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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2020
Fu-chang Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Fu-Chang Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Three-dimensional vertical memory array cell structures and processes. In an exemplary embodiment, a 3D vertical memory array structure is formed by performing operations that include forming an array stack having alternating metal layers and insulator layers, forming a hole through the array stack to expose internal surfaces of the metal layers and internal surfaces of the insulator layers, and performing a metal-oxidation process on the internal surfaces of the metal layers to form selector devices on the internal surfaces of the metal layers. The operations also include depositing one of resistive material or phase-change material within the hole on the selector devices and the internal surfaces of the insulator layers, such that the hole is reduced to a smaller hole, and depositing conductor material in the smaller hole.