IP Library Granted Patent US 12,426,378
Granted Patent B2
US 12,426,378 · App. 17/422,312 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Semiconductor device and electronic device having stacked element layers on driver-circuit substrate

Inventors: Tatsuya Onuki (Atsugi, JP); Yuto Yakubo (Atsugi, JP); Yuki Okamoto (Isehara, JP); Seiya Saito (Atsugi, JP); Kiyoshi Kato (Atsugi, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10D87/00G11C11/4091G11C11/4096H10D86/80
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Patent No.
US 12,426,378
App. No.
17/422,312
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device having a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first element layer including a first memory cell, a second element layer including a second memory cell, and a silicon substrate including a driver circuit. The first element layer is provided between the silicon substrate and the second element layer. The first memory cell includes a first transistor and a first capacitor. The second memory cell includes a second transistor and a second capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the second transistor are each electrically connected to a wiring for electrical connection to the driver circuit. The wiring is in contact with a first semiconductor layer included in the first transistor and a second semiconductor layer included in the second transistor and is provided in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a surface of the silicon substrate.

Claims (66)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first element layer comprising a first memory cell;

a second element layer over the first element layer, comprising a second memory cell;

a third element layer comprising a sense amplifier; and

a silicon substrate comprising a driver circuit,

wherein the first memory cell comprises a first transistor and a first capacitor,

wherein the second memory cell comprises a second transistor and a second capacitor,

wherein the sense amplifier comprises a third transistor,

wherein the driver circuit comprises a fourth transistor,

wherein the first transistor in the first element layer is between the silicon substrate and the second transistor in the second element layer,

wherein the third transistor in the third element layer is between the silicon substrate and the first transistor in the first element layer,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the second transistor are each electrically connected to a wiring for electrical connection to a gate of the third transistor,

wherein the wiring is in contact with a first semiconductor layer included in the first transistor and a second semiconductor layer included in the second transistor,

wherein the wiring extends in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a surface of the silicon substrate, and

wherein a third semiconductor layer included in the third transistor is positioned over a gate electrode of the fourth transistor.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer each comprise a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first capacitor is comprised in a layer below the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein the second capacitor is comprised in a layer below the second semiconductor layer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first capacitor is comprised in a layer above the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein the second capacitor is comprised in a layer above the second semiconductor layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein one electrode of the first capacitor is comprised in the same layer as the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein one electrode of the second capacitor is comprised in the same layer as the second semiconductor layer.

6. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first element layer comprising a first memory cell;

a second element layer over the first element layer, comprising a second memory cell;

a third element layer comprising a first control circuit; and

a silicon substrate comprising a driver circuit,

wherein the first memory cell comprises a first transistor and a first capacitor,

wherein the second memory cell comprises a second transistor and a second capacitor,

wherein the first control circuit comprises a third transistor for amplifying a signal read from the first memory cell,

wherein the driver circuit comprises a fourth transistor,

wherein the first transistor in the first element layer is between the silicon substrate and the second transistor in the second element layer,

wherein the third transistor in the third element layer is between the silicon substrate and the first transistor in the first element layer,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the second transistor are each electrically connected to a first wiring for electrical connection to a gate of the third transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring for electrical connection to the driver circuit,

wherein the first wiring is in contact with a first semiconductor layer included in the first transistor and a second semiconductor layer included in the second transistor,

wherein the first wiring extends in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a surface of the silicon substrate,

wherein the second wiring extends in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the first wiring, and

wherein a third semiconductor layer included in the third transistor is positioned over a gate electrode of the fourth transistor.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first control circuit comprises a fourth transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the third transistor, and

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first control circuit comprises a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the third transistor,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor, and

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a ground line.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer each comprise a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the metal oxide comprises In, Ga, and Zn.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first capacitor is comprised in a layer below the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein the second capacitor is comprised in a layer below the second semiconductor layer.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first capacitor is comprised in a layer above the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein the second capacitor is comprised in a layer above the second semiconductor layer.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein one electrode of the first capacitor is comprised in the same layer as the first semiconductor layer, and

wherein one electrode of the second capacitor is comprised in the same layer as the second semiconductor layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: ONUKI, TATSUYA; YAKUBO, YUTO; OKAMOTO, YUKI; SAITO, SEIYA; KATO, KIYOSHI; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (5)
JP 2019-011688 · Jan 25, 2019 · national
JP 2019-011690 · Jan 25, 2019 · national
JP 2019-011691 · Jan 25, 2019 · national
JP 2019-011692 · Jan 25, 2019 · national
JP 2019-013505 · Jan 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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