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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2022
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd., Wuhan, CN;
YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Wuhan, CN;
Abstract
In certain aspects, a three-dimensional (3D) memory device includes channel structures in a first region and word line pick-up structures in a first portion of a second region. The first region and the second region are arranged in a first direction. The 3D memory device also includes word lines each extending in the first region and a second portion of the second region. The first portion and the second portion of the second region are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The 3D memory device also includes dummy channel structures in the second portion of the second region. Adjacent channel structures are spaced apart from each other by a first distance. Adjacent dummy channel structures are spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is smaller than the first distance.