Intel Corporation
Fully self-aligned cross grid vertical memory array

Abstract:

A programmable array including a plurality of cells aligned in a row on a substrate, wherein each of the plurality of cells includes a programmable element and a transistor, the transistor including a body including a first diffusion region and a second diffusion region on the first diffusion region and separated by a channel and the programmable element is disposed on the second diffusion region and includes a width dimension equivalent to a width dimension of the body of the transistor. A method of forming an integrated circuit including forming bodies in a plurality rows on a substrate, each of the bodies including a programmable element and a first diffusion region, a second diffusion region and a channel of a transistor; forming a masking material as a plurality of rows across the bodies; etching the bodies through the masking material; and replacing the masking material with an address line material.