Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory arrays comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells
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Application No.: US17400598Application Date: 2021-08-12
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Publication No.: US11925016B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: John D. Hopkins
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Wells St John P.S.
- The original application number of the division: US16807523 2020.03.03
- Main IPC: G11C5/06
- IPC: G11C5/06 ; G11C5/02 ; H01L21/768 ; H10B41/27 ; H10B43/27

Abstract:
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises a conductor tier comprising conductor material. The memory array comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers directly above the conductor tier. Conducting material of a lowest of the conductive tiers is directly against the conductor material of the conductor tier. Channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. Intervening material is laterally-between and longitudinally-along immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory blocks. The conducting material in the lowest conductive tier is directly against the channel material of individual of the channel-material strings. Conductive material is of different composition from that of the conducting material above and directly against the conducting material. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
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