Inventor
LEE YAO-SHENG
US75 patents
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SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC
23 patentsUS9230973B2Jan 5, 2016
Methods of fabricating a three-dimensional non-volatile memory device
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC207 citations99
US9023719B2May 5, 2015
High aspect ratio memory hole channel contact formation
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC137 citations99
US9627403B2Apr 18, 2017
Multilevel memory stack structure employing support pillar structures
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC69 citations98
US9570463B1Feb 14, 2017
Multilevel memory stack structure with joint electrode having a collar portion and methods for manufacturing the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC104 citations98
US9449982B2Sep 20, 2016
Method of making a vertical NAND device using a sacrificial layer with air gap and sequential etching of multilayer stacks
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC71 citations98
US9356031B2May 31, 2016
Three dimensional NAND string memory devices with voids enclosed between control gate electrodes
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC61 citations98
US9159739B2Oct 13, 2015
Floating gate ultrahigh density vertical NAND flash memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC70 citations98
US8987089B1Mar 24, 2015
Methods of fabricating a three-dimensional non-volatile memory device
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC50 citations98
US8946023B2Feb 3, 2015
Method of making a vertical NAND device using sequential etching of multilayer stacks
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC96 citations98
US8461641B2Jun 11, 2013
Ultrahigh density vertical NAND memory device and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC42 citations98
US9793139B2Oct 17, 2017
Robust nucleation layers for enhanced fluorine protection and stress reduction in 3D NAND word lines
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC38 citations94
US9780182B2Oct 3, 2017
Molybdenum-containing conductive layers for control gate electrodes in a memory structure
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC32 citations94
US9691884B2Jun 27, 2017
Monolithic three dimensional NAND strings and methods of fabrication thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC41 citations94
US9679906B2Jun 13, 2017
Three-dimensional memory devices containing memory block bridges
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC35 citations94
US9627399B2Apr 18, 2017
Three-dimensional memory device with metal and silicide control gates
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC41 citations94
US9520406B2Dec 13, 2016
Method of making a vertical NAND device using sequential etching of multilayer stacks
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC26 citations94
US9496274B2Nov 15, 2016
Three-dimensional non-volatile memory device
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC27 citations94
US9478558B2Oct 25, 2016
Semiconductor structure with concave blocking dielectric sidewall and method of making thereof by isotropically etching the blocking dielectric layer
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC43 citations94
US9437606B2Sep 6, 2016
Method of making a three-dimensional memory array with etch stop
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC38 citations94
US9099496B2Aug 4, 2015
Method of forming an active area with floating gate negative offset profile in FG NAND memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC31 citations94
US9305932B2Apr 5, 2016
Methods of making three dimensional NAND devices
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC23 citations93
US8933501B2Jan 13, 2015
Three dimensional NAND device and method of charge trap layer separation and floating gate formation in the NAND device
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC17 citations93
US9524779B2Dec 20, 2016
Three dimensional vertical NAND device with floating gates
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC21 citations92
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
20 patentsUS10256247B1Apr 9, 2019
Three-dimensional memory device with silicided word lines, air gap layers and discrete charge storage elements, and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC77 citations98
US9824966B1Nov 21, 2017
Three-dimensional memory device containing a lateral source contact and method of making the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC129 citations98
US10475879B1Nov 12, 2019
Support pillar structures for leakage reduction in a three-dimensional memory device and methods of making the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC46 citations94
US10438964B2Oct 8, 2019
Three-dimensional memory device having direct source contact and metal oxide blocking dielectric and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC40 citations94
US10381434B1Aug 13, 2019
Support pillar structures for leakage reduction in a three-dimensional memory device
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC40 citations94
US10269620B2Apr 23, 2019
Multi-tier memory device with through-stack peripheral contact via structures and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC34 citations94
US10199434B1Feb 5, 2019
Three-dimensional cross rail phase change memory device and method of manufacturing the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC23 citations94
US10056399B2Aug 21, 2018
Three-dimensional memory devices containing inter-tier dummy memory cells and methods of making the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC24 citations94
US9672917B1Jun 6, 2017
Stacked vertical memory array architectures, systems and methods
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC23 citations94
US10014316B2Jul 3, 2018
Three-dimensional memory device with leakage reducing support pillar structures and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC35 citations93
US11296101B2Apr 5, 2022
Three-dimensional memory device including an inter-tier etch stop layer and method of making the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC9 citations86
US11244953B2Feb 8, 2022
Three-dimensional memory device including molybdenum word lines and metal oxide spacers and method of making the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC10 citations86
US11171097B2Nov 9, 2021
Bonded assembly containing metal-organic framework bonding dielectric and methods of forming the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC9 citations86
US10700086B2Jun 30, 2020
Three-dimensional flat NAND memory device having high mobility channels and methods of making the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC12 citations86
US10461163B2Oct 29, 2019
Three-dimensional memory device with thickened word lines in terrace region and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC14 citations86
US10741572B2Aug 11, 2020
Three-dimensional memory device having multilayer word lines containing selectively grown cobalt or ruthenium and method of making the same
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC12 citations85
US11114406B2Sep 7, 2021
Warpage-compensated bonded structure including a support chip and a three-dimensional memory chip
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC8 citations84
US10847408B2Nov 24, 2020
Warpage-compensated bonded structure including a support chip and a three-dimensional memory chip
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC8 citations84
US10622368B2Apr 14, 2020
Three-dimensional memory device with semicircular metal-semiconductor alloy floating gate electrodes and methods of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC7 citations84
US10262945B2Apr 16, 2019
Three-dimensional array device having a metal containing barrier and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC8 citations84
ALSMEIER JOHANN
2 patentsLEE YAO-SHENG
2 patentsSANDISK 3D LLC
1 patentPACHAMUTHU JAYAVEL
1 patentMAKALA RAGHUVEER S
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