Abstract: A semiconductor memory cell having an electrically floating body having two stable states is disclosed. A method of operating the memory cell is disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) with increased on-state current obtained through a parasitic bipolar junction transistor (BJT) of the MOSFET. Methods of operating the MOSFET as a memory cell or a memory array select transistor are provided.

Abstract: A 3D device including: a first level including first transistors and a first interconnect; a second level including second transistors and is overlaying the first level; at least four electronic circuit units (ECUs); and a redundancy circuit, where each of the ECUs includes a first circuit which includes a portion of the first transistors, where each of the ECUs includes a second circuit, the second circuit including a portion of the second transistors, where each of the at least four ECUs includes a first vertical bus, where the first vertical bus provides electrical connections between the first circuit and the second circuit, where each of the at least four ECUs includes at least one processor and at least one memory array, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and metal to metal bonding regions.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including first single crystal transistors; and a second level including second single crystal transistors, where the first level is overlaid by the second level, where a vertical distance from the first single crystal transistors to the second single crystal transistors is less than eight microns, where the second level includes a layer transferred and bonded level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the first level includes a plurality of processors, and where the second level includes a plurality of memory cells.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and selenium, and optionally sulfur and/or tellurium, and a shell that includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, and at least one of sulfur or selenium is disclosed. The quantum dot has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to about 13 nm, an emission peak wavelength in a range of about 440 nm to about 470 nm, and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of an emission wavelength of less than about 25 nm. A method for preparing the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite including the quantum dot, and an electronic device including the quantum dot is also disclosed.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a single crystal layer, a memory control circuit which includes a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer; second transistors which include a metal gate are disposed atop the third metal layer; third transistors disposed atop the second transistors; a fourth metal layer disposed atop the third transistors; and a memory array including word-lines, the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, each including at least four rows by at least four columns of memory cells, where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors or at least one of the third transistors, the memory control circuit includes at least one Look Up Table circuit (“LUT”).

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first level including first memory arrays, a plurality of first transistors, and a plurality of first metal layers; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes second memory arrays; a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, where the second filled holes are aligned to the first filled holes with a more than 1 nm but less than 40 nm alignment error, and where the third level includes decoder circuits.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including first single crystal transistors; and a second level including second single crystal transistors, where the first level is overlaid by the second level, where the first level includes a transferred layer and a bonded layer, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded second level includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the bonded second level includes metal to metal bonds, where the first level includes memory periphery circuits, where the second level includes a plurality of memory cells, and where the first level includes at least one Look up Table (“LUT”) circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first level including first memory arrays, a plurality of first transistors, and a plurality of first metal layers; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes second memory arrays; a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, where the second filled holes are aligned to the first filled holes with a more than 1 nm but less than 40 nm alignment error, and where the third level includes decoder circuits.

Abstract: A 3D memory device including: a plurality of memory cells, where each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source, a drain, and a channel; and a plurality of memory-line pillars, where each memory-line pillar of the plurality of memory-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where the plurality of memory-line pillars are vertically oriented, where the channel is horizontally-oriented and a plurality are connected to a body pillar, where the body pillar is at least temporary connected to a negative bias, the at least one memory transistor is self-aligned to an overlaying another memory transistor, both being processed following a same lithography step; a control level including a memory controller circuit and is hybrid bonded to the first structure.

Abstract: A 3D memory device including: a plurality of memory cells, where each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source, a drain, and a channel; and a plurality of memory-line pillars, where each memory-line pillar of the plurality of memory-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where the plurality of memory-line pillars are vertically oriented, where the channel is horizontally-oriented and a plurality are connected to a body pillar, where the body pillar is at least temporary connected to a negative bias, the at least one memory transistor is self-aligned to an overlaying another memory transistor, both being processed following a same lithography step; a control level including a memory controller circuit and is hybrid bonded to the first structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory cell comprising an electrically floating body. A method of operating the memory cell is provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) transistor with increased on-state current obtained through intrinsic bipolar junction transistor (BJT) of MOSFET has been described. Methods of operating the MOS transistor are provided.

Abstract: A 3D device, the device including: at least a first level including logic circuits; and at least a second level bonded to the first level, where the second level includes a plurality of transistors, where the device include connectivity structures, where the connectivity structures include at least one of the following: a. differential signaling, or b. radio frequency transmission lines, or c. Surface Waves Interconnect (SWI) lines, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions and metal to metal bond regions.

Abstract: NAND string configurations and semiconductor memory arrays that include such NAND string configurations are provided. Methods of making semiconductor memory cells used in NAND string configurations are also described.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory cell having an electrically floating body having two stable states is disclosed. A method of operating the memory cell is disclosed.

Abstract: A content addressable memory cell includes a first floating body transistor and a second floating body transistor. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor are electrically connected in series through a common node. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor store complementary data.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first memory arrays, where the first level includes a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of first metal layers; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes a plurality of second memory arrays; a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of third metal layers, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonding regions and a plurality of metal to metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes, and where the third level includes a plurality of decoder circuits.

Abstract: A content addressable memory cell includes a first floating body transistor and a second floating body transistor. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor are electrically connected in series through a common node. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor store complementary data.

Abstract: A 3D memory device including: a plurality of memory cells, where each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source, a drain, and a channel; and a plurality of bit-line pillars, where each bit-line pillar of the plurality of bit-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where the plurality of bit-line pillars are vertically oriented, where the channel is horizontally oriented, where each of the at least one memory transistor is directly connected to at least one of the plurality of bit-line pillars, where the plurality of memory cells include a partially or fully metalized source structure and/or a partially or fully metalized drain structure, where the metalized source includes two metal structures, and where the two metal structures include a tungsten structure.