Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor wafer, the wafer including: a first device, where the first device includes a first level, the first level including first transistors, and where the first device includes a second level, the second level including first interconnections; a second device overlaying the first device, where the second device includes a third level, the third level including second transistors, and where the second device includes a fourth level, the fourth level including second interconnections, where the first device is substantially larger in area than the second device; and a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provides connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors.

Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a single crystal layer; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching holes within the second level; forming at least one third level above the at least one second level; performing a second etch step including etching holes within the third level; and performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of first memory cells within the second level and a plurality of second memory cells within the third level, where each of the first memory cells includes one first transistor, where each of the second memory cells includes one second transistor, where at least one of the first or second transistors has a channel, a source and a drain having the same doping type, and where the forming at least one third level includes forming a window within the third level so to allow a lithography alignment through the third level to an alignment mark disposed und

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one first metal layer interconnecting the plurality of first transistors, where the interconnecting includes forming a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying the first single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the plurality of second transistors; a plurality of third transistors overlaying the second transistors; a third metal layer overlaying the plurality of third transistors; and a connective metal path between the third metal layer and at least one of the first transistors, where at least one of the plurality of third transistors is aligned to at least one of the plurality of first transistors with less than 40 nm alignment error, where the first metal layer is powered by a first voltage and the second metal layer is powered by a second voltage.

Abstract: A method for processing a 3D semiconductor device, the method including: providing a wafer including a plurality of first dies, the plurality of first dies including a first transistor layer and a first interconnection layer; completing a step of transferring a plurality of second dies each overlaying at least one of the first dies, where each of the plurality of second dies includes a second transistor layer, where at least one of the plurality of first dies is substantially larger in area than at least one of the plurality of second dies, and where each of the plurality of second dies has a thickness greater than six microns; and completing a step of thinning the plurality of second dies, where each of the plurality of second dies has a thickness of less than 2 microns.

Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device including: providing a first level including a single crystal layer; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching holes within the second level; forming at least one third level above the at least one second level; performing a second etch step including etching holes within the third level; performing additional processing steps to form memory cells within the second level and within the third level, each of the first memory cells include one first transistor, each of the second memory cells include one second transistor, where at least one of the first or second transistors has a channel, a source and a drain having the same doping type, the memory is NAND, the first level includes memory peripheral circuits, at least one of the first memory cells is at least partially atop a portion of the peripheral circuits.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first single crystal transistors; contact plugs; a first metal layer, where the contact plugs are connected to the plurality of first single crystal transistors and the first metal layer, where the first metal layer interconnect the first single crystal transistors forming memory control circuits; a second level overlaying the first level, the second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level overlaying the second level, the third level including a plurality of third transistors; a second metal layer; a third metal layer, where the second metal layer overlays the third level, where the third metal layer overlays the second metal layer, where the second level includes a plurality of first memory cells, where the third level includes a plurality of second memory cells, where the memory control circuits include control sub-circuits to remap a degraded memory block to an alternative memory space within th

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level comprising first single crystal transistors, a first metal layer, and a plurality of latches; a second level comprising a plurality of second transistors, wherein said second level comprises first memory cells, and wherein said first memory cells each comprise at least one of said plurality of second transistors; a third level comprising a plurality of third transistors, wherein said third level comprises second memory cells, wherein said second memory cells each comprise at least one of said plurality of third transistors, wherein said second level overlays said first level, and wherein said third level overlays said second level; a second metal layer overlaying said third level, said second metal layer comprising a plurality of bit-lines, wherein said plurality of second transistors are aligned to said first single crystal transistors with less than 100 nm alignment error, wherein said plurality of second transistors are junction-less transistors, and where

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first layer including first transistors each including a first silicon channel; a second layer including second transistors each including a second 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 overlying the second 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 transistors are junction-less transistors.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including first single crystal transistors and a first metal layer; a second level including a plurality of second transistors; where the second level includes memory cells including the plurality of second transistors; a third level including a plurality of third transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, and where the third level overlays the second level; a second metal layer overlaying the third level; and vertically oriented conductive plugs, the vertically oriented conductive plugs connect from the second transistors to the first metal layer, where the second transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 100 nm alignment error, where the second transistors are junction-less transistors, and where one end of at least one of the vertically oriented conductive plugs functions also as a contact to a portion of each of the plurality of second transistors.

