Split page 3D memory array
US9019768B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C16/0408
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes active strips. Active strip stack selection structures electrically couple to the active strip stacks at positions between the first and second ends, and select particular ones of the active strip stacks for operations. In one embodiment, different pads coupled to opposite pads have a higher voltage, depending on the memory cell selected for read. The same active strip stack selection structure can act as a pair of side gates for opposite sides of a first active strip stack, and as one side gate for each of the adjacent active strip stacks. Each active strip stack can have: a first structure from a first set acting as first and second side gates on a first side of word lines; and a second structure and a third structure from a second set respectively acting as third and fourth side gates on the second side of word lines.
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