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公开(公告)号:US20210043767A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-11
申请号:US16536544
申请日:2019-08-09
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Manuj Nahar , Michael Mutch
Abstract: A transistor comprises a top source/drain region, a bottom source/drain region, and a channel region vertically between the top and bottom source/drain regions. A gate is operatively laterally-adjacent the channel region. The top source/drain region, the bottom source/drain region, and the channel region respectively have crystal grains and grain boundaries between immediately-adjacent of the crystal grains. At least one of the bottom source/drain region and the channel region has an internal interface there-within between the crystal grains that are above the internal interface and the crystal grains that are below the internal interface. At least some of the crystal grains that are immediately-above the internal interface physically contact at least some of the crystal grains that are immediately-below the internal interface. All of the grain boundaries that are between immediately-adjacent of the physically-contacting crystal grains that are immediately-above and that are immediately-below the interface align relative one another. The internal interface comprises at least one of (a) and (b), where (a): conductivity-modifying dopant concentration immediately-above the internal interface is lower than immediately-below the internal interface and (b): a laterally-discontinuous insulative oxide. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10886130B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-05
申请号:US16112410
申请日:2018-08-24
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Manuj Nahar , Darwin Franseda Fan , Junting Liu-Norrod , Michael Mutch
IPC: H01L21/76 , H01L21/20 , H01L21/02 , C23C16/56 , H01L21/306 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/78 , H01L27/108 , C23C16/24 , C23C16/06 , H01L27/24
Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of forming crystalline semiconductor material. A template is provided to have a polycrystalline region along a surface. Semiconductor material is deposited along the surface under conditions which grow crystalline semiconductor structures from grains of the polycrystalline region. The deposition is conducted at a temperature of less than or equal to 500° C. Some embodiments include a method of forming a transistor. A template is provided to have a polycrystalline region along a surface. Semiconductor material is deposited along the surface under conditions which grow crystalline semiconductor structures from grains of the polycrystalline region. The semiconductor material includes germanium. The crystalline semiconductor structures are doped to form a configuration having a first portion over a second portion. Insulative material is formed adjacent the second portion. A transistor gate is formed along the insulative material.
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公开(公告)号:US20200243267A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-30
申请号:US16852284
申请日:2020-04-17
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Ashonita A. Chavan , Beth R. Cook , Manuj Nahar , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy
IPC: H01G4/38 , H01L27/11507 , G11C11/22 , H01L49/02
Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus having horizontally-spaced bottom electrodes supported by a supporting structure. Leaker device material is directly against the bottom electrodes. Insulative material is over the bottom electrodes, and upper electrodes are over the insulative material. Plate material extends across the upper electrodes and couples the upper electrodes to one another. The plate material is directly against the leaker device material. The leaker device material electrically couples the bottom electrodes to the plate material, and may be configured to discharge at least a portion of excess charge from the bottom electrodes to the plate material. Some embodiments include methods of forming apparatuses which include capacitors having bottom electrodes and top electrodes, with the top electrodes being electrically coupled to one another through a conductive plate. Leaker devices are formed to electrically couple the bottom electrodes to the conductive plate.
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公开(公告)号:US20200075713A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-05
申请号:US16121966
申请日:2018-09-05
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Mutch , Manuj Nahar , Wayne I. Kinney
IPC: H01L29/04 , H01L21/02 , H01L21/324 , H01L29/161
Abstract: A method includes forming a semiconductor structure. The structure includes a first material, a blocking material, a second material in an amorphous form, and a third material in an amorphous form. The blocking material is disposed between the first material and the second material. At least the second material and the third material each comprise silicon and/or germanium. The structure is exposed to a temperature above a crystallization temperature of the third material and below a crystallization temperature of the second material. Semiconductor structures, memory devices, and systems are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200066513A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-27
申请号:US16112410
申请日:2018-08-24
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Manuj Nahar , Darwin Franseda Fan , Junting Liu-Norrod , Michael Mutch
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L21/306 , H01L29/66 , H01L29/78 , H01L27/108 , C23C16/24 , C23C16/06 , C23C16/56
Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of forming crystalline semiconductor material. A template is provided to have a polycrystalline region along a surface. Semiconductor material is deposited along the surface under conditions which grow crystalline semiconductor structures from grains of the polycrystalline region. The deposition is conducted at a temperature of less than or equal to 500° C. Some embodiments include a method of forming a transistor. A template is provided to have a polycrystalline region along a surface. Semiconductor material is deposited along the surface under conditions which grow crystalline semiconductor structures from grains of the polycrystalline region. The semiconductor material includes germanium. The crystalline semiconductor structures are doped to form a configuration having a first portion over a second portion. Insulative material is formed adjacent the second portion. A transistor gate is formed along the insulative material.
