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US 2017/0365619 A1Published application
Memory having memory cell string and coupling components
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorToru Tanzawa
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Abstract
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a conductive line, a memory cell string including memory cells located in different levels the apparatus, and a select circuit including a select transistor and a coupling component coupled between the conductive line and the memory cell string. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- a pillar extending outwardly from the substrate;
- memory cells and associated control gates located in different levels of the apparatus and along a first portion of the pillar;
- a first select gate, a control line, and a second select gate located in different levels of the apparatus and along a second portion of the pillar;
- and
- a conductive line coupled to the pillar, wherein the first select gate, the control line, and the second select gate are between the conductive line and the memory cells.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first pillar and a second pillar extending outwardly from the substrate;
- a first memory cell string including memory cells located in different levels of the apparatus and along a first portion of the first pillar;
- a second memory cell string including memory cells located in different levels of the apparatus and along a first portion of the second pillar;
- control gates shared by the first and second memory cells strings and located in different levels of the apparatus and along the first portion of the first pillar and the first portion of the second pillar;
- a first select gate and a second select gate located in different levels of the apparatus and along a second portion of the first pillar;
- a third select gate and a fourth select gate located in different levels of the apparatus and along a second portion of the second pillar;
- a control line located along the second portion of the first pillar and the second portion of the second pillar;
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- a conductive line coupled to the first and second pillars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.