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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2024
Applicant:

Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yokkaichi, JP;

Masanori Tsutsumi, Yokkaichi, JP;

Kento Sakane, Yokkaichi, JP;

Teruo Okina, Yokkaichi, JP;

Assignee:

Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 41/27 (2023.01); H10B 43/27 (2023.01); H10B 80/00 (2023.01); H10W 90/00 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 43/27 (2023.02); H10B 41/27 (2023.02); H10B 80/00 (2023.02); H10W 90/00 (2026.01); H10W 90/792 (2026.01);
Abstract

A memory die includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a dielectric spacer layer underlying the alternating stack, memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and through the dielectric spacer layer, a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and including a dielectric core, a vertical semiconductor channel having a hollow portion which surrounds the dielectric core and a pillar portion which does not surround the dielectric core, and a memory film, and a source layer located under the dielectric spacer layer and contacting the pillar portion of the vertical semiconductor channel.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Tanaka, Hiroyuki. (2026). Memory device containing constricted channel ends and methods of making the same (U.S. Patent No. 12727164). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12727164

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