Non-volatile memory arrays comprising rail stacks with a shared diode component portion for diodes of electrically isolated pillars
First Claim
1. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
- a first conductor elongated in a first direction above a substrate;
a first set of strips including a second conductor and a first portion of a first diode component, the first set of strips elongated in a second direction above the substrate, the second direction being substantially orthogonal to the first direction; and
a pillar formed between the first conductor and the first set of strips, the pillar including a second portion of the first diode component, a second diode component, and a state change element in series between the first conductor and the first set of strips, the first portion of the first diode component and the second portion of the first diode component both comprising an intrinsic layer of polysilicon;
wherein the first portion of the first diode component extends in the second direction beyond the pillar.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit including vertically oriented diode structures between conductors and methods of fabricating the same are provided. Two-terminal devices such as passive element memory cells can include a diode steering element in series with an antifuse and/or other state change element. The devices are formed using pillar structures at the intersections of upper and lower sets of conductors. The height of the pillar structures are reduced by forming part of the diode for each pillar in a rail stack with one of the conductors. A diode in one embodiment can include a first diode component of a first conductivity type and a second diode component of a second conductivity type. A portion of one of the diode components is divided into first and second portions with one on the portions being formed in the rail stack where it is shared with other diodes formed using pillars at the rail stack.
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17 Claims
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1. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
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a first conductor elongated in a first direction above a substrate; a first set of strips including a second conductor and a first portion of a first diode component, the first set of strips elongated in a second direction above the substrate, the second direction being substantially orthogonal to the first direction; and a pillar formed between the first conductor and the first set of strips, the pillar including a second portion of the first diode component, a second diode component, and a state change element in series between the first conductor and the first set of strips, the first portion of the first diode component and the second portion of the first diode component both comprising an intrinsic layer of polysilicon;
wherein the first portion of the first diode component extends in the second direction beyond the pillar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An integrated circuit device, comprising:
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a first conductor elongated in a first direction above a substrate; a first set of strips including a second conductor and a first portion of a first diode component, the first set of strips elongated in a second direction above the substrate, the second direction being substantially orthogonal to the first direction; and a pillar formed between the first conductor and the first set of strips, the pillar including a second portion of the first diode component, a second diode component, and a state change element in series between the first conductor and the first set of strips, the first portion of the first diode component and the second portion of the first diode component both comprising a layer of lightly doped polysilicon of a first conductivity type, the second diode component comprising a heavily doped polysilicon region of a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being opposite to the first conductivity type; wherein the first portion of the first diode component extends in the second direction beyond the pillar. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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