- Patent Title: Assemblies which include wordlines having a first metal-containing material at least partially surrounding a second metal-containing material and having different crystallinity than the second metal-containing material
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Application No.: US17496715Application Date: 2021-10-07
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Publication No.: US12034057B2Publication Date: 2024-07-09
- Inventor: Jordan D. Greenlee , Rita J. Klein , Everett A. McTeer , John Mark Meldrim
- 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.
- Main IPC: H10B43/27
- IPC: H10B43/27 ; H01L29/49 ; H10B41/27 ; H10B41/10 ; H10B43/10

Abstract:
Some embodiments include a memory array having a vertical stack of alternating insulative levels and wordline levels. Channel material extends vertically along the stack. The wordline levels include conductive regions which have a first metal-containing material and a second metal-containing material. The first metal-containing material at least partially surrounds the second metal-containing material. The first metal-containing material has a different crystallinity than the second metal-containing material. In some embodiments the first metal-containing material is substantially amorphous, and the second metal-containing material has a mean grain size within a range of from greater than or equal to about 5 nm to less than or equal to about 200 nm. Charge-storage regions are adjacent the wordline levels. Charge-blocking regions are between the charge-storage regions and the conductive regions.
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