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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2013
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Kamal M. Karda, Boise, ID (US);

Rajesh N. Gupta, Karnataka, IN;

Srinivas Pulugurtha, Boise, ID (US);

Chandra V. Mouli, Boise, ID (US);

Wolfgang Mueller, Garden City, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/108 (2006.01); H01L 21/8242 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); G11C 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7827 (2013.01); G11C 11/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing a body connection to a vertical access device. The vertical access device may include a digit line extending along a substrate to a digit line contact pillar, a body connection line extending along the substrate to a body connection line contact pillar, a body region disposed on the body connection line, an electrode disposed on the body region, and a word line extending to form a gate to the body region. A method for operation includes applying a first voltage to the body connection line, and applying a second voltage to the word line to cause a conductive channel to form through the body region. A memory cell array may include a plurality of vertical access devices.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Karda, Kamal. (2014). Vertical access device and apparatuses having a body connection line, and related method of operating the same (U.S. Patent No. 8878271). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8878271

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