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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2022
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Hang-Ting Lue, Hsinchu, TW;
Teng Hao Yeh, Hsinchu County, TW;
Cheng-Yu Lee, Taoyuan, TW;
Wei-Chen Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
MACRONIX International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A three-dimensional flash memory device may be a AND flash memory device. The three-dimensional flash memory device includes: a substrate, a gate stack structure, a plurality of slit structures, a plurality of memory arrays, and a plurality of conductive pillars. The gate stack structure is located above the substrate. The plurality of slit structures extend through the gate stack structure and divide the gate stack structure into a plurality of blocks. The plurality of memory arrays are disposed in the gate stack structure of the plurality of blocks. The plurality of conductive pillars extends through the gate stack structure in the plurality of blocks, and disposed between the plurality of memory arrays and between the plurality of slit structures.