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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Adarsh Rajashekhar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Raghuveer S. Makala, Campbell, CA (US);
Kartik Sondhi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located on a semiconductor layer, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack and the semiconductor layer, a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and containing a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel, and a backside semiconductor source structure including a doped semiconductor material. The backside semiconductor source structure may be polycrystalline or single crystalline.