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- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory device having unequal pitch vertical channel transistors employed as selection transistors and method for programming the same
- Patent Title (中): 具有用作选择晶体管的不等间距垂直沟道晶体管的半导体存储器件及其编程方法
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Application No.: US15180559Application Date: 2016-06-13
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Publication No.: US09595568B2Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Teruyuki Mine
- Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP
- Main IPC: G11C13/00
- IPC: G11C13/00 ; H01L27/24 ; H01L45/00 ; H01L21/8234 ; H01L21/768 ; H01L27/10

Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprises a set of selection transistors, such as in a three-dimensional memory structure or stack having resistance change memory cells arranged along vertical bit lines. Each selection transistor has a non-shared control gate and a shared control gate. The transistor bodies may have an unequal pitch and a common height. Some of the transistor bodies can be misaligned with the vertical bit lines to fit the transistors to the stack. A method for programming the three-dimensional memory structure includes forming one or two channels in a transistor body to provide a current to selected memory cells. Programming can initially use one channel and subsequently use two channels based on a programming progress. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes etching a gate conductor material so that shared and non-shared control gates have a common height.
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