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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Shruti Jain, Boise, ID (US);
Anton P. Eppich, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) memory device including a stack of alternating supporting lattice layers and dielectric layers on a substrate, a plurality of memory pillars vertically penetrating the stack, each of the plurality of memory pillars including a plurality of vertically connected replacement gate (RG) memory cells that correspond to the supporting lattice layers, each of the memory pillars having a first square peripheral shape in a horizontal plane parallel to the supporting lattice layers, and a plurality of supporting buttress (SBT) pillars exclusive of any memory cells that are located at outside ends of the plurality of memory pillars and that vertically penetrate the stack, wherein the plurality of memory pillars and the plurality of SBT pillars are laterally connected by the supporting lattice layers.