Semiconductor dies including low and high workfunction semiconductor devices
View Patent ↗A semiconductor die comprises a first set of semiconductor devices disposed at a first location of the semiconductor die and a second set of semiconductor devices disposed at a second location of the semiconductor die different from the first location. Each of the first set of semiconductor devices have a first workfunction to cause each of the first set of semiconductor devices to store memory for a first time period. Moreover, each of the second set of semiconductor devices have a second workfunction that is higher greater than the first workfunction to cause each of the second set of semiconductor devices to store memory for a second time period greater than the first time period.
1. A semiconductor die, comprising:
a first set of semiconductor devices disposed at a first location of the semiconductor die, each of the first set of semiconductor devices having a first workfunction to cause each of the first set of semiconductor devices to store memory for a first time period; and
a second set of semiconductor devices disposed at a second location of the semiconductor die different from the first location, each of second set of semiconductor devices having a second workfunction that is greater than the first workfunction to cause each of the second set of semiconductor devices to store memory for a second time period greater than the first time period, wherein each of the first and the second set of semiconductor devices comprises:
a source;
a drain spaced apart from the source in a first direction by an inner spacer; and
a channel layer disposed radially outwards of radially outer surfaces of the inner spacer, the source and the drain in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and extending in the first direction.
2. The semiconductor die of claim 1 , wherein, each of the first and second set of semiconductor devices further comprises:
a memory layer disposed on a radially outer surface of the channel layer in the second direction and extending in the first direction; and
at least one gate layer disposed on a radially outer surface of the memory layer in the second direction and extending in the first direction.
3. The semiconductor die of claim 2 , wherein:
the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a first material to cause the each of the first set of semiconductor devices to have the first workfunction; and
the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a second material different from the first material to cause each of the second set of semiconductor devices to have the second workfunction.
4. The semiconductor die of claim 2 , wherein:
each of the at least one gate layer included in the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a n-type material; and
the second set of semiconductor devices further comprises a barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices.
5. The semiconductor die of claim 4 , wherein a first thickness of the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices is approximately equal to a sum of a second thickness of the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices and a thickness of the barrier layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices.
6. The semiconductor die of claim 2 , wherein:
each of the at least one gate layer included in the first set and the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a n-type material;
each of the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a first barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices, the first barrier layer having a first barrier thickness; and
each of the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a second barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices, the second barrier layer having a second barrier thickness greater than the first barrier thickness.
7. The semiconductor die of claim 2 , wherein:
each of the at least one gate layer included in the first set and the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a p-type material;
each of the first set of semiconductor devices comprise a first barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices, the first barrier layer having a first barrier thickness; and
each of the second set of semiconductor devices comprise a second barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices, the second barrier layer having a second barrier thickness that is less than the first barrier thickness.
8. The semiconductor die of claim 7 , wherein:
a first sum of a thickness of the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices and the first barrier thickness is approximately equal to a second sum of a thickness of the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices and the second barrier thickness.
9. The semiconductor die of claim 2 , wherein:
a first channel thickness of the channel layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices is different from a second channel thickness of the channel layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices.
10. The semiconductor die of claim 2 , wherein:
a first channel material of the channel layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices is different from a second channel material of the channel layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices.
11. The semiconductor die of claim 10 , wherein the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a first material that is different from a second material of the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices.
12. The semiconductor die of claim 1 , wherein:
the first location is a first side of the semiconductor die in a first direction, a first array of the first set of semiconductor devices is disposed on the first side;
the second location is a second side of the semiconductor die in the first direction opposite the first side, a second array of the second set of semiconductor devices being disposed on the second side; and
an array isolation layer is interposed between the first array and the second array.
13. The semiconductor die of claim 1 , wherein:
the first set of semiconductor devices is disposed adjacent to the second set of semiconductor devices in at least a first direction, a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, or the first direction and the second direction; and
an array isolation layer is interposed between the first set and the second set of semiconductor devices.
14. A semiconductor die, comprising:
a first set of semiconductor devices disposed at a first location of the semiconductor die, and a second set of semiconductor devices disposed at a second location of the semiconductor die different from the first location, each of the first and second set of semiconductor devices comprising:
a source,
a drain spaced apart from the source in a first direction by an inner spacer;
a channel layer disposed radially outwards of radially outer surfaces of the inner spacer, the source and the drain in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and extending in the first direction;
a memory layer disposed on a radially outer surface of the channel layer in the second direction and extending in the first direction; and
at least one first gate layer disposed on a radially outer surface of the memory layer,
wherein the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices has a first property and the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices has a second property different from the first property, the first property configured to cause each of the first set of semiconductor devices to have a first workfunction, and the second property configured to cause each of the second set of semiconductor devices to have a second workfunction greater than the first workfunction.
15. The semiconductor die of claim 14 , wherein:
the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a first material; and
the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a second material different from the first material.
16. The semiconductor die of claim 14 , wherein:
each of the at least one gate layer included in the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a n-type material;
the second set of semiconductor devices further comprises a barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices; and
a first thickness of the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices is approximately equal to a sum of a second thickness of the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices and a thickness of the barrier layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices.
17. The semiconductor die of claim 14 , wherein:
each of the at least one gate layers included in the first set and the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a n-type material;
each of the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a first barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices, the first barrier layer having a first barrier thickness; and
each of the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a second barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices, the second barrier layer having a second barrier thickness greater than the first barrier thickness.
18. The semiconductor die of claim 14 , wherein:
each of the at least one gate layer included in the first set and the second set of semiconductor devices comprises a p-type material;
each of the first set of semiconductor devices comprises a first barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices, the first barrier layer having a first barrier thickness;
each of the second set of semiconductor devices comprise a second barrier layer interposed between the memory layer and the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices, the second barrier layer having a second barrier thickness that is less than the first barrier thickness; and
a first sum of a thickness the at least one gate layer included in each of the first set of semiconductor devices and the first barrier thickness is approximately equal to a second sum of a thickness of the at least one gate layer included in each of the second set of semiconductor devices and the second barrier thickness.
19. A semiconductor die, comprising:
a first set of semiconductor devices disposed at a first location of the semiconductor die; and
a second set of semiconductor devices disposed at a second location of the semiconductor die different from the first location;
wherein each of the first and the second set of semiconductor devices comprises:
a source;
a drain spaced apart from the source in a first direction by an inner spacer;
a channel layer disposed radially outwards of radially outer surfaces of the inner spacer, the source and the drain in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and extending in the first direction; and
a memory layer disposed on a radially outer surface of the channel layer in the second direction and extending in the first direction.
20. The semiconductor die of claim 19 , wherein each of the first set of semiconductor devices has a first workfunction to cause each of the first set of semiconductor devices to store memory for a first time period, and wherein each of the second set of semiconductor devices has a second workfunction greater than the first workfunction to cause each of the second set of semiconductor devices to store memory for a second time period greater than the first time period.