Patents Assigned to Monolithic 3D Inc.
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Publication number: 20180204826Abstract: A 3D micro display, the micro display including: a first single crystal layer including at least one LED driving circuit; and a second single crystal layer including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), where the second single crystal layer overlays the first single crystal layer, where the second single crystal layer includes at least ten first LED pixels, and where the second single crystal layer and the first single crystal layer are separated by a vertical distance of less than ten microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar
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Publication number: 20180204835Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first layer including a first memory cell, the first memory cell including a first transistor; a second layer including a second memory cell, the second memory cell including a second transistor; a periphery layer including a memory peripherals transistor, the periphery layer is disposed underneath the first layer; a memory including at least the first memory cell and the second memory cell, where the second memory cell overlays the first memory cell, where the first memory cell and the second memory cell have both been processed following a lithography step and accordingly are precisely aligned, and where a peripherals circuit includes the memory peripherals transistor and controls the memory; a first external connections underlying the periphery layer, the first external connections includes connections from the device to a first external device; and a second external connections overlying the second layer, the second external connections includes connections from the devType: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist, Israel Beinglass, Zeev Wurman
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Publication number: 20180197812Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and a first metal layer, where the first metal layer includes interconnecting the first transistors forming a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying the first single crystal layer; a plurality of third transistors overlaying the second transistors; a second metal layer overlaying the third transistors; and Input/Output pads to provide connection to external devices, where the third transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm misalignment, where the first single crystal layer includes an Electrostatic Discharge (“ESD”) structure connected to at least one of the Input/Output pads, where at least one of the third transistors is a junction-less transistor, and where a memory cell includes at least one of the third transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar
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Publication number: 20180190619Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors, a portion of the first transistors forming a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying the first single crystal layer; at least one connection from the plurality of first transistors to a plurality of through silicon vias (TSVs); a plurality of third transistors overlaying the plurality of second transistors, where the plurality of second transistors are self-aligned to the plurality of third transistors having been processed following the same lithography step; and a first memory array and a second memory array, where the first memory array includes the plurality of second transistors and the second memory array includes the plurality of third transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Deepak Sekar, Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20180190811Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first layer including first transistors each including a silicon channel; a second layer including second transistors each including a silicon channel, the second layer overlaying the first transistors, where at least one of the second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of the first transistors; and a third layer including third transistors each including a single crystal silicon channel, the third layer underlying the first transistors, where a plurality of the third transistors form a logic circuit, and where the logic circuit is aligned to the second transistors with less than 200 nm alignment error, where the first layer thickness is less than one micron, and where the first transistor is a junction-less transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 10014282Abstract: An Integrated Circuit device, the device including: a base wafer including a single crystal layer, the base wafer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one metal layer providing interconnection between the plurality of first transistors, where the base wafer includes a memory bit-cell array including the first transistors and control bit-lines and word-lines; and a second layer including a plurality of second transistors, the second layer overlying the at least one metal layer, where the second layer includes a connecting via to the bit-lines or the word-lines, the connecting via has a diameter of less than 200 nm, and where the second layer includes control circuits to control the memory bit-cell array, the control circuits include the second transistors.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20180122686Abstract: A 3D device, the device including: a first stratum including an array of memory bit cells, the array of memory bit cells is controlled via a plurality of bit-lines and a plurality of word-lines; and a second stratum overlaying the first stratum, the second stratum including memory control circuits, where the control circuits provide control of the plurality of bit-lines and the plurality of word-lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2018Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Zeev Wurman
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Patent number: 9941319Abstract: A method for processing a semiconductor wafer, the method including: providing a semiconductor wafer including an image sensor pixels layer including a plurality of image sensor pixels, the layer overlaying a wafer substrate; and then bonding the semiconductor wafer to a carrier wafer; and then cutting off a substantial portion of the wafer substrate, and then processing the substantial portion of the wafer substrate for reuse.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar
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Publication number: 20180069052Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: first transistors; second transistors, overlaying the first transistors; third transistors, overlaying the second transistors; and fourth transistors, overlaying the third transistors, where the second transistors, the third transistors and the fourth transistors are self-aligned, being processed following the same lithography step, and where at least one of the first transistors is part of a control circuit controlling at least one of the second transistors, at least one of the third transistors and at least one of the fourth transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Deepak C. Sekar, Zvi Or-Bach
