a plurality of levels stacked in a first direction. The first interconnect structure includes at least one bit line extending in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The bit line includes a plurality of sub-bit lines stacked in the first direction. Each of the sub-bit lines is coupled to the memory cells that are arranged in a line in the corresponding level of the memory cell array. The second interconnect structure is configured to connect the bit line to the bit line decoder passing through the first interconnect structure.

A memory cell, an integrated circuit and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The memory device includes a substrate, gate layers and insulating layers, an isolation column, a channel layer, a first conductive feature, a second conductive feature, a storage layer and a pair of isolation structures. The isolation column extends through the gate layers and the insulating layers along a first direction. The channel layer laterally covers the isolation column. The first conductive feature and second conductive feature extend along the first direction and adjacent to the isolation column. The storage layer is disposed between the gate layers and the channel layer. The pair of isolation structures extends along the first direction. The pair of isolation structures includes a first isolation structure disposed between the first conductive feature and the gate layers, and a second isolation structure disposed between the second conductive feature and the gate layers.

A memory device includes a stacked structure including a plurality of memory cells, and first and second flights of steps. The first flights of steps are disposed at an end of the stacked structure along the first direction. The second flights of steps are adjacent to the first flights of steps disposed at the end of the stacked structure along the first direction. The first flights of steps and the second flights of steps comprise first portions and second portions alternately disposed along the first direction. The second portions are wider than the first portions along the second direction.

Memory devices and a method of fabricating memory devices are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming a plurality of first transistors in a first area and a plurality of second transistors in a second area and forming a stack over the second area. The method includes forming a memory array portion and an interface portion through the stack. The memory array portion includes memory strings and the interface portion includes first conductive structures extending along a lateral direction. The method further includes simultaneously forming second conductive structures in the first area and forming third conductive structures in the second area. The second conductive structures each vertically extend to electrically couple to at least one of the first transistors, and the third conductive structures each vertically extend through one of the memory strings to electrically couple to at least one of the second transistors.