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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 10, 2004
Thomas H. Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vivek Subramanian, Redwood City, CA (US);
James M. Cleeves, Redwood City, CA (US);
Andrew J. Walker, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher Petti, Mountain View, CA (US);
Igor G. Kouznetzov, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark G. Johnson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul M. Farmwald, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Brad Herner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas H. Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vivek Subramanian, Redwood City, CA (US);
James M. Cleeves, Redwood City, CA (US);
Andrew J. Walker, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher Petti, Mountain View, CA (US);
Igor G. Kouznetzov, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark G. Johnson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul M. Farmwald, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Brad Herner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sandisk 3D LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a monolithic three dimensional array of charge storage devices which includes a plurality of device levels, wherein at least one surface between two successive device levels is planarized by chemical mechanical polishing.