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Granted Patent B2
US 12,727,469 · App. 18/245,746 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Haruhiko Terada (Kanagawa, JP); Tseng Kuo-Chyuan (Hsinch, TW)
Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
H01L23/5283H01L23/5226H10B63/20
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Patent No.
US 12,727,469
App. No.
18/245,746
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first memory cell layer including a first selection line extending in a first direction, a second selection line extending in a second direction, and a first memory cell coupled to the first selection line and the second selection line; a second memory cell layer provided above the first memory cell layer, and including a third selection line extending in the first direction, a fourth selection line extending in the second direction, and a second memory cell coupled to the third selection line and the fourth selection line; and a first wiring layer provided between the first memory cell layer and the second memory cell layer and including a first metal wiring line.

Claims (44)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a first memory cell layer including a first selection line extending in a first direction, a second selection line extending in a second direction, and a first memory cell coupled to the first selection line and the second selection line;

a second memory cell layer provided above the first memory cell layer, and including a third selection line extending in the first direction, a fourth selection line extending in the second direction, and a second memory cell coupled to the third selection line and the fourth selection line;

a first wiring layer provided between the first memory cell layer and the second memory cell layer and including a first metal wiring line; and

a first via provided below the first wiring layer and configured by same material as the first metal wiring line, the first via coupling the first metal wiring line and the first selection line of the first memory cell layer to each other.

2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first selection line in the first memory cell layer and the third selection line in the second memory cell layer are arranged at same position in a plane including the first direction and the second direction, and

the second selection line in the first memory cell layer and the fourth selection line in the second memory cell layer are arranged at same position in the plane including the first direction and the second direction.

3 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a first memory cell layer including a first selection line extending in a first direction, a second selection line extending in a second direction, and a first memory cell coupled to the first selection line and the second selection line;

a second memory cell layer provided above the first memory cell layer, and including a third selection line extending in the first direction, a fourth selection line extending in the second direction, and a second memory cell coupled to the third selection line and the fourth selection line;

a first wiring layer provided between the first memory cell layer and the second memory cell layer and including a first metal wiring line;

a first via provided below the first wiring layer and configured integrally with the first metal wiring line, the first via coupling the first metal wiring line and the first selection line of the first memory cell layer to each other;

a second wiring layer including a second metal wiring line provided below the first memory cell layer;

a second via provided between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and configured integrally with the first metal wiring line, the second via coupling the first metal wiring line and the second metal wiring line to each other; and

a drive circuit provided below the second wiring layer and being coupled to the second metal wiring line, the drive circuit driving the first selection line of the first memory cell layer.

4 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a first memory cell layer including a first selection line extending in a first direction, a second selection line extending in a second direction, and a first memory cell coupled to the first selection line and the second selection line;

a second memory cell layer provided above the first memory cell layer, and including a third selection line extending in the first direction, a fourth selection line extending in the second direction, and a second memory cell coupled to the third selection line and the fourth selection line;

a first wiring layer provided between the first memory cell layer and the second memory cell layer and including a first metal wiring line;

a first via provided below the first wiring layer and configured integrally with the first metal wiring line, the first via coupling the first metal wiring line and the first selection line of the first memory cell layer to each other;

a second wiring layer including a second metal wiring line provided above the second memory cell layer; and

a second via provided between the second wiring layer and the first wiring layer and configured integrally with the second metal wiring line, the second via coupling the second metal wiring line and the third selection line of the second memory cell layer to each other.

5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising a third via provided between the second wiring layer and the first wiring layer and configured integrally with the second metal wiring line, the third via coupling the second metal wiring line and the first metal wiring line to each other.

6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a third via provided between the second wiring layer and the first wiring layer; and

a drive circuit provided below the first memory cell layer and driving the third selection line of the second memory cell layer, wherein

the first wiring layer includes a third metal wiring line coupled to the drive circuit, and

the third via is configured integrally with the second metal wiring line and couples the second metal wiring line and the third metal wiring line to each other.

7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the second via provided between the second wiring layer and the first wiring layer and the first via provided below the first wiring layer are arranged at same position in a plane including the first direction and the second direction.

8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a third via provided below the first wiring layer; and

a fourth via provided between the second wiring layer and the first wiring layer, wherein

the first wiring layer includes a third metal wiring line,

the second wiring layer includes a fourth metal wiring line,

the third via is configured integrally with the third metal wiring line and couples the third metal wiring line and the second selection line to each other,

the fourth via is configured integrally with the fourth metal wiring line and couples the fourth metal wiring line and the fourth selection line to each other, and

the third via and the fourth via are arranged at same position in the plane including the first direction and the second direction.

9 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a first memory cell layer including a first selection line extending in a first direction, a second selection line extending in a second direction, and a first memory cell coupled to the first selection line and the second selection line;

a second memory cell layer provided above the first memory cell layer, and including a third selection line extending in the first direction, a fourth selection line extending in the second direction, and a second memory cell coupled to the third selection line and the fourth selection line; and

a first wiring layer provided between the first memory cell layer and the second memory cell layer and including a first metal wiring line, wherein

the first memory cell layer further includes a second metal wiring line extending in the first direction and a third memory cell coupled to the second selection line and the second metal wiring line, and

the second memory cell layer further includes a third metal wiring line extending in the first direction and a fourth memory cell coupled to the fourth selection line and the third metal wiring line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2023
From: TERADA, HARUHIKO; KUO-CHYUAN, TSENG
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063718/0978 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-187190 · Nov 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230361035A1 · Nov 9, 2023
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