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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes vertical stacks located over a substrate, wherein each of the vertical stacks includes from bottom to top, a bottom electrode, a dielectric pillar structure including a lateral opening therethrough, and a top electrode; layer stacks located over the vertical stacks, wherein each of the layer stacks includes an active layer and an outer gate dielectric and laterally surrounds a respective one of the vertical stacks; inner gate electrodes passing through a respective subset of the lateral openings in a respective row of vertical stacks that are arranged along a first horizontal direction; and outer gate electrodes laterally extending along the first horizontal direction and laterally surrounding a respective row of layer stacks.