IP Library Granted Patent US 9,490,425
Granted Patent B2
US 9,490,425 · App. 14/323,922 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

Semiconductor constructions and memory arrays

Inventors: Andrea Redaelli (Casatenovo, IT); Cinzia Perrone (Bellusco, IT)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
H01L45/1253H01L23/481H01L23/5256H01L27/2463H01L27/2472H01L45/06H01L45/126H01L45/144H01L2924/0002
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Patent No.
US 9,490,425
App. No.
14/323,922
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions having an electrically conductive interconnect with an upper surface, and having an electrically conductive structure over the interconnect. The structure includes a horizontal first portion along the upper surface and a non-horizontal second portion joined to the first portion at a corner. The second portion has an upper edge. The upper edge is offset relative to the upper surface of the interconnect so that the upper edge is not directly over said upper surface. Some embodiments include memory arrays.

Claims (5)

1. A memory array, comprising:

a plurality of electrically conductive interconnects having upper surfaces, the interconnects being spaced from one another by alternating large and small gaps along a cross-section;

angled plate structures over the interconnects; the angled plate structures having horizontal first portions joining to second portions; each angled plate structure having only one horizontal first portion, only one second portion, and only one corner where the horizontal first portion joins to the second portion; the horizontal first portions comprising regions along upper surfaces of the interconnects, the second portions having upper edges that are offset relative to the upper surfaces of the interconnects so that the upper edges are not directly over the upper surfaces; wherein the upper edges are spaced from one another by third gaps along the cross-section, the third gaps being intermediate in dimension relative to the large and small gaps along the cross-section; and

memory material over the upper edges of the angled plate structures.

2. The memory array of claim 1 wherein the third gaps are all of consistent dimension relative to one another.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051028/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050937/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 047243/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047540/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REPLACE ERRONEOUSLY FILED PATENT #7358718 WITH THE CORRECT PATENT #7358178 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038669 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038954/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038669/0001 →
Continuity (2)
Division 13482672 · May 29, 2012
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