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Patent No.:

US 11574925 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2021

Interconnect structures of three-dimensional memory devices

Applicant:

Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd., Wuhan, CN;

Inventors:

Kun Zhang, Wuhan, CN;

Haojie Song, Wuhan, CN;

Kun Bao, Wuhan, CN;

Zhiliang Xia, Wuhan, CN;

Assignee:

YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Wuhan, CN;

Attorney:

Bayes PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Shahed Ahmed

Assistant Examiner:

Vicki B Booker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/11582 (2017.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 23/535 (2006.01); H01L 27/11524 (2017.01); H01L 27/11556 (2017.01); H01L 27/1157 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/11582 (2013.01); H01L 21/76805 (2013.01); H01L 21/76816 (2013.01); H01L 21/76877 (2013.01); H01L 21/76895 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 23/5283 (2013.01); H01L 23/535 (2013.01); H01L 27/1157 (2013.01); H01L 27/11524 (2013.01); H01L 27/11556 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers is formed by replacing, through a slit opening, sacrificial layers with conductive layers. A first source contact portion is formed in the slit opening. Simultaneously, a channel local contact opening is formed through a local dielectric layer to expose a channel structure, and a staircase local contact opening is formed through the local dielectric layer to expose one of the conductive layers at a staircase structure on an edge of the memory stack. Also, simultaneously, a channel local contact, a second source contact portion above a first source contact portion in the slit opening, and a staircase local contact are formed, respectively, in the channel local contact opening, the slit opening, and the staircase local contact opening.

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