Memory arrays comprising strings of memory cells and methods used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorJohn D. Hopkins
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AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorJohn D. Hopkins
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A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a conductor tier comprising conductor material on a substrate. A stack is formed comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers above the conductor tier. The stack comprises laterally-spaced memory-block regions having horizontally-elongated trenches there-between. Channel-material strings extend through the first tiers and the second tiers. Material of the first tiers is of different composition from that of the second tiers. A lowest of the first tiers is thicker than the first tiers there-above. The first-tier material is isotropically etched selectively relative to the second-tier material to form void-space in the first tiers. Conducting material is deposited into the trenches and into the void-space in the first tiers. The conducting material fills the void-space in the first tiers that are above the lowest first tier. The conducting material less-than-fills the void-space in the lowest first tier. The conducting material is etched from the lowest first tier. After the etching of the conducting material, conductive material is deposited into the void-space of the lowest first tier and that directly electrically couples together the channel material of individual of the channel-material strings and the conductor material of the conductor tier. Additional embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells, comprising:
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells, comprising:
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells, comprising:
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