IP Library Granted Patent US 8,427,200
Granted Patent B2
US 8,427,200 · App. 12/941,073 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

3D semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,427,200
App. No.
12/941,073
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer; and a second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer; wherein said first and second mono-crystallized semiconductor layers are overlaying one on top of the other, and wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprise repeating memory structure with sub structures defined by etching.

Claims (39)

1. A method to construct semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer and a second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer;

wherein said second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer overlay said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer, and

wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprises logic circuits and,

connecting said logic to external device using input output (I/O) circuits constructed on said second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer above said logic circuits.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising forming a third mono-crystallized semiconductor layer with memory circuits.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said connecting comprises the use of Through Silicon Via (TSV).

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said logic circuits comprise programmable logic circuits.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said logic circuits comprise gate-array.

6. The method according to claim 1 , comprising processing said logic circuits on a different fabrication line than said I/O circuits.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said device is used in a mobile system.

8. The method according to claim 1 , comprising using one or more masks used to construct said device to fabricate another device having different size.

9. The method according to claim 1 , comprising etching the semiconductor device to form dice lines.

10. A method to construct semiconductor device, comprising;

forming a first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer and a second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer;

wherein said first and second mono-crystallized semiconductor layers overlay one on top of the other, and

applying one or more masks used to construct said device to construct another device having different size.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprise logic circuits, comprising connecting said logic to external device using I/O circuits constructed on said second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer.

12. The method according to claim 10 comprising forming a third mono-crystallized semiconductor layer, wherein said third mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprise memory circuits.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein said connecting comprises applying Through Silicon Via (TSV).

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprises programmable logic circuits.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprises gate-array.

16. The method according to claim 11 , comprising processing said logic circuits at a different fabrication line than said I/O circuits.

17. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said device is used in a mobile system.

18. The method according to claim 10 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprise repeating memory structure, comprising etching the layer to define memory sub structures.

19. The method according to claim 10 , comprising etching the layer to form dice lines.

20. A method to construct semiconductor device, comprising:

forming first and second mono-crystallized semiconductor layers,

wherein said first and second mono-crystallized semiconductor layers are overlaying one on top of the other, and

performing an etch step to form dice lines.

21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprises logic circuits, comprising connecting said logic to an external device using I/O circuits constructed on said second mono-crystallized semiconductor layer.

22. The method according to claim 20 , comprising forming a third mono-crystallized semiconductor layer, wherein said third mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprise memory circuits.

23. The method according to claim 21 , comprising forming Through Silicon Via (TSV).

24. The method according to claim 20 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprises programmable logic circuits.

25. The method according to claim 20 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprises gate-array.

26. The method according to claim 21 , comprising fabricating said logic circuits on a different fabrication line than said I/O circuits.

27. The method according to claim 20 , wherein said device is used in a mobile system.

28. The method according to claim 20 , wherein said first mono-crystallized semiconductor layer comprises a repeating memory structure, comprising using an etch step to define memory sub structures.

29. The method according to claim 20 , comprising applying one or more masks to construct said device to fabricate another device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2013
From: OR-BACH, ZVI
To: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
Reel/Frame 029682/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2011
From: CRONQUIST, BRIAN; BEINGLASS, ISRAEL; DEJONG, JAN LODEWIJK; SEKAR, DEEPAK C.; WURMAN, ZE'EV; LIM, PAUL
To: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
Reel/Frame 026024/0842 →