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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege, Boise, ID (US);
John Hopkins, Meridian, ID (US);
Srikant Jayanti, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Vertical memories and methods of making the same are discussed generally herein. In one embodiment, a vertical memory can include a vertical pillar extending to a source, an etch stop tier over the source, and a stack of alternating dielectric tiers and conductive tiers over the etch stop tier. The etch stop tier can comprise a blocking dielectric adjacent to the pillar. In another embodiment, the etch stop tier can comprise a blocking dielectric adjacent to the pillar, and a plurality of dielectric films horizontally extending from the blocking dielectric into the etch stop tier.