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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chang Seok Kang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tomohiko Kitajima, San Jose, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Described is a memory string including at least one select gate for drain (SGD) transistor and at least one memory transistor in a vertical hole extending through a memory stack on a substrate. The memory stack comprises alternating non-replacement word lines and replacement insulators. A filled slit extends through the memory stack, and there are at least two select gate for drain (SGD) isolation regions in the memory stack adjacent the filled slit. A select-gate-for-drain (SGD) cut is patterned into the top few pairs of alternating layers in the memory stacks. Through the cut opening, the sacrificial layer of the memory stacks is removed, and an insulator layer is used to fill the opening.
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