IP Library Granted Patent US 9,748,265
Granted Patent B1
US 9,748,265 · App. 15/176,072 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Integrated structures comprising charge-storage regions along outer portions of vertically-extending channel material

Inventor: Changhyun Lee (Boise, ID)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
H01L27/11582H01L23/528H01L23/5329H01L27/11556
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Patent No.
US 9,748,265
App. No.
15/176,072
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

Some embodiments include an integrated structure having stacked conductive levels. At least some of the conductive levels are wordline levels and include control gate regions of memory cells. One of the conductive levels is a vertically outermost conductive level along an edge of the stack. Vertically-extending channel material is along the conductive levels. Some of the channel material extends along the memory cells. An extension region of the channel material is vertically outward of the vertically outermost conductive level. A charge-storage structure has a first region directly between the vertically outermost conductive level and the channel material, and has a second region which extends vertically outward of the vertically outermost conductive level and is along the extension region of the channel material.

Claims (30)

1. An integrated structure, comprising:

an upper deck comprising stacked first conductive levels, at least some of the first conductive levels being first wordline levels and comprising control gate regions of memory cells; one of the first conductive levels being a lowermost first conductive level;

a lower deck is under the upper deck, with the lower deck comprising stacked second conductive levels, at least some of the second conductive levels being second wordline levels and comprising control gate regions of memory cells; one of the second conductive levels being an uppermost second conductive level;

first vertically-extending channel material along the first conductive levels; a lower region of the first vertically-extending channel material being below the lowermost first conductive level;

second vertically-extending channel material along the second conductive levels;

an upper region of the second vertically-extending channel material being above the uppermost second conductive level; and

at least one of the following structures:

a first charge-storage structure having a first region directly between the lowermost first conductive level and the first vertically-extending channel material, and having a second region which extends below of the lowermost first conductive level and along the lower region of the first vertically-extending channel material; and

a second charge-storage structure having a third region directly between the uppermost second conductive level and the second vertically-extending channel material, and having a fourth region which extends above the uppermost second conductive level and along the upper region of the second vertically-extending channel material; and

wherein the integrated structure includes the first charge-storage structure and does not include the second charge-storage structure.

2. The integrated structure of claim 1 wherein the second region of the first charge-storage structure extends into a dielectric material comprising aluminum oxide.

3. The integrated structure of claim 1 wherein an uppermost second conductive level is a select device level.

4. An integrated structure, comprising:

an upper deck comprising stacked first conductive levels, at least some of the first conductive levels being first wordline levels and comprising control gate regions of memory cells; one of the first conductive levels being a lowermost first conductive level;

a lower deck is under the upper deck, with the lower deck comprising stacked second conductive levels, at least some of the second conductive levels being second wordline levels and comprising control gate regions of memory cells; one of the second conductive levels being an uppermost second conductive level;

first vertically-extending channel material along the first conductive levels; a lower region of the first vertically-extending channel material being below the lowermost first conductive level;

second vertically-extending channel material along the second conductive levels;

an upper region of the second vertically-extending channel material being above the uppermost second conductive level; and

at least one of the following structures:

a first charge-storage structure having a first region directly between the lowermost first conductive level and the first vertically-extending channel material, and having a second region which extends below of the lowermost first conductive level and along the lower region of the first vertically-extending channel material; and

a second charge-storage structure having a third region directly between the uppermost second conductive level and the second vertically-extending channel material, and having a fourth region which extends above the uppermost second conductive level and along the upper region of the second vertically-extending channel material; and

wherein the integrated structure includes the second charge-storage structure and does not include the first charge-storage structure.

5. The integrated structure of claim 4 wherein the fourth region of the second charge-storage structure extends into a dielectric material comprising aluminum oxide.

6. An integrated structure, comprising:

stacked wordline levels, a select device level under the stacked wordline levels, and a dielectric material under the select device level;

vertically-extending channel material along the wordline levels, the select device level and the dielectric material; a lower region of the channel material being below the select device level and along the dielectric material;

a charge-storage structure having a region which is below the select device level and along the lower region of the channel material; and

wherein said region of the charge-storage structure is a second region, wherein a conductive booster level is under the select device level, and wherein the charge-storage structure has a first region directly between the conductive booster level and the channel material.

7. The integrated structure of claim 6 wherein the select device level comprises semiconductor material doped to a first dopant type, and wherein the conductive booster level comprises semiconductor material doped to a second dopant type; with one of the first and second dopant types being p-type and the other being n-type.

8. The integrated structure of claim 7 wherein the first and second dopant types are p-type and n-type, respectively.

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 050676/0782 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 046635/0634 →
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 →
SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 26, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 039841/0207 →
SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 25, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 039824/0681 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2016
From: LEE, CHANGHYUN
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 038854/0043 →