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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Si-Woo Lee, Boise, ID (US);
Byung Yoon Kim, Boise, ID (US);
Kyuseok Lee, Boise, ID (US);
Sangmin Hwang, Boise, ID (US);
Mark Zaleski, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/108 (2006.01); H10B 12/00 (2023.01); G11C 5/02 (2006.01); G11C 5/10 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 12/30 (2023.02); G11C 5/025 (2013.01); G11C 5/10 (2013.01); H01L 27/0688 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus including multi-direction conductive lines and staircase contacts for semiconductor devices. One memory device includes an array of vertically stacked memory cells, the array including: a vertical stack of horizontally oriented conductive lines, each conductive line comprising: a first portion extending in a first horizontal direction; and a second portion extending in a second horizontal direction at an angle to the first horizontal direction.