IP Library Granted Patent US 11,251,149
Granted Patent B2
US 11,251,149 · App. 17/485,504 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

3D memory device and structure

Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach (Haifa, IL); Jin-Woo Han (San Jose, CA); Brian Cronquist (Klamath Falls, OR)
Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
H01L24/08H01L23/544H01L24/80H01L25/0657H01L25/18H01L25/50H01L2223/54426H01L2224/08145H01L2224/8013H01L2224/80895H01L2224/80896H01L2225/06593H01L2924/1431H01L2924/1434
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Patent No.
US 11,251,149
App. No.
17/485,504
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device, the device including: a first level overlaid by a first memory level, where the first memory level includes a first thinned single crystal substrate; a second memory level, the second memory level disposed on top of the first memory level, where the second memory level includes a second thinned single crystal substrate; and a memory control level disposed on top of the second memory level, where the memory control level is bonded to the second memory level, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.

Claims (66)

1. A semiconductor device, the device comprising:

a first level overlaid by a first memory level,

wherein said first memory level comprises a first thinned single crystal substrate;

a second memory level, said second memory level disposed on top of said first memory level,

wherein said second memory level comprises a second thinned single crystal substrate; and

a memory control level disposed on top of said second memory level,

wherein said memory control level is bonded to said second memory level, and

wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.

2. The device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said first thinned single crystal substrate thickness is less than 20 microns and greater than 0.1 microns.

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

a logic level disposed either above or below said first memory level; and

a thermal isolation layer disposed between said logic level and said first memory level,

wherein said thermal isolation layer is designed so during said 3D system operation a first temperature of memory cells of said first memory level is at least 20° C. lower than a second temperature of said logic level.

4. The device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said memory control level comprises a third thinned single crystal substrate.

5. The device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said second memory level is bonded to said first memory level, and

wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.

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

use of a first portion of said first memory level as an alternative for a portion of said second memory level.

7. The device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said device is diced from a wafer structure resulting in having a planar size greater than 40×40 mm.

8. A semiconductor device, the device comprising:

a memory control level;

a first memory level disposed on top of said memory control level,

wherein said first memory level comprises a first thinned single crystal substrate; and

a second memory level disposed on top of said first memory level,

wherein said second memory level comprises a second thinned single crystal substrate,

wherein said first memory level is bonded to said second memory level, and

wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.

9. The device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said first thinned single crystal substrate thickness is less than 20 microns and greater than 0.1 microns.

10. The device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a logic level disposed either above or below said first memory level; and

a thermal isolation layer disposed between said logic level and said first memory level,

wherein said thermal isolation layer is designed so during said 3D system operation a first temperature of memory cells of said first memory level is at least 20° C. lower than a second temperature of said logic level.

11. The device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said memory control level comprises a third thinned single crystal substrate.

12. The device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said memory control level is bonded to said first memory level, and

wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.

13. The device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

use a first portion of said first memory level as an alternative for a portion of said second memory level.

14. The device according to claim 8 ,

wherein said device has been diced from a wafer structure resulting in having a planar size greater than 40×40 mm 2 .

15. A semiconductor device, the device comprising:

a first memory level,

wherein said first memory level comprises a first thinned single crystal substrate;

a second memory level disposed on top of said first memory level,

wherein said second memory level comprises a second thinned single crystal substrate;

a memory control level disposed on top of said second memory level,

wherein said memory control level is bonded to said second memory level, and

wherein said bonded comprises oxide to oxide and conductor to conductor bonding.

16. The device according to claim 15 ,

wherein said first thinned single crystal substrate thickness is less than 20 microns and greater than 0.1 microns.

17. The device according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a logic level disposed either above or below said first memory level; and

a thermal isolation layer disposed between said logic level and said first memory level,

wherein said thermal isolation layer is designed so during said 3D system operation a first temperature of memory cells of said first memory level is at least 20° C. lower than a second temperature of said logic level.

18. The device according to claim 15 ,

wherein said memory control level comprises a third thinned single crystal substrate.

19. The device according to claim 15 , further comprising:

use a first portion of said first memory level as an alternative for a portion of said second memory level.

20. The device according to claim 15 ,

wherein said device has been diced from a wafer structure resulting in having a planar size greater than 40×40 mm 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2021
From: OR-BACH, ZVI; CRONQUIST, BRIAN; HAN, JIN-WOO
To: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 17372476 · Jul 11, 2021
Continuation In Part 17214883 · Mar 28, 2021
Continuation In Part 16337665
Provisional Application 62406376 · Oct 10, 2016
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