Patents by Inventor Deyuan Xiao

Deyuan Xiao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240098975
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a memory array, including a plurality of storage cells arranged in a first direction and a second direction, where each storage cell includes an active pillar including a first channel region and a second channel region that are arranged at intervals in a third direction; a word line structure, including a first word line extending in the first direction and a second word line extending in the second direction, where the first word line covers the first channel regions of the active pillars of the plurality of storage cells that are arranged at intervals in the first direction, and the second word line covers the second channel regions of the active pillars of the plurality of storage cells that are arranged at intervals in the second direction; and a common bit line, electrically connected to all the storage cells in the memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Takao Adachi, Xiaoguang Wang, Deyuan Xiao, Soonbyung Park
  • Publication number: 20240057312
    Abstract: An array structure, a semiconductor structure, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure are provided. The array structure includes a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines. Each memory cell includes a storage structure and a transistor arranged above the storage structure. Each transistor includes a columnar gate, a dielectric layer and an active layer. The dielectric layer covers a sidewall and a bottom surface of the columnar gate. The active layer covers a sidewall of the dielectric layer. A bottom surface of the active layer is electrically connected to the storage structure. Each bit line covers sidewalls of respective active layers in a first direction. Each word line extends in a second direction and is electrically connected to top surfaces of respective columnar gates. The first direction and the second direction intersect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO
  • Publication number: 20240049453
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes providing a substrate; forming mutually parallel first trenches extending along a first direction in the substrate and first isolation structures filling the first trenches; forming mutually parallel second trenches extending along a second direction in the substrate and in the first isolation structures, the first and second trenches dividing the substrate to form active pillars, and a depth of the second trenches being less than that of the first trenches; forming second isolation structures alternately arranged with the first isolation structures along the second direction at bottoms of the second trenches, top surfaces of the second isolation structures being lower than bottom surfaces of the second trenches located in the first isolation structures; forming bit line structures on the second isolation structures; and forming word line structures above the bit line structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO, Yunsong QIU, YI JIANG, Xingsong SU
  • Publication number: 20240049457
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a semiconductor structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a semiconductor pillar located on the substrate and a gate pillar located on the semiconductor pillar, in which the semiconductor pillar and the gate pillar both extend in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate; a first word line extending in a first direction parallel to the plane of the substrate and surrounding the semiconductor pillar; and a semiconductor layer located above the semiconductor pillar and at least surrounding a sidewall of the gate pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Deyuan XIAO, Kanyu CAO, Yiming ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240023317
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof. The forming method includes: providing a base, where the base is provided with a plurality of bit line isolation trenches extending along a first direction and an isolation structure located in the bit line isolation trench; performing a patterned etching on the base to form a plurality of word line isolation trenches extending along a second direction, where the plurality of bit line isolation trenches and the plurality of word line isolation trenches form a plurality of semiconductor pillars in the base; forming a bit line metal layer on a surface of the semiconductor pillar under the word line isolation trenches, where the bit line metal layer surrounds a sidewall of the semiconductor pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO
  • Publication number: 20240008246
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: providing a base including a first region and a second region, where a plurality of active pillars are arranged at intervals in the base located in the first region; forming a first dielectric layer on the base, where the first dielectric layer covers the plurality of active pillars; forming a first mask layer with a first mask pattern on the first dielectric layer; forming a second mask layer with a second mask pattern on the first mask layer; forming a third mask layer with a third mask opening, where the third mask opening is used to expose the first region; and removing part of the first dielectric layer by using the first mask layer, the second mask layer, and the third mask layer as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: YI JIANG, Deyuan XIAO, Weiping BAI, Yunsong QIU, Guangsu SHAO
  • Publication number: 20230422466
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a semiconductor structure and a formation method thereof. The method for forming a semiconductor structure includes: forming a substrate and a semiconductor layer positioned above the substrate, where the semiconductor layer includes first trenches spaced along a first direction, the first direction being a direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate; forming, in the semiconductor layer, an isolation trench positioned below the first trenches, where the isolation trench extends along the first direction and continuously communicates with the first trenches; forming a first spacer at least positioned in the isolation trench; and forming a capacitor above the first spacer. The semiconductor structure and the formation method thereof reduce electric leakage between the substrate and the capacitor, thereby improving electrical performance of the semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Deyuan XIAO, Guangsu SHAO
