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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Sandisk 3d Llc, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Huiwen Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yung-Tin Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steven J. Radigan, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk 3D LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided that includes forming completely distinct first features above a substrate, forming sidewall spacers on the first features, filling spaces between adjacent sidewall spacers with filler features, and removing the sidewall spacers. Numerous other aspects are provided.