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Publication number: 20180047707Abstract: An Integrated Circuit device, the device including: a base wafer including a single crystal layer, the base wafer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one metal layer providing interconnection between the plurality of first transistors, where the base wafer includes a memory bit-cell array including the first transistors and control bit-lines and word-lines; and a second layer including a plurality of second transistors, the second layer overlying the at least one metal layer, where the second layer includes a connecting via to the bit-lines or the word-lines, the connecting via has a diameter of less than 200 nm, and where the second layer includes control circuits to control the memory bit-cell array, the control circuits include the second transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20180033881Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first stratum including memory periphery circuits; a second stratum including an array of first memory cells, where the first stratum is overlaid by the second stratum; a third stratum including an array of second memory cells, where the second stratum is overlaid by the third stratum, where the first memory cells include a plurality of first polysilicon structures and the second memory cells include a plurality of second polysilicon structures, and where at least one of the first memory cells is self-aligned to at least one of the second memory cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Yuniarto Widjaja
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Publication number: 20170301667Abstract: A 3D structure, the structure including: a first stratum overlaid by a second stratum, the second stratum is less than two microns thick, where the first stratum includes an array of memory cells including at least four rows of memory cells, each of the rows is controlled by a bit-line, where the array of memory cells includes a plurality of columns of memory cells, each of the columns is controlled by a word-line, and where the second stratum includes memory control circuits directly connected to the bit-lines and the word-lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Zeev Wurman
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Publication number: 20170294415Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device and structure, including: a first die including first transistors and first interconnect, overlaid by a second die including second transistors and second interconnect, where the first die has a first die area and the second die has a second die area, where the first die area is at least 10% larger than the second die area, and where the second die has a thickness of less than four microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventor: Zvi Or-Bach
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Publication number: 20170287844Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit device, including: a first transistor; a second transistor; and a third transistor, where the third transistor is overlaying the second transistor and the second transistor is overlaying the first transistor, where the first transistor controls the supply of a ground or a power signal to the third transistor, and where the first transistor, the second transistor and the third transistor are aligned to each other with less than 100 nm misalignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20170229174Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first memory cell including a first transistor; and a second memory cell including a second transistor, where the second transistor overlays the first transistor and the second transistor is self-aligned to the first transistor, where access to the first memory cell is controlled by at least one junction-less transistor, and where the junction-less transistor is not part of the first memory cell and the second memory cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20170221761Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit device, including: a first transistor; a second transistor; and a third transistor, where the third transistor is overlaying the second transistor and the third transistor is controlled by a third control line, where the second transistor is overlaying the first transistor and the second transistor is controlled by a second control line, where the first transistor is part of a control circuit controlling the second control line and the third control line, and where the second transistor and the third transistor are self-aligned.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist, Zeev Wurman
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Publication number: 20170213821Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit device, including: a first layer including first transistors, overlaid by a second layer including second transistors, overlaid by a third layer including third transistors, where the first layer, the second layer and the third layer are each thinner than 2 microns, where the first layer includes first circuits including at least one of the first transistors, where the second layer includes second circuits including at least one of the second transistors, and where the third layer includes a charge pump circuit and control circuits to control the first circuits and the second circuitsType: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Publication number: 20170207214Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first die including a first transistors layer and a first interconnection layer; and a second die overlaying the first die, the second die including a second transistors layer and a second interconnection layer, where the second die thickness is less than 2 microns, and where the first die is substantially larger than the second die.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist
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Patent number: 9711407Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first mono-crystallized layer including first transistors, and a first metal layer forming at least a portion of connections between the first transistors; and a second layer including second transistors, the second transistors including mono-crystalline material, the second layer overlying the first metal layer, wherein the first metal layer includes aluminum or copper, and wherein the second layer is less than one micron in thickness and includes logic cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Israel Beinglass, J. L. de Jong, Deepak C. Sekar, Paul Lim
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Publication number: 20170200716Abstract: An Integrated Circuit device, including: a first layer including first single crystal transistors; a second layer overlaying the first layer, the second layer including second single crystal transistors, where the second layer thickness is less than one micron, where a plurality of the first transistors is circumscribed by a first dice lane of at least 10 microns width, and there are no first conductive connections to the plurality of the first transistors that cross the first dice lane, where a plurality of the second transistors are circumscribed by a second dice lane of at least 10 microns width, and there are no second conductive connections to the plurality of the second transistors that cross the second dice lane, and at least one thermal conducting path from at least one of the second single crystal transistors to an external surface of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak Sekar