| US 9,812,463 B2 | ||
| Three-dimensional memory device containing vertically isolated charge storage regions and method of making thereof | ||
| Rahul Sharangpani, Fremont, CA (US); Raghuveer S. Makala, Campbell, CA (US); Senaka Kanakamedala, Milpitas, CA (US); Fei Zhou, Milpitas, CA (US); Somesh Peri, San Jose, CA (US); Masanori Tsutsumi, Yokkaichi (JP); Keerti Shukla, Saratoga, CA (US); Yusuke Ikawa, Yokkaichi (JP); Kiyohiko Sakakibara, Yokkaichi (JP); and Eisuke Takii, Yokkaichi (JP) | ||
| Assigned to SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US) | ||
| Filed by SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 29, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/250,185. | ||
| Application 15/250,185 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/158,954, filed on May 19, 2016. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 62/313,234, filed on Mar. 25, 2016. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2017/0278859 A1, Sep. 28, 2017 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/11582 (2017.01); H01L 29/51 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/11573 (2017.01) | ||
| CPC H01L 27/11582 (2013.01) [H01L 21/0214 (2013.01); H01L 21/0217 (2013.01); H01L 21/02247 (2013.01); H01L 21/02326 (2013.01); H01L 27/11573 (2013.01); H01L 29/513 (2013.01); H01L 29/518 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A three-dimensional memory device, comprising:
an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate;
a memory stack structure extending through the alternating stack and comprising a tunneling dielectric layer and a vertical
semiconductor channel, wherein first portions of an outer sidewall of the tunneling dielectric layer contact proximal sidewalls
of the insulating layers; and
charge trapping material portions located at each level of the electrically conductive layers, comprising a dielectric compound
including silicon and nitrogen, and contacting second portions of the outer sidewall of the tunneling dielectric layer.
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