Small-Grain Three-Dimensional Memory

摘要

The present invention discloses a small-grain three-dimensional memory (3D-MSG). Each of its memory cells comprises a thin-film diode with critical dimension no larger than 40 nm. The thin-film diode comprises at least a small-grain material, whose grain size G is substantially smaller than the diode size D. The small-grain material is preferably a nano-crystalline material or an amorphous material. The critical dimension f of the small-grain diode is smaller than the critical dimension F of the single-crystalline transistor.

主权项

1. A small-grain three-dimensional memory, comprising:
a substrate level comprising a semiconductor substrate, said substrate level further comprising a plurality of functional transistors, said functional transistors forming at least a processing circuit; and at least a first memory level stacked above said semiconductor substrate and coupled to said substrate level through a plurality of inter-level vias, said memory level comprising a plurality of memory cells, wherein each of said memory cells comprises a small-grain diode with a critical dimension no larger than 40 nm, a grain size of said small-grain diode being substantially smaller than a small-grain diode size; wherein the critical dimension of said first memory level is smaller than the critical dimension of said substrate level.