  • Publication number: 20230422465
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a semiconductor structure and a fabrication method thereof The method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate, where a semiconductor stacked structure formed by alternately stacking first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers is formed on the substrate; patterning the semiconductor stacked structure to form cell structures extending along a first direction and arranged at intervals; removing a part of the first semiconductor layers positioned in first regions in the cell structures, such that a part of the second semiconductor layers positioned in the first regions form capacitor support structures; and forming capacitors on exposed surfaces of the capacitor support structures, where the capacitors include first electrodes, dielectric layers and second electrodes sequentially stacked along a direction distant from the capacitor support structures; and all the capacitors in the first regions share the same second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO, Yunsong QIU
  • Publication number: 20230422467
    Abstract: The present disclosure is applicable to the field of semiconductors, and provides a transistor, a fabrication method, and a memory. The transistor includes: a semiconductor substrate, silicon support pillars, located on the semiconductor substrate, and gates, each of the gates arranged around one of the silicon support pillars. A side surface of each of the gates close to the silicon support pillar is a first surface, a side surface of each of the gates distant from the silicon support pillar is a second surface, and the length of the first surface is less than the length of the second surface. The length of the first surface of each of the gates is less than the length of the channel region of each of the silicon support pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Deyuan XIAO, Yong Yu, Guangsu Shao
  • Patent number: 11854862
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes: providing a base; forming a plurality of first trenches arranged in parallel at intervals and extending along a first direction, and an initial active region between two adjacent ones of the first trenches, wherein the initial active region includes a first initial source-drain region close to a bottom of the first trench, a second initial source-drain region away from the bottom of the first trench, and an initial channel region located between the first initial source-drain region and the second initial source-drain region; forming a protective dielectric layer, wherein the protective dielectric layer covers a sidewall of the second initial source-drain region and a sidewall of the initial channel region; thinning the first initial source-drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Guangsu Shao, Deyuan Xiao, Yunsong Qiu, Youming Liu, Yi Jiang, Xingsong Su, Yuhan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230413528
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, and a memory are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a plurality of active pillars arranged above the substrate, a storage structure, and a plurality of transistors. The active pillars are arranged in an array in a first direction and in a second direction. Each active pillar includes a first sub active pillar and a second sub active pillar arranged on the first sub active pillar. The first direction and the second direction intersect with each other and are both parallel to a top surface of the substrate. A material of the first sub active pillar includes a first element, and resistivity of the first sub active pillar including the first element is less than resistivity of the first sub active pillar absence of the first element. The storage structure covers a sidewall of the first sub active pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Deyuan XIAO, Guangsu SHAO, Weiping BAI, Yunsong QIU
  • Publication number: 20230411412
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a capacitive structure, located on a top surface of the substrate and including a plurality of capacitors arranged in an array along a first direction and a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are each parallel to the top surface of the substrate, and the first direction intersects with the second direction; a transistor structure, located above the capacitive structure and including a plurality of active pillars and a plurality of word lines, wherein the active pillar is electrically connected to the capacitor, and the word line extends along the second direction and continuously cover the active pillars arranged at intervals along the second direction; and a bit line structure, located above the transistor structure and including a plurality of bit lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Deyuan XIAO, Kanyu Cao
  • Publication number: 20230413535
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a semiconductor structure and a formation method. The method includes: providing a base substrate, where the base substrate includes a substrate and an insulating material layer, the substrate includes a plurality of first trenches arranged at intervals along a first direction, and the insulating material layer fills each of the plurality of first trenches; etching the base substrate to form a plurality of second trenches arranged at intervals along a second direction, the second direction intersecting the first direction; removing a part of a material of the substrate below the plurality of second trenches to form third trenches below the plurality of second trenches, the third trenches penetrating through each of the plurality of second trenches; filling a conductive material into the third trenches to form bit line structures; and forming word line structures in the plurality of second trenches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO, Yunsong QIU
  • Publication number: 20230413537
