Micron Technology Incorporated

Terry H Kim

Manzar Siddik

Chris M Carlson

Kunal Shrotri

Srinath Venkatesan

Kyubong Jung

Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. A pillar of channel material extends through the stack. Charge-storage-material-segments are adjacent to the conductive levels of the stack, and are between the channel material and the conductive levels. The charge-storage-material-segments contain one or more high-k oxides. At least a portion of each of the charge-storage-material-segments is vertically wider than the conductive levels. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.

Integrated assemblies and methods of forming integrated assemblies

A method of forming an electronic device comprising forming an initial dielectric material comprising silicon-hydrogen bonds. A deuterium source gas and an oxygen source gas are reacted to produce deuterium species, and the initial dielectric material is exposed to the deuterium species. Deuterium of the deuterium species is incorporated into the initial dielectric material to form a deuterium-containing dielectric material. Additional methods are also disclosed, as are electronic devices and systems comprising the deuterium-containing dielectric material.

Electronic devices comprising deuterium-containing dielectric materials

Some embodiments include a memory cell having charge-trapping-material between a semiconductor channel material and a gating region. The charge-trapping-material includes silicon, nitrogen and trap-enhancing-additive. The trap-enhancing-additive includes one or more of carbon, phosphorus, boron and metal. Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a stack of alternating first and second levels. The first levels include conductive structures and the second levels are insulative. Channel-material-pillars extend through the stack. Charge-trapping-regions are along the channel-material-pillars and are between the channel-material-pillars and the conductive structures. The charge-trapping-regions include a charge-trapping-material which contains silicon, nitrogen and trap-enhancing-additive. The trap-enhancing-additive includes one or more of carbon, phosphorus, boron and metal.

Memory cells and integrated assemblies having charge-trapping-material with trap-enhancing-additive

A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. The strings of memory cells in the stack comprise channel-material strings and storage-material strings extending through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. At least some of the storage material of the storage-material strings in individual of the insulative tiers are intrinsically less charge-transmissive than is the storage material in the storage-material strings in individual of the conductive tiers. Other aspects, including method, are disclosed.

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