US 12,238,926 B2
Three-dimensional memory device and method
Bo-Feng Young, Taipei (TW); Sai-Hooi Yeong, Zhubei (TW); Han-Jong Chia, Hsinchu (TW); Sheng-Chen Wang, Hsinchu (TW); and Yu-Ming Lin, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,442.
Application 18/149,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/157,489, filed on Jan. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,545,500.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,731, filed on Aug. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147923 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10B 41/20 (2023.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01); G11C 8/14 (2006.01); H10B 41/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10B 41/20 (2023.02) [G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 8/14 (2013.01); H10B 41/10 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first dielectric layer;
a second dielectric layer;
a word line between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, the word line having an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall, the inner sidewall being recessed from the outer sidewall;
a memory layer on the word line, a portion of the memory layer being disposed between the outer sidewall of the word line and the inner sidewall of the word line;
a semiconductor layer on the memory layer, a portion of the semiconductor layer being disposed between the outer sidewall of the word line and the inner sidewall of the word line;
a first metal line on the semiconductor layer;
a second metal line on the semiconductor layer; and
an isolation region between the first metal line and the second metal line.