IP Library Granted Patent US 11,164,811
Granted Patent B2
US 11,164,811 · App. 17/313,986 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

3D semiconductor device with isolation layers and oxide-to-oxide bonding

Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach (Haifa, IL); Deepak C. Sekar (Sunnyvale, CA); Brian Cronquist (Klamath Falls, OR)
Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
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Patent No.
US 11,164,811
App. No.
17/313,986
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer, where the first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; a second level including second transistors, where the first isolation layer is overlaid by the second level, and where the second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer; a third level including single crystal third transistors, where the second isolation layer is overlaid by the third level, where the third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer, where the third level is bonded to the second isolation layer, and where the bonded includes at least one oxide to oxide bond.

Claims (67)

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

a first level comprising single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer,

wherein said first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer;

a second level comprising second transistors,

wherein said first isolation layer is overlaid by said second level, and

wherein said second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer;

a third level comprising single crystal third transistors,

wherein said second isolation layer is overlaid by said third level,

wherein said third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer,

wherein said third level is bonded to said second isolation layer,

wherein said bonded comprises at least one oxide to oxide bond, and

a connective path between said third transistors and said second transistors,

wherein said connective path comprises a via through said second isolation layer, and

wherein said via has a diameter of less than 400 nm and greater than 5 nm.

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

a first level comprising single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer,

wherein said first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer;

a second level comprising second transistors,

wherein said first isolation layer is overlaid by said second level, and

wherein said second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer;

a third level comprising single crystal third transistors,

wherein said second isolation layer is overlaid by said third level,

wherein said third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer,

wherein said third level is bonded to said second isolation layer,

wherein said bonded comprises at least one oxide to oxide bond, and

a heat removal path from said second transistors to an external surface of said device.

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

a first level comprising single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer,

wherein said first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer;

a second level comprising second transistors,

wherein said first isolation layer is overlaid by said second level, and

wherein said second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer;

a third level comprising single crystal third transistors,

wherein said second isolation layer is overlaid by said third level,

wherein said third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer,

wherein said third level is bonded to said second isolation layer,

wherein said bonded comprises at least one oxide to oxide bond, and

a power delivery path to said second transistors,

wherein at least a portion of said power delivery path is underneath at least one of said second transistors.

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

a first level comprising single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer,

wherein said first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer;

a second level comprising second transistors,

wherein said first isolation layer is overlaid by said second level, and

wherein said second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer;

a third level comprising single crystal third transistors,

wherein said second isolation layer is overlaid by said third level,

wherein said third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer,

wherein said third level is bonded to said second isolation layer,

wherein said bonded comprises at least one oxide to oxide bond, and

wherein said first level comprises a second metal layer overlaying said first metal layer, and

wherein said second metal layer is disposed underneath said first isolation layer.

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

a first level comprising single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer,

wherein said first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer;

a second level comprising second transistors,

wherein said first isolation layer is overlaid by said second level, and

wherein said second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer;

a third level comprising single crystal third transistors,

wherein said second isolation layer is overlaid by said third level,

wherein said third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer,

wherein said third level is bonded to said second isolation layer,

wherein said bonded comprises at least one oxide to oxide bond,

first connections to external devices; and

second connections to said external devices,

wherein at least a portion of said first connections are underneath said first isolation layer, and

wherein at least a portion of said second connections are above said third isolation layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2021
From: OR-BACH, ZVI; CRONQUIST, BRIAN; SEKAR, DEEPAK
To: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
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Continuity (10)
Continuation In Part 16852506 · Apr 19, 2020
Continuation In Part 16536606 · Aug 9, 2019
Continuation In Part 16004404 · Jun 10, 2018
Continuation In Part 15917629 · Mar 10, 2018
Continuation In Part 15622124 · Jun 14, 2017
Continuation In Part 14880276 · Oct 11, 2015
Continuation In Part 14472108 · Aug 28, 2014
Continuation 13959994 · Aug 6, 2013
Continuation 13441923 · Apr 9, 2012
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