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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Three-dimensional memory device including capped molybdenum word lines and method of making the same
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Rahul Sharangpani, Fremont, CA (US);
Raghuveer S. Makala, Campbell, CA (US);
Kartik Sondhi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures located within the memory openings. Each of the memory opening fill structures includes a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective vertical stack of memory elements. Each of the electrically conductive layers include a molybdenum layer and a plurality of conductive capping material portions in contact with an outer sidewall of a respective one of the memory opening fill structures.