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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Ramy Nashed Bassely Said, San Jose, CA (US);
Sarath Puthenthermadam, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiahui Yuan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Raghuveer S. Makala, Campbell, CA (US);
Longju Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Senaka Kanakamedala, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and containing a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel; and a neighboring electrically conductive layer interference reduction feature provided for a first subset of the electrically conductive layers, such that a second subset of the electrically conductive layers lacks the neighboring electrically conductive layer interference reduction feature.