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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Memory circuitry comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers in a memory-array region. The insulative tiers and the conductive tiers of the laterally-spaced memory blocks extend from the memory-array region into a stair-step region. Individual stairs in the stair-step region comprise one of the conductive tiers. Conductive vias are individually directly against conducting material that is in the one conductive tier in one of the individual stairs. Insulator material in the stair-step region is directly above the stairs. An insulative-material lining is circumferentially around and extends elevationally along individual of the conductive vias between the individual conductive vias and the insulator material. Individual of the insulative-material linings and the insulator material comprise an interface there-between. Other embodiments, including methods, are disclosed.