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公开(公告)号:US20190198606A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-27
申请号:US15855665
申请日:2017-12-27
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Manuj Nahar , Vassil N. Antonov
Abstract: A method used in forming at least a portion of at least one conductive capacitor electrode of a capacitor that comprises a pair of conductive capacitor electrodes having a capacitor insulator there-between comprises forming an insulative first material comprising an amorphous insulative metal oxide. The amorphous insulative metal oxide is reduced in a reducing-ambient to form a conductive second material from the insulative first material. Such reducing in the reducing-ambient both (a) removes oxygen from and changes the stoichiometry of the metal oxide, and (b) crystallizes the metal oxide into a crystalline state that is conductive.
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公开(公告)号:US20250118493A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-10
申请号:US18985584
申请日:2024-12-18
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Manuj Nahar , Ashonita A. Chavan
Abstract: A method used in forming an electronic device comprising conductive material and ferroelectric material comprises forming a composite stack comprising multiple metal oxide-comprising insulator materials. At least one of the metal oxide-comprising insulator materials is between and directly against non-ferroelectric insulating materials. The multiple metal oxide-comprising insulator materials are of different composition from that of immediately-adjacent of the non-ferroelectric insulating materials. The composite stack is subjected to a temperature of at least 200° C. After the subjecting, the composite stack comprises multiple ferroelectric metal oxide-comprising insulator materials at least one of which is between and directly against non-ferroelectric insulating materials. After the subjecting, the composite stack is ferroelectric. Conductive material is formed and that is adjacent the composite stack. Devices are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11871582B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17589310
申请日:2022-01-31
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hung-Wei Liu , Vassil N. Antonov , Ashonita A. Chavan , Darwin Franseda Fan , Jeffery B. Hull , Anish A. Khandekar , Masihhur R. Laskar , Albert Liao , Xue-Feng Lin , Manuj Nahar , Irina V. Vasilyeva
CPC classification number: H10B53/20 , H01L21/223 , H01L29/1037 , H01L29/66666 , H01L29/7827 , H10B51/20 , H10B51/30 , H10B53/30
Abstract: A method of forming a vertical transistor comprising a top source/drain region, a bottom source/drain region, a channel region vertically between the top and bottom source/drain regions, and a gate operatively laterally-adjacent the channel region comprises, in multiple time-spaced microwave annealing steps, microwave annealing at least the channel region. The multiple time-spaced microwave annealing steps reduce average concentration of elemental-form H in the channel region from what it was before start of the multiple time-spaced microwave annealing steps. The reduced average concentration of elemental-form H is 0.005 to less than 1 atomic percent. Structure embodiments are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230074063A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US18050772
申请日:2022-10-28
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Mutch , Manuj Nahar , Wayne I. Kinney
IPC: H01L29/04 , H01L21/02 , H01L29/161 , H01L21/324
Abstract: A method includes forming a semiconductor structure. The structure includes a first material, a blocking material, a second material in an amorphous form, and a third material in an amorphous form. The blocking material is disposed between the first material and the second material. At least the second material and the third material each comprise silicon and/or germanium. The structure is exposed to a temperature above a crystallization temperature of the third material and below a crystallization temperature of the second material. Semiconductor structures, memory devices, and systems are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US11552086B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US16989218
申请日:2020-08-10
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Ashonita A. Chavan , Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy , Manuj Nahar
IPC: H01L27/11507 , H01L21/28 , H01L29/78 , H01L21/02 , H01L27/1159 , H01L49/02 , H01L29/49 , H01L29/51 , H01L29/66
Abstract: A method used in forming an electronic component comprising conductive material and ferroelectric material comprises forming a non-ferroelectric metal oxide-comprising insulator material over a substrate. A composite stack comprising at least two different composition non-ferroelectric metal oxides is formed over the substrate. The composite stack has an overall conductivity of at least 1×102 Siemens/cm. The composite stack is used to render the non-ferroelectric metal oxide-comprising insulator material to be ferroelectric. Conductive material is formed over the composite stack and the insulator material. Ferroelectric capacitors and ferroelectric field effect transistors independent of method of manufacture are also disclosed.
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