IP Library Granted Patent US 10,297,612
Granted Patent B2
US 10,297,612 · App. 16/020,712 · Granted May 21, 2019

Vertical ferroelectric field effect transistor constructions, constructions comprising a pair of vertical ferroelectric field effect transistors, vertical strings of ferroelectric field effect transistors, and vertical strings of laterally opposing pairs of vertical ferroelectric field effect transistors

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Patent No.
US 10,297,612
App. No.
16/020,712
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vertical ferroelectric field effect transistor construction comprises an isolating core. A transition metal dichalcogenide material encircles the isolating core and has a lateral wall thickness of 1 monolayer to 7 monolayers. A ferroelectric gate dielectric material encircles the transition metal dichalcogenide material. Conductive gate material encircles the ferroelectric gate dielectric material. The transition metal dichalcogenide material extends elevationally inward and elevationally outward of the conductive gate material. A conductive contact is directly against a lateral outer sidewall of the transition metal dichalcogenide material that is a) elevationally inward of the conductive gate material, or b) elevationally outward of the conductive gate material. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Claims (17)

1. An array of memory cells, the array comprising pairs of vertical ferroelectric field effect transistors, individual of the pairs comprising:

isolating material laterally between the individual pair of vertical ferroelectric field effect transistors, the individual pair of transistors comprising:

a transition metal dichalcogenide film over each of two opposing lateral sides of the isolating material and individually having a lateral thickness of 1 monolayer to 7 monolayers;

a ferroelectric gate dielectric film laterally outward of each of the transition metal dichalcogenide films;

conductive gate material laterally outward of each of the ferroelectric gate dielectric films, the transition metal dichalcogenide films extending elevationally inward and elevationally outward of the conductive gate material on each of the two sides; and

a conductive contact directly against a lateral outer sidewall of each of the transition metal dichalcogenide films that is a) elevationally inward of the conductive gate material, or b) elevationally outward of the conductive gate material.

2. The array of claim 1 wherein the isolating material is dielectric.

3. The array of claim 1 wherein the conductive contact is directly against the lateral outer sidewalls of the transition metal dichalcogenide material that is elevationally outward of the conductive gate material, and comprising another conductive contact that is directly against the lateral outer sidewall of each of the transition metal dichalcogenide films that are elevationally inward of the conductive gate material.

4. An array of memory cells, the array comprising vertical strings of laterally opposing pairs of vertical ferroelectric field effect transistors, individual of the pairs comprising

alternating tiers of laterally opposing dielectric material and laterally opposing conductive gate material, the laterally opposing conductive gate material in individual of the tiers comprising a respective gate of one of a pair of laterally opposing vertical ferroelectric field effect transistors in that tier;

isolating material extending through the tiers laterally between the transistors of the respective pairs;

a transition metal dichalcogenide film extending through the tiers over each of two opposing lateral sides of the isolating material between the isolating material and the laterally opposing conductive gate material, the transition metal dichalcogenide films individually having a lateral thickness of 1 monolayer to 7 monolayers;

the transition metal dichalcogenide films extending elevationally beyond at least one of a) an elevationally outer of the laterally opposing conductive gate material tiers, and b) an elevationally inner of the laterally opposing conductive gate material tiers;

a ferroelectric gate dielectric film extending through the tiers over each of two opposing lateral sides of the individual transition metal dichalcogenide films between the transition metal dichalcogenide films and the laterally opposing conductive gate material; and

a conductive contact directly against a lateral outer sidewall of a) each of the transition metal dichalcogenide films that is elevationally beyond the outer tier of the opposing conductive gate material, or b) each of the transition metal dichalcogenide films that is elevationally beyond the inner tier of the opposing conductive gate material.

5. The array of claim 4 comprising a NAND array of said vertical strings of laterally opposing pairs of vertical ferroelectric field effect transistors.

6. The string of claim 5 wherein at least some immediately laterally adjacent of the vertical strings share a common horizontally extending line of the conductive gate material in individual of the tiers.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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SUPPLEMENT NO. 9 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 9, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047282/0463 →
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