Abstract: A 3D device, including: a first layer including a first memory including a first transistor; a second layer including a second memory including a second transistor; and a Resistive RAM structure, where the second transistor is self-aligned to the first transistor, and where the Resistive RAM structure is overlaying the first layer and is overlaid by the second layer.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a plurality of first single crystal transistors; contact plugs; a first metal layer, where a portion of the contact plugs provide connections from the plurality of first single crystal transistors to the first metal layer, and where connections include forming memory control circuits; a second level including a plurality of second transistors; a third level including a plurality of third transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, the third level overlays the second level; a second metal layer overlaying the third level; and a third metal layer overlaying the second metal layer, where second transistors are aligned to first transistors with less than 40 nm alignment error, where the second level includes first memory cells, where the third level includes second memory cells, and where the memory control circuits are designed to adjust a memory write voltage according to the device specific process parameters.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level with first single crystal transistors; contact plugs; a first metal layer, where a portion of the contact plugs provide connections from the first transistors to the first metal, where connections formed logic circuits; a second level with second transistors; a third level with third transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, and where the third level overlays the second level; a second metal layer overlaying the third level, second level includes first memory cells where each of the memory cells include at least one of the second transistors; and vertically oriented conductive plugs, where the second transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 100 nm alignment error, where the second transistors are junction-less transistors, where one end of each of the vertically oriented conductive plugs are connected to the second metal layer, where at least one of the vertically oriented conductive plugs is disposed directly on one

Abstract: A 3D memory device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including memory peripheral circuits; a first memory layer including a first junction-less transistor; a second memory layer including a second junction-less transistor; and a third memory layer including a third junction-less transistor, where the first memory layer overlays the first single crystal layer, where the second memory layer overlays the first memory layer, where the third memory layer overlays the second memory layer, where the first junction-less transistor, the second junction-less transistor and the third junction-less transistor are formed by a single lithography and etch process, and where the first memory layer includes a nonvolatile NAND type memory.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first level of logic circuits, the logic circuits include a plurality of first transistors interconnected by a plurality of metal layers; a thermal isolation layer overlaying the first level; a second level of memory circuits, the memory circuits include an array of memory cells, where the second level is overlaying the thermal isolation layer; and connections from the logic circuits to the memory array including vias, where the vias have a diameter of less than 400 nm, and where a majority of the thermal isolation layer includes a material with a less than 0.5 W/m·K thermal conductivity.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first layer including a first single crystal transistor; a second layer including second transistors; a third layer including third transistors; a fourth layer including fourth transistors, where the first layer is overlaid by the second layer, where the second layer is overlaid by the third layer, and where the third layer is overlaid by the fourth layer; where a plurality of the fourth transistors are aligned to the plurality of the first single crystal transistor with less than 40 nm alignment error, where the third transistors are junction-less transistors (JLT), where each of the fourth transistors include a transistor channel, a drain and a source, and where the transistor channel is significantly narrower than the drain or the source.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first crystalline silicon layer including a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer interconnecting the first transistors, a portion of the first transistors forming a plurality of first logic gates; a first array of memory cells including second transistors; a second metal layer overlying the first and second transistors; a second crystalline silicon layer overlaying the second metal layer and the second crystalline silicon layer including a plurality of third transistors; a third metal layer interconnecting the third transistors, a portion of the third transistors forming a plurality of second logic gates; a second array of memory cells including fourth transistors and overlaying the second crystalline silicon layer; a fourth metal layer overlying the third and fourth transistors, where at least one of the fourth transistors is overlaying at least another one of the fourth transistors such that they are self-aligned, having been processed follow

Abstract: 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, at least in part a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying, at least in part the first single crystal layer; a plurality of third transistors overlaying, at least in part the second transistors; a second metal layer overlaying, at least in part the third transistors; Input/Output pads to provide connection to external devices, a local power grid to distribute power to the logic gates, where the third transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm misalignment, where the first single crystal layer includes a Phase Lock Loop (“PLL”) structure connected to at least one of the Input/Output pads, where a memory cell includes at least one of the third transistors.

Abstract: 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, at least in part a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors overlaying, at least in part the first single crystal layer; a plurality of third transistors overlaying, at least in part the second transistors; a second metal layer overlaying, at least in part the third transistors; Input/Output pads to provide connection to external devices, a local power grid to distribute power to the plurality of logic gates, where the third transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm misalignment, where the first single crystal layer includes an Serializer/Deserializer (“SerDes”) structure connected to at least one of the Input/Output pads, where a memory cell includes at least one of the third transistors.

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, including: a first level including a single crystal layer, a plurality of first transistors, and a first metal layer, forming memory control circuits; a second level overlaying the single crystal layer, and including a plurality of second transistors and a plurality of first memory cells; a third level overlaying the second level, and including a plurality of third transistors and a plurality of second memory cells; where the second transistors are aligned to the first transistors with less than 40 nm alignment error, where the memory cells include a NAND non-volatile memory type, where some of the memory control circuits can control at least one of the memory cells, and where some of the memory control circuits are designed to perform a verify read after a write pulse so to detect if the at least one of the memory cells has been successfully written.