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a semiconductor structure and a fabrication method. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate being provided with a plurality of first bit lines extending along a first direction; forming a first transistor array on the semiconductor substrate, the first transistor array including a plurality of first semiconductor pillars; forming first word lines, each of the plurality of first semiconductor pillars being connected to a corresponding one of the first word lines and a corresponding one of the plurality of first bit lines; forming a second transistor array on the first transistor array, the second transistor array including a plurality of second semiconductor pillars, and the plurality of first semiconductor pillars being corresponding to the plurality of second semiconductor pillars one to one; and forming second word lines and second bit lines to form a 2T0C semiconductor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO
  • Publication number: 20230413536
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of semiconductors, and provide a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate provided with a plurality trenches arranged at intervals; a bit line at least located on a sidewall of the trench, wherein both the bit line and the trench extend along a first direction; a bit line isolation layer filled in the trench; a plurality of first semiconductor pillars arranged at intervals on a surface of the substrate; a plurality of word lines arranged at intervals, wherein the word lines are separated from the substrate and cover the first semiconductor pillars by a certain height, the word line extends along a second direction, and the second direction is different from the first direction; and a dielectric layer at least located between the first semiconductor pillar and the word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO
  • Publication number: 20230413523
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a plurality of memory cells located on a substrate. Each of the plurality of memory cells includes a transistor and a capacitor. The capacitor is electrically connected to the transistor. The capacitor includes a body portion, and at least one extension portion located on a side surface of the body portion, and the at least one extension portion is electrically connected to the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Guangsu SHAO, Deyuan XIAO, Yunsong QIU, Weiping BAI, Xingsong SU, Mengkang YU, Juanjuan HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230403840
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a three-dimensional semiconductor structure and a formation method thereof. The three-dimensional semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; and a device structure positioned on a top surface of the substrate. The device structure includes memory rows arranged at intervals along a first direction, each of the memory rows includes memory cells arranged at intervals along a second direction and a gap between adjacent two of the memory cells, and each of the memory cells includes a first stacked layer and a word line structure. The word line structure includes a first part positioned in the first stacked layer and a second part extending out of the first stacked layer along the first direction. At least adjacent two of the memory rows exist, and the second part of the memory cell in one of the memory rows extends into the gap in another one of the memory rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yi JIANG, Deyuan XIAO, Youming LIU, Xingsong SU, Weiping BAI, Guangsu SHAO
  • Publication number: 20230395700
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a base, including a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate is provided with first trenches extending along a first direction and second trenches extending along a second direction, the first trenches intersect with the second trenches to form a plurality of semiconductor pillars on the semiconductor substrate, the second trench is filled with a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer is provided on a top of the semiconductor pillar, and a third dielectric layer is provided on a sidewall of the first trench; an isolation layer, located in the semiconductor substrate below the first trenches and extending along the second direction; and a bit line, located on a surface of the isolation layer and extending along the second direction, the bit line is connected to a bottom of the semiconductor pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Deyuan XIAO, Guangsu Shao, Yunsong Qiu, Yi Jiang, Youming Liu
  • Publication number: 20230389281
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof, and relates to the technical field of semiconductors. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate, a first stacked structure is disposed on the substrate, and includes a memory cell array; a plurality of word lines (WLs), arranged at intervals and extending along a first direction; a plurality of bit lines (BLs), arranged at intervals and extending along a second direction, one end of each of the plurality of BLs away from the memory cell array forms a step in the first direction, each BL is provided with a groove on a surface of the step, and the second direction and the first direction cross each other; and a plurality of BL plugs, arranged at intervals and extending along the first direction, one end of each BL plug is correspondingly disposed in the groove of one of the BLs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Youming Liu, Yi Jiang, Deyuan Xiao, Guangsu Shao
  • Publication number: 20230389277
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transistor and a manufacturing method thereof, and a memory, and relates to the technical field of semiconductors. The transistor includes: a channel, wherein a plurality of accommodation spaces are formed therein; a plurality of gates, wherein the plurality of gates have a same extension direction and each have a first end and a second end that are opposite, the first end of the gate is located inside one of the accommodation spaces, and the second end of the gate is located outside the corresponding accommodation space; a dielectric layer, located between the gate and the channel, insulating and isolating the gate and the channel; a source, provided at one end of the channel; and a drain, provided at the other end of the channel, wherein the drain and the source are spaced apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: YOUMING LIU, Deyuan Xiao