IP Library Granted Patent US 9,847,337
Granted Patent B1
US 9,847,337 · App. 15/391,699 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Memory arrays comprising ferroelectric capacitors

Inventor: Werner Juengling (Meridian, ID)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
H01L27/10826H01L27/0886H01L27/11507H01L27/1211H01L29/66795H01L29/7851
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Patent No.
US 9,847,337
App. No.
15/391,699
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

Some embodiments include a memory array which has rows of fins. Each fin has a first pedestal, a second pedestal and a trough between the first and second pedestals. A first source/drain region is within the first pedestal, a second source/drain region is within the second pedestal, and a channel region is along the trough between the first and second pedestals. Digit lines are electrically coupled with the first source/drain regions. Ferroelectric capacitors are electrically coupled with the second source/drain regions. Wordlines are along the rows of fins and overlap the channel regions. Conductive isolation lines are under the wordlines along the rows of fins.

Claims (32)

1. A memory array, comprising:

rows of fins; each fin having a first pedestal, a second pedestal and a trough between the first and second pedestals; a first source/drain region being within the first pedestal, a second source/drain region being within the second pedestal, and a channel region being along the trough between the first and second pedestals;

digit lines electrically coupled with the first source/drain regions;

ferroelectric capacitors electrically coupled with the second source/drain regions;

wordlines along the rows of fins and overlapping the channel regions; and

conductive isolation lines under the wordlines along the rows of fins.

2. The memory array of claim 1 wherein each row of fins has a first side and a second side; the wordlines gating each row from both of the first and second sides.

3. The memory array of claim 2 wherein each of the wordlines comprise a pair of wordline components, with one component of said pair extending along the first side of a row of fins and the other component of said pair extending along the second side of the row of fins; and wherein the wordline components comprise metal.

4. The memory array of claim 1 wherein the wordlines and conductive isolation lines comprise a same composition as one another.

5. The memory array of claim 1 wherein the wordlines and conductive isolation lines comprise different compositions relative to one another.

6. The memory array of claim 5 wherein the wordlines comprise metal and the conductive isolation lines consist of conductively-doped silicon.

7. The memory array of claim 1 wherein the second source/drain regions are heavily-doped regions that extend vertically across the wordlines.

8. The memory array of claim 1 wherein the second source/drain regions are heavily-doped regions that extend vertically across the wordlines, and that extend vertically downward beyond uppermost surfaces of the conductive isolation lines.

9. The memory array of claim 1 wherein the fins have bases along n-type doped semiconductor material, and comprising damage regions formed along an upper surface of the n-type doped semiconductor material between bases of adjacent fins along the rows of fins.

10. The memory array of claim 9 wherein the n-type doped semiconductor material is above and directly against p-type doped semiconductor material.

11. A memory array, comprising:

rows of fins; each fin having a first pedestal, a second pedestal and a trough between the first and second pedestals; a first heavily-doped source/drain region being within the first pedestal, a second heavily-doped source/drain region being within the second pedestal, and a channel region being along the trough between the first and second pedestals;

digit lines electrically coupled with the first source/drain regions;

ferroelectric capacitors electrically coupled with the second source/drain regions;

metal-containing wordlines along the rows of fins and overlapping the channel regions; the second heavily-doped source/drain regions vertically overlapping the metal-containing wordlines, and the first heavily-doped source/drain regions not vertically overlapping the metal-containing wordlines; and

conductive isolation lines under the wordlines along the rows of fins, the conductive isolation lines consisting of conductively-doped semiconductor material.

12. The memory array of claim 11 wherein each row of fins has a first side and a second side; the metal-containing wordlines gating each row from both of the first and second sides.

13. The memory array of claim 12 wherein each of the wordlines comprise a pair of wordline components, with one component of said pair extending along the first side of a row of fins and the other component of said pair extending along the second side of the row of fins; and wherein the wordline components of said pair are a same composition as one another.

14. The memory array of claim 11 wherein the second heavily-doped source/drain regions extend vertically across the metal-containing wordlines.

15. A memory array, comprising:

rows of fins; each fin having a first pedestal, a second pedestal and a trough between the first and second pedestals; a first source/drain region being within the first pedestal, a second source/drain region being within the second pedestal, and a channel region being along the trough between the first and second pedestals; the fins extending upwardly from an n-type doped semiconductor material; gettering regions being along segments of the n-type doped semiconductor material between the fins;

digit lines electrically coupled with the first source/drain regions;

ferroelectric capacitors electrically coupled with the second source/drain regions; and

wordlines along the rows of fins and overlapping the channel regions.

16. The memory array of claim 15 wherein each row of fins has a first side and a second side; the wordlines gating each row from both of the first and second sides.

17. The memory array of claim 15 comprising silicon-containing conductive isolation lines under the wordlines along the rows of fins.

18. The memory array of claim 17 wherein each row of fins has a first side and a second side; the silicon-containing conductive isolation lines shielding each row from both of the first and second sides.

Assignments (5)
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 050695/0825 →
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. 3 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 10, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 041675/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2016
From: JUENGLING, WERNER
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 040776/0804 →