IP Library Patent Application 16174152
Patent Application
App. No. 16/174,152

3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE

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Abstract

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first layer including first transistors each including a first silicon channel; a second layer including second transistors each including a second silicon channel, the second layer overlaying the first transistors, where at least one of the second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of the first transistors; and a third layer including third transistors each including a single crystal silicon channel, the third layer overlying the second transistors, where a plurality of the third transistors form a logic circuit, and where the logic circuit is aligned to the second transistors with less than 200 nm alignment error, where the first layer thickness is less than one micron, and where the first transistors are junction-less transistors.

Claims (64)

1 . A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising:

a first layer comprising first transistors each comprising a first silicon channel;

a second layer comprising second transistors each comprising a second silicon channel, said second layer overlaying said first transistors,

wherein at least one of said second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of said first transistors; and

a third layer comprising third transistors each comprising a single crystal silicon channel, said third layer overlying said second transistors,

wherein a plurality of said third transistors form a logic circuit, and

wherein said logic circuit is aligned to said second transistors with less than 200 nm alignment error,

wherein said first layer thickness is less than one micron, and

wherein said first transistors are junction-less transistors.

2 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said second silicon channel comprises polysilicon.

3 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said first layer comprises a non-volatile memory cell.

4 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said first layer comprises side-gate transistors.

5 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said self-aligned is a visible result of at least two vertically stacked structures being processed together following a single lithography step.

6 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

periphery circuits,

wherein said periphery circuits comprise said logic circuit.

7 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said junction-less transistors (JLT) comprise a source, a JLT channel, and a drain, and

wherein said source, said drain and said JLT channel comprise a same dopant type.

8 . A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising:

a first layer comprising first transistors each comprising a first silicon channel;

a second layer comprising second transistors each comprising a second silicon channel, said second layer overlaying said first transistors,

wherein at least one of said second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of said first transistors; and

a third layer comprising third transistors each comprising a single crystal silicon channel, said third layer overlying said second transistors,

wherein a plurality of said third transistors form a logic circuit,

wherein said logic circuit is aligned to said second transistors with less than 200 nm alignment error, and

wherein said first transistors are junction-less transistors.

9 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said second layer thickness is less than one micron.

10 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said first layer comprises a non-volatile memory cell.

11 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said first layer comprises gate all around transistors.

12 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said first layer thickness is less than one micron.

13 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said junction-less transistors (JLT) comprise a source, a JLT channel, and a drain, and

wherein said source, said drain and said JLT channel comprise a same dopant type.

14 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein at least one of said first transistors are directly connected to at least one of said second transistors.

15 . A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising:

a first layer comprising first transistors each comprising a first silicon channel;

a second layer comprising second transistors each comprising a second silicon channel, said second layer overlaying said first transistors,

wherein at least one of said second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of said first transistors; and

a third layer comprising third transistors each comprising a single crystal silicon channel, said third structure overlying said second transistors,

wherein a plurality of said third transistors form a logic circuit,

wherein said logic circuit is aligned to said second transistors with less than 200 nm alignment error,

wherein said first layer thickness is less than one micron, and

wherein said second transistors are junction-less transistors.

16 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 15 ,

wherein said second layer thickness is less than one micron.

17 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 15 ,

wherein said first layer comprises a NAND type memory cell.

18 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 15 ,

wherein said first layer comprises side-gate transistors.

19 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 15 ,

wherein said junction-less transistors (JLT) comprise a source, a JLT channel, and a drain, and

wherein said source, said drain and said JLT channel comprise a same dopant type.

20 . The 3D semiconductor device according to claim 15 ,

wherein at least one of said first transistors are directly connected to at least one of said second transistors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2020
From: OR-BACH, ZVI; SEKAR, DEEPAK; CRONQUIST, BRIAN
To: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
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