17898827. SELF-SUPPORTING SGD STADIUM simplified abstract (Micron Technology, Inc.)
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SELF-SUPPORTING SGD STADIUM
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Anna Maria Conti of Milano (IT)
Umberto Maria Meotto of Dietlikon (CH)
Domenico Tuzi of Balsorano (IT)
SELF-SUPPORTING SGD STADIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17898827 titled 'SELF-SUPPORTING SGD STADIUM
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes an apparatus with memory devices, including a three-dimensional memory device with levels of pillars supporting memory cells and select gate transistors.
- Memory device has levels of pillars structured as a progression, with each pillar on one level extending vertically from a different pillar on the level below.
- Select gate transistors are located within a SGD stadium, which is positioned within the progression of pillars.
- SGD select lines are used to connect to the select gate transistors in the memory array.
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- Potential Applications
- Data storage devices
- High-performance computing systems
- Artificial intelligence applications
- Problems Solved
- Increasing memory density in a compact space
- Improving memory access speed
- Enhancing overall system performance
- Benefits
- Higher memory capacity
- Faster data access
- Improved efficiency in data processing
Original Abstract Submitted
A variety of applications can include apparatus having memory devices, where at least one of the memory devices is a three-dimensional memory device having levels of pillars to support pillars of memory cells and one or more drain-end select gate (SGD) transistors of the memory array of the memory device. The levels of pillars are structured as a progression of pillars, where each pillar of one level is structured on and extending vertically from a different pillar of a level on which the one level is located. SGD select lines for coupling to the one or more SGD transistors are structured in a SGD stadium, where the SGD stadium is located within at least a portion of the progression of pillars.
