IP Library Granted Patent US 11,043,532
Granted Patent B2
US 11,043,532 · App. 16/477,262 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Takashi Yokoyama (Kanagawa, JP); Taku Umebayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H01L27/228G11C5/02G11C5/06H01L25/0657H01L27/105H01L27/2436
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Patent No.
US 11,043,532
App. No.
16/477,262
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present technology, and the semiconductor device includes: a first substrate provided with a memory array; and a second substrate that is stacked with the first substrate, and is provided with a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the memory array.

Claims (43)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first substrate provided with a memory array; and

a second substrate that is stacked with the first substrate and that is provided with a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the memory array,

wherein the first substrate has a core substrate,

wherein the memory array includes a plurality of memory cells each including a memory element and a cell transistor,

wherein the cell transistor is provided on one surface of the core substrate, and

wherein the memory element is formed on another surface opposed to the one surface of the core substrate.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second substrate is provided with a logic circuit and an analog circuit.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the memory element is electrically coupled to a source region or a drain region of the cell transistor through a contact penetrating through the core substrate.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the memory element comprises a magnetoresistive element, a resistance variable element, or a volatile element.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the cell transistor includes an nFET or a pFET.

6. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first substrate provided with a memory array;

a second substrate that is stacked below the first substrate and that is provided with a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the memory array; and

a plurality of transistors that are different in supply voltage from one another, wherein

a first transistor having a low supply voltage of the plurality of transistors is provided on the first substrate.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the first transistor comprises an FD-SOI transistor, a Fin-FET, a Tri-Gate transistor, and a Nano-Wire transistor.

8. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first substrate provided with a memory array;

a second substrate that is stacked below the first substrate and that is provided with a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the memory array;

a plurality of transistors that are different in supply voltage from one another; and

a first transistor having a highest supply voltage of the plurality of transistors is provided on the second substrate.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate has a plurality of memory arrays, and

wherein the plurality of memory arrays is controlled by one peripheral circuit provided on the second substrate.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the first substrate, the second substrate, or both have one or a plurality of switch elements, and

wherein switching of the plurality of memory arrays controlled by the one peripheral circuit is performed by the one or the plurality of switch elements.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the one peripheral circuit that controls operation of the plurality of memory arrays is disposed at an equal distance between the plurality of memory arrays.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of memory arrays is disposed at an equal distance to a sense amplifier provided in the one peripheral circuit.

13. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first substrate provided with a memory array;

a second substrate that is stacked below the first substrate and that is provided with a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the memory array;

a third substrate that is stacked with the first substrate and the second substrate and that is provided with a sensor element; and

a fourth substrate provided between the third substrate and the first substrate including a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the sensor element and analog element for the sensor element.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a film including a material allowing for control of a work function of a semiconductor material is formed on the another surface of the core substrate.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second substrate is provided with an external electrode on a surface opposite to a surface on which the peripheral circuit is formed.

16. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first substrate provided with a memory array; and

a second substrate that is stacked with the first substrate and that is provided with a peripheral circuit that controls operation of the memory array, wherein the first substrate has, on a surface bonded to the second substrate, an expansion section on each of ends of a plurality of wiring lines taken out of the memory array and

wherein a plurality of the expansion sections provided on the ends of the plurality of wiring lines is disposed in a staggered arrangement.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the second substrate is provided with a logic circuit and an analog circuit.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the second substrate is provided with a logic circuit and an analog circuit.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein first transistor includes a transistor employing a high-dielectric film.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein first transistor includes a planar transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2019
From: YOKOYAMA, TAKASHI; UMEBAYASHI, TAKU
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049874/0097 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-008899 · Jan 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190363129A1 · Nov 28, 2019
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