Memory Circuitry Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells

Memory circuitry comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers directly above a conductor tier. The insulative tiers and the conductive tiers of the laterally-spaced me...

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Hauptverfasser: Lugani, Gurpreet, Pandey, Sumeet C, Vaidya, Dhirendra Dhananjay, Wei, Lei
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Zusammenfassung:Memory circuitry comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers directly above a conductor tier. The insulative tiers and the conductive tiers of the laterally-spaced memory blocks extend from a memory-array region into a stair-step region. Strings of memory cells comprise operative channel-material strings that extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers in individual of the laterally-spaced memory blocks in the memory-array region. The operative channel-material strings directly electrically couple with conductor material of the conductor tier. The individual laterally-spaced memory blocks comprise an intermediate region between the operative channel-material strings and the stair-step region. A dummy through-array-via (TAV) extends through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers in the intermediate region in the individual laterally-spaced memory blocks. The dummy TAV is directly electrically coupled with the operative channel-material strings in its memory block. Other embodiments are disclosed.