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USOO9564432B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,564.432 B2 Or-Bach et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 7, 2017 (54) 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND (58) Field of Classification Search STRUCTURE None See application file for complete search history. (71) Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc., San Jose, CA (US) (56) References Cited (72) Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, San Jose, CA (US); U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Deepak C. Sekar, San Jose, CA (US); Brian Cronquist, San Jose, CA (US); 3,007,090 A 10, 1961 Rutz Israel Beinglass, Sunnyvale, CA (US); 3,819,959 A 6/1974 Chang et al. Jan Lodewijk de Jong, Cupertino, CA (Continued) (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: MONOLITHIC 3D INC., San Jose, EP 126.7594 A2 12/2002 CA (US) EP 1909311 A2 4/2008 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this WO 2008/063483 5, 2008 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Wu, B., et al., “Extreme ultraviolet lithography and three dimen (21) Appl. No.: 14/509,288 sional circuits.” Applied Phyisics Reviews, 1, 0.11104 (2014). (22) Filed: Oct. 8, 2014 (Continued) Primary Examiner — Alexander Ghyka (65) Prior Publication Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Tran & Associates US 2015/OO61036A1 Mar. 5, 2015 (57) ABSTRACT A semiconductor device, including: a first layer including Related U.S. Application Data monocrystalline material and first transistors, the first tran sistors overlaid by a first isolation layer; a second layer (63) Continuation of application No. 13/355,369, filed on including second transistors and overlaying the first isolation Jan. 20, 2012, now Pat. No. 8,912,052, which is a layer, the second transistors including a monocrystalline (Continued) material; where the second layer includes at least one through layer via to provide connection between at least one (51) Int. Cl. of the second transistors and at least one of the first tran HOIL 27/088 (2006.01) sistors, where the at least one through layer via has a GITC 17/4 (2006.01) diameter of less than 200 nmi; a first set of external connec (Continued) tions underlying the first layer to connect the device to (52) U.S. Cl. external devices; and a second set of external connections CPC ............. HOIL 27/088 (2013.01); GIIC 17/14 overlying the second layer to connect the device to external (2013.01); HOIL 2 1/76254 (2013.01); devices. (Continued) 20 Claims, 276 Drawing Sheets 4540 4550 4542 4544 4554 4546 530 4532 Soxide Soxide Ox N-- N. Sisstrate US 9,564.432 B2 Page 2 Related U.S. Application Data (2013.01); HOIL 2225/06589 (2013.01); HOIL continuation of application No. 13/314.435, filed on 2924/00011 (2013.01); HOIL 2924/00014 Dec. 8, 2011, now Pat. No. 8,709,880, which is a (2013.01); HOIL 2924/01019 (2013.01); HOIL continuation of application No. 13/246,391, filed on 2924/01066 (2013.01); HOIL 2924/01322 Sep. 27, 2011, now Pat. No. 8,153,499, which is a (2013.01); HOIL 2924/10253 (2013.01); HOIL continuation of application No. 13/083,802, filed on 2924/12032 (2013.01); HOIL 2924/12036 Apr. 11, 2011, now Pat. No. 8,058,137, which is a (2013.01); HOIL 2924/12042 (2013.01); HOIL continuation of application No. 12/847,911, filed on 2924/1301 (2013.01); HOIL 2924/1305 Jul. 30, 2010, now Pat. No. 7,960,242, which is a (2013.01); HOIL 2924/13062 (2013.01); HOIL continuation-in-part of application No. 12/792,673, 2924/13091 (2013.01); HOIL 2924/14 filed on Jun. 2, 2010, now Pat. No. 7,964,916, which (2013.01); HOIL 2924/15788 (2013.01); HOIL is a continuation-in-part of application No. 12/706, 2924/181 (2013.01); HOIL 2924/3011 520, filed on Feb. 16, 2010, now abandoned. (2013.01); HOIL 2924/3025 (2013.01) (51) Int. C. 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