IP Library Granted Patent US 12,628,332
Granted Patent B2
US 12,628,332 · App. 17/824,780 · Granted May 12, 2026

Memory device and method of manufacturing memory device

Inventors: Mutsumi Okajima (Yokkaichi Mie, JP); Tsuneo Inaba (Kamakura Kanagawa, JP); Hiromitsu Mashita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
H10B12/33H10B12/036H10B12/05H10D30/6728H10D30/6755H10D99/00
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Patent No.
US 12,628,332
App. No.
17/824,780
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a memory includes: a first transistor including: a first semiconductor between the substrate and the bit line; and a first gate facing a side of the first semiconductor; a first memory element between the first transistor and the substrate; a first word line including a first conductor coupled to the first gate; a second transistor including: a second semiconductor between the substrate and the bit line; and a second gate facing a side of the second semiconductor; a second memory element between the second transistor and the substrate; and a second word line being adjacent to the first word line in a first direction and including a second conductor coupled to the second gate. The second semiconductor is adjacent to the first semiconductor in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Claims (52)

1 . A memory device comprising:

a substrate;

a first bit line provided above the substrate;

a first transistor including:

a first semiconductor layer provided between the substrate and the first bit line;

a first gate electrode facing a side surface of the first semiconductor layer; and

a first gate insulating layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode;

a first memory element provided between the first transistor and the substrate;

a first word line including a first conductive layer coupled to the first gate electrode;

a second transistor including:

a second semiconductor layer provided between the substrate and the first bit line;

a second gate electrode facing a side surface of the second semiconductor layer; and

a second gate insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode;

a second memory element provided between the second transistor and the substrate;

a second word line that is adjacent to the first word line in a first direction in parallel to a surface of the substrate and that includes a second conductive layer coupled to the second gate electrode;

a second bit line provided above the substrate;

a third transistor including:

a third semiconductor layer provided between the substrate and the second bit line;

a third gate electrode facing a side surface of the third semiconductor layer; and

a third gate insulating layer provided between the third semiconductor layer and the third gate electrode; and

a third memory element provided between the third transistor and the substrate, wherein

the second semiconductor layer is adjacent to the first semiconductor layer in a second direction that is in parallel to the surface of the substrate and intersects the first direction, and

the second transistor is provided at a position different from a position of the first transistor and a position of the third transistor in the first direction and is provided between the first transistor and the third transistor in a third direction that is in parallel to the surface of the substrate, intersects the first and second directions, and the first word line extends in the third direction.

2 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor layer is adjacent to the first conductive layer in the first direction.

3 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor layer.

4 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer has a first dimension in the first direction,

the first semiconductor layer has a second dimension in the first direction,

the first gate electrode has a third dimension in the first direction,

the first gate insulating layer has a fourth dimension in the first direction, and

the first dimension is smaller than a sum of the second dimension, the third dimension, and the fourth dimension.

5 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third gate electrode is coupled to the first gate electrode with the first conductive layer intervening therebetween,

the first conductive layer has a first dimension in the first direction,

the first semiconductor layer has a second dimension in the first direction,

the first gate electrode has a third dimension in the first direction,

the first gate insulating layer has a fourth dimension in the first direction, and

the first dimension is smaller than a sum of the second dimension, the third dimension, and the fourth dimension.

6 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the first memory element includes:

a first electrode provided between the first semiconductor layer and the substrate;

a second electrode facing a side surface of the first electrode; and

an insulating layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.

7 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer includes:

a first source/drain region;

a second source/drain region provided above the first source/drain region; and

a channel region provided between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, and

the first gate electrode covers a first surface of the channel region with the first gate insulating layer intervening therebetween.

8 . The memory device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first circuit provided on the substrate below the first memory element.

9 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the first bit line includes:

a first portion extending in the second direction; and

a second portion extending in a third direction that is in parallel to the surface of the substrate and that intersects the second direction.

10 . The memory device according to claim 9 , wherein a fifth dimension of the first portion in the second direction is twice or more greater than a six dimension in the second direction that couples a center of the first semiconductor layer and a center of the second semiconductor layer.

11 . The memory device according to claim 1 , wherein the third transistor is adjacent to the first transistor in the third direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2022
From: OKAJIMA, MUTSUMI; INABA, TSUNEO; MASHITA, HIROMITSU
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060920/0740 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/JP2019/046242 · Nov 26, 2019 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020007831 · Feb 26, 2020
Related Publication 20220285350A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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