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Granted Patent B2
US 11,374,012 · App. 16/626,708 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Semiconductor device and driving method of semiconductor device

Inventor: Yoshinobu Asami (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/10897G11C11/405H01L29/24
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Patent No.
US 11,374,012
App. No.
16/626,708
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with a large storage capacity per unit area can be provided. A memory cell including a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor includes a stack including a first conductor, a first insulator over the first conductor, a second conductor over the first insulator, a second insulator over the second conductor, and a third conductor over the second insulator; a first oxide arranged in a ring-like shape on a side surface of an opening portion of the second conductor; a fourth conductor arranged in a ring-like shape in contact with an inner wall of the first oxide; a cylindrical third insulator arranged to penetrate the stack, the first oxide, and the fourth conductor; and a second oxide arranged in contact with an inner wall of the third insulator.

Claims (24)

1. A memory cell comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor, comprising:

a stack including a first conductor, a first insulator over the first conductor, a second conductor over the first insulator, a second insulator over the second conductor, and a third conductor over the second insulator;

a first oxide arranged in a ring-like shape on a side surface of an opening portion of the second conductor;

a fourth conductor arranged in a ring-like shape in contact with an inner wall of the first oxide;

a cylindrical third insulator arranged to penetrate the stack, the first oxide, and the fourth conductor; and

a second oxide arranged in contact with an inner wall of the third insulator,

wherein the first transistor includes part of the first conductor, part of the second conductor, part of the third conductor, part of the fourth conductor, part of the first oxide, part of the first insulator, and part of the second insulator,

wherein the second transistor includes part of the first conductor, part of the third insulator, and part of the second oxide,

wherein the third transistor includes part of the third conductor, part of the third insulator, and part of the second oxide,

wherein the fourth transistor includes part of the fourth conductor, part of the third insulator, and part of the second oxide,

wherein the first capacitor includes part of the first conductor, part of the first insulator, and part of the fourth conductor, and

wherein the second capacitor includes part of the third conductor, part of the second insulator, and part of the fourth conductor.

2. The semiconductor device comprising the memory cell of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth insulator over the stack,

wherein m v stacks and m v fourth insulators are arranged in a direction perpendicular to one surface of a base, and

wherein m v is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising the base, a fifth insulator, and m h memory cells in a direction horizontal to the one surface of the base,

wherein the fifth insulator is in contact with a side surface of the first conductor, a side surface of the second conductor, and a side surface of the third conductor, and

wherein m h is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fifth conductor, a sixth insulator over the fifth conductor, the stack over the sixth insulator, a seventh insulator over the stack, and a sixth conductor over the seventh insulator,

wherein the fifth conductor, the third insulator, and the second oxide function as a fifth transistor, and

wherein the sixth conductor, the third insulator, and the second oxide function as a sixth transistor.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first oxide and the second oxide contain In, an element M, and Zn, and

wherein M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2019
From: ASAMI, YOSHINOBU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051371/0566 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-132401 · Jul 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200161309A1 · May 21, 2020
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