US 12,295,145 B2
Memory device and methods of forming same
Chenchen Jacob Wang, Hsinchu (TW); Sai-Hooi Yeong, Zhubei (TW); Yu-Ming Lin, Hsinchu (TW); and Chi On Chui, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,586.
Application 18/446,586 is a division of application No. 17/238,678, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389336 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H10B 61/00 (2023.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/24 (2006.01); H10N 50/01 (2023.01)
CPC H10B 61/22 (2023.02) [H01L 21/02565 (2013.01); H01L 29/24 (2013.01); H10N 50/01 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
depositing an insulation layer over a semiconductor substrate;
forming a bottom electrode layer in the insulation layer;
depositing a first dielectric layer over the bottom electrode layer and the insulation layer;
forming a conductive gate layer in the first dielectric layer;
depositing a second dielectric layer over the conductive gate layer and the first dielectric layer;
etching through the second dielectric layer, the conductive gate layer, and the first dielectric layer to form a plurality of openings that expose top surfaces of the bottom electrode layer;
depositing an oxide semiconductor layer in the plurality of openings to form channel regions of access transistors;
forming an isolation structure extending through the second dielectric layer, the conductive gate layer, and the first dielectric layer, wherein the isolation structure is disposed between a first access transistor of the access transistors and a second access transistor of the access transistors, wherein bottom surfaces of channel regions of the first access transistor and the second access transistor are below a bottom surface of the isolation structure, and wherein the bottom surface of the isolation structure is in physical contact with the bottom electrode layer; and
coupling the access transistors to one or more magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs).