Patents by Inventor Deepak C. Sekar

Deepak C. Sekar 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: 20210320026
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal layer including a plurality of first transistors and at least one metal layer, where the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of logic gates including the at least one metal layer interconnecting the first transistors; a plurality of second transistors atop the at least one metal layer; a plurality of third transistors atop the second transistors; a top metal layer atop the third transistors; and a memory array including wordlines, where the memory array includes at least two rows by two columns of memory mini arrays, where each of the mini arrays includes at least four rows by four columns of memory cells, and where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors or at least one of the third transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20210305079
    Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer and control circuits; 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 include one first transistor, where 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 a same doping type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Patent number: 11133351
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and first transistors, where the first transistors each include a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; and a second level including a second single crystal layer and second transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second transistors are horizontally oriented and include a gate dielectric, where the gate dielectric includes hafnium oxide, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Deepak C. Sekar, Zvi Or-Bach
  • Patent number: 11133344
    Abstract: An integrated device, the device including: a first level including a first mono-crystal layer, the first mono-crystal layer including a plurality of single crystal transistors; an overlaying oxide on top of the first level; a second level including a second mono-crystal layer, the second level overlaying the oxide, where the second mono-crystal layer includes a plurality of first image sensors and alignment marks; and a third level overlaying the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of second image sensors, where the third level is aligned to the alignment marks, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes an oxide to oxide bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20210294031
    Abstract: A multi-level semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including integrated circuits; a second level including a structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves, where the second level is disposed above the first level, where the first level includes crystalline silicon, where the second level includes crystalline silicon; an oxide layer disposed between the first level and the second level; and a plurality of electromagnetic modulators, where the second level is bonded to the oxide layer, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20210296155
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device comprising: a first level comprising a single crystal layer, first transistors and a first metal layer; memory control circuits comprising said first transistors; a second level disposed above said first level, said second level comprising second transistors; a third level disposed above said second level, said third level comprising a plurality of third transistors; wherein said third transistors are aligned to said first transistors with a less than 40 nm alignment error, wherein said second level comprises a plurality of first memory cells, wherein said third level comprises a plurality of second memory cells, wherein one of said second transistors is at least partially self-aligned to at least one of said third transistors, being processed following a same lithography step, wherein at least one of said second memory cells comprises at least one of said third transistors, wherein said memory cells comprise a NAND non-volatile memory type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar, Zeev Wurman
  • Patent number: 11121021
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar, Zeev Wurman
  • Publication number: 20210280499
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, and a first metal layer, where the first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; a second level including second transistors, where the first isolation layer is overlaid by the second level, and where the second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer; a third level including single crystal third transistors, where the second isolation layer is overlaid by the third level, where the third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer, where the third level is bonded to the second isolation layer, and where the bonded includes at least one oxide to oxide bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20210272835
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first single crystal substrate and plurality of logic circuits, where the first single crystal substrate has a device area, where the device area is significantly larger than a reticle size, where the plurality of logic circuits include an array of processors, where the plurality of logic circuits include a first logic circuit, a second logic circuit, and third logic circuit, where the plurality of logic circuits include switching circuits to support replacing the first logic circuit and the second logic circuit by the third logic circuit; and a second single crystal substrate, where the second single crystal substrate is disposed atop the first single crystal substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Patent number: 11107721
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a single crystal layer and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer including interconnects between the plurality of first transistors, where the interconnects between the plurality of first transistors includes forming a plurality of logic gates; a plurality of second transistors atop at least a portion of the first metal layer, where at least six of the plurality of first transistors are connected in series forming at least a portion of a NAND logic structure, where the plurality of second transistors are vertically oriented transistors, and where the plurality of second transistors are at least partially directly atop of the NAND logic structure; and a second metal layer atop at least a portion of the plurality of second transistors, where the second metal layer is aligned to the first metal layer with less than 150 nm misalignment, and where at least one of the second transistors is a junction-less transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20210265410
    Abstract: An integrated device, the device including: a first level including a first mono-crystal layer, the first mono-crystal layer including a plurality of single crystal transistors; an overlaying oxide on top of the first level; a second level including a second mono-crystal layer, the second level overlaying the oxide, where the second mono-crystal layer includes a plurality of first image sensors and alignment marks; and a third level overlaying the second level, where the third level includes a plurality of second image sensors, where the third level is aligned to the alignment marks, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes an oxide to oxide bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Patent number: 11101266
    Abstract: A 3D device including: a first level including first single crystal transistors overlaid by a second level including second single crystal transistors; a third level including third single crystal transistors, the second level is overlaid by the third level; a fourth level including fourth single crystal transistors, the third level is overlaid by the fourth level; first bond regions including first oxide to oxide bonds, where the first bond regions are between the first level and the second level; second bond regions including second oxide to oxide bonds, where the second bond regions are between the second level and the third level; and third bond regions including third oxide to oxide bonds, where the third bond regions are between the third level and the fourth level, where the second level, third level, and fourth level each include one array of memory cells, and where the one array of memory cells is a DRAM type memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20210257244
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where the first transistors each include a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors; and a third level including a third single crystal layer, the third level including third transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the third level is bonded to the second level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the bonded includes metal to metal bonds, where the second level includes a first array of first memory cells, and where the third level includes a second array of second memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20210257245
    Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits including first single crystal transistors; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching first 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 second 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 the etching first holes includes performing a lithography step aligned to the first alignment marks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Patent number: 11094576
    Abstract: A method for producing a 3D memory device, the method including: providing a first level including a first single crystal layer; forming first alignment marks and control circuits including first single crystal transistors; forming at least one second level above the first level; performing a first etch step including etching first 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 second 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 the etching first holes includes performing a lithography step aligned to the first alignment marks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20210249296
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer, the first level including first transistors, where the first transistors each include a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; and a second level including a second single crystal layer, the second level including second transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds, where the bonded includes metal to metal bonds, where the second level includes an array of memory cells, and where each of the memory cells includes at least one recessed-channel-array-transistor (RCAT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20210249473
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and first transistors, where the first transistors each include a single crystal channel; first metal layers interconnecting at least the first transistors; and a second level including a second single crystal layer and second transistors, where the second level overlays the first level, where the second transistors are horizontally oriented and include a gate dielectric, where the gate dielectric includes hafnium oxide, where the second level is bonded to the first level, and where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak C. Sekar, Zvi Or-Bach
  • Patent number: 11088050
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, where the first level is overlaid by a first isolation layer; a second level including second transistors, where the first isolation layer is overlaid by the second level, and where the second level is overlaid by a second isolation layer; a third level including single crystal third transistors, where the second isolation layer is overlaid by the third level, where the third level is overlaid by a third isolation layer, and where the first isolation layer and the second isolation layer are separated by a distance of less than four microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20210242368
    Abstract: A 3D micro display, the 3D micro display including: a first single crystal layer including a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a second single crystal layer including a second plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), where the first single crystal layer includes at least ten individual first LED pixels, where the second single crystal layer includes at least ten individual second LED pixels, where the first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) emits a first light with a first wavelength, where the second plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) emits a second light with a second wavelength, where the first wavelength and the second wavelength differ by greater than 10 nm, and where the 3D micro display includes an oxide to oxide bonding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Deepak C. Sekar
  • Publication number: 20210242068
    Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and first single crystal transistors; a first metal layer interconnecting the first single crystal transistors; second transistors disposed atop of the first single crystal transistors; third transistors disposed atop of the second transistors; fourth transistors disposed atop of the third transistors; where the fourth transistors include replacement gates, being processed to replace a non-metal gate material with a metal based gate, and where a distance from at least one of the fourth transistors to at least one of the second transistors is less than 1 micron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Brian Cronquist, Deepak C. Sekar