Patent ID: 11923272
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method of forming an integrated assembly, comprising:
forming a semiconductor material over a first series of first conductive lines;
patterning the semiconductor material into a configuration which includes, along a cross-section, a set of first upwardly-projecting structures over one of the first conductive lines and spaced from one another by first gaps and a second upwardly-projecting structure over said one of the first conductive lines and spaced from the set by a second gap; one of the first upwardly-projecting structures being an edge upwardly-projecting structure of the set and being adjacent the second gap; the second gap being larger than the first gaps;
forming conductive material along the first and second upwardly-projecting structures and within the first and second gaps;
forming protective material across the first gaps and within the second gap;
removing the protective material from over the first and second upwardly-projecting structures while leaving segments of the protective material over the conductive material within the second gap; one of the segments of the protective material being a first segment and being adjacent a sidewall of the edge upwardly-projecting structure, and one of the segments of the protective material being a second segment and being adjacent a sidewall of the second upwardly-projecting structure;
utilizing an etch to pattern the conductive material into a second series of second conductive lines; the second series including a first set of the second conductive lines within the first gaps, and a second set of the second conductive lines within the second gap; one of the second conductive lines of the second set being adjacent the sidewall of the edge upwardly-projecting structure and being protected by the first segment of the protective material during the etch; another of the second conductive lines of the second set being adjacent the sidewall of the second upwardly-projecting structure and being protected by the second segment of the protective material during the etch; and
forming storage elements over the first upwardly-projecting structures and over the second upwardly-projecting structure; each of the storage elements being uniquely addressed by said one of the first conductive lines and by a pair of the second conductive lines.