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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2023
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Koichi Matsuno, Fremont, CA (US);
Johann Alsmeier, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory device includes a first alternating stack of first insulating layers and first electrically conductive layers, a first dielectric material portion overlying first stepped surfaces of the first alternating stack, a memory opening vertically extending through the first alternating stack, a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and including a vertical semiconductor channel and a vertical stack of memory elements, and a first contact via structure vertically extending through the first alternating stack and the first dielectric material portion. The first contact via structure includes a conductive pillar portion and a conductive fin portion that laterally protrudes from the conductive pillar portion and having a first annular bottom surface segment contacting an annular top surface segment of one of the first electrically conductive layers.