Arrays Comprising Vertically-Oriented Transistors and Integrated Circuitry Comprising a Conductive Line Buried in Silicon-Comprising Semiconductor Material
Abstract
An array includes vertically-oriented transistors, rows of access lines, and columns of data/sense lines. Individual of the rows include an access line interconnecting transistors in that row. Individual of the columns include a data/sense line interconnecting transistors in that column. The data/sense line has silicon-comprising semiconductor material between the transistors in that column that is conductively-doped n-type with at least one of As and Sb. The conductively-doped semiconductor material of the data/sense line includes a conductivity-neutral dopant between the transistors in that column. Methods are disclosed.
Claims
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25 . An array comprising vertically-oriented transistors, the array comprising rows of access lines and columns of data/sense lines, the array comprising:
individual of the rows comprising an access line interconnecting transistors in that row; and individual of the columns comprising a data/sense line interconnecting transistors in that column, the data/sense line comprising silicon-comprising semiconductor material between the transistors in that column that is conductively-doped n-type with at least one of As and Sb, the conductively-doped semiconductor material of the data/sense line comprising a conductivity-neutral dopant between the transistors in that column.
26 . The array of claim 25 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant is at a concentration of from about 1×10 19 atoms/cm 3 to about 1×10 22 atoms/cm 3 where received in the silicon-comprising semiconductor material of the data/sense line.
27 . The array of claim 25 wherein the n-type dopant is As.
28 . The array of claim 25 wherein the n-type dopant is Sb.
29 . The array of claim 25 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant is carbon.
30 . The array of claim 25 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant is germanium.
31 . The array of claim 25 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant is continuously received along the individual data/sense lines.
32 . The array of claim 31 wherein the continuously received conductivity-neutral dopant is homogenous along the individual data/sense lines.
33 . The array of claim 25 further comprising another different conductivity-neutral dopant in silicon-comprising semiconductor material that is immediately elevationally inward of the data/sense lines.
34 . Integrated circuitry comprising a conductive line buried in silicon-comprising semiconductor material, the conductive line comprising the silicon-comprising semiconductor material that is conductively-doped n-type with at least one of As and Sb, the conductively-doped semiconductor material of the conductive line comprising a conductivity-neutral dopant.
35 . The array of claim 25 wherein the data/sense lines are horizontally-oriented and individually have a thickness of from about 500 Angstroms to about 2,000 Angstroms.
36 . The array of claim 25 wherein the n-type dopant is As and Sb.
37 . The array of claim 25 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant restricts to at least some degree vertical diffusion beyond the depth and/or height of a region of the silicon-comprising semiconductor material within which the conductivity-neutral dopant is received.
38 . The array of claim 25 wherein the vertically-oriented transistors individually comprise part of a memory cell.
39 . The array of claim 38 comprising a charge storage device that is electrically coupled to an elevationally outer source/drain region as part of the memory cell.
40 . The integrated circuitry of claim 34 wherein the n-type dopant is As.
41 . The integrated circuitry of claim 34 wherein the n-type dopant is Sb.
42 . The integrated circuitry of claim 34 wherein the n-type dopant is As and Sb.
43 . The integrated circuitry of claim 34 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant is at a concentration of from about 1×10 19 atoms/cm 3 to about 1×10 22 atoms/cm 3 where received in the silicon-comprising semiconductor material of the data/sense line.
44 . The integrated circuitry of claim 34 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant is carbon.
45 . The integrated circuitry of claim 34 wherein the conductivity-neutral dopant is germanium.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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