摘要:
The manufacturing process comprises the steps of: forming a first insulating region (25b) on top of an active area; forming a tunnel region (98) laterally to the first insulating region; forming a floating gate region (95); sealing the floating gate region with an insulating region (96; 34); forming a control gate region (43b) on top of the floating gate region; and forming conductive regions (65a, 65b) in the active area (14). The floating gate region (95) is obtained by depositing and defining a semiconductor material layer (27) through a floating gate mask (90). The floating gate mask (90) has an opening (92) with an internally delimiting side (90b) extending at a preset distance from a corresponding externally delimiting side (90a) of the mask, and the semiconductor material layer (27) is removed laterally at the external and internal delimiting sides so that the tunnel area (98) is defined, as regards its length, by the floating gate mask alone.
摘要:
The process permits the manufacture of LV transistors (80) with salicidated junctions on first areas (19) of a substrate (2), HV transistors (81) on second areas (14) and memory cells (82) on third areas (13). The process comprises the steps of: forming LV oxide regions (36) and LV gate regions (43a) on the first areas (19), HV oxide regions (34) on the second areas (14), selection oxide regions (34), tunnel oxide regions (26b) and matrix oxide regions (25b) on the third areas (13); forming floating gate regions (27b) and insulating regions (31b) on the tunnel oxide regions and the matrix oxide regions; forming first LV source and drain regions (55) laterally to the LV gate regions (43a); forming suicide regions (75a1, 75a2) on the first source and drain regions (55) and on the LV gate regions (43a); forming semiconductor material regions (43) completely covering the second and third areas (13, 14); and at the same time forming HV gate regions (43d) on the HV oxide regions, selection gate regions (43c) on the selection oxide regions and control gate regions (43b) on the insulating regions through a step of shaping the semiconductor material regions.
摘要:
Cell array structure for an electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile memory device comprising an array of memory cells (1,2) arranged in rows (WL k ,WL k+1 ) and columns (BL i ,BL i+1 ) and grouped together in groups to form individually readable, programmable and erasable memory locations (BY1,BY2), each memory location having a respective control electrode (CGa,CGb) common to all the memory cells of the memory location. Conductor lines (100a,100b) directly contacting respective control electrodes of the memory locations are provided for externally selecting the control electrodes of the memory locations.
摘要:
The manufacture process comprises the following steps in succession: depositing a gate oxide layer on a silicon substrate (2) defining a transistor area (5) and a resistor area (6); depositing a multicrystal silicon layer (11) on the gate oxide layer (10); removing selective portions of the multicrystal silicon layer (11) to form a gate region (11a) over the transistor area (5) and a protective region (11b) completely covering the resistor area (6); forming source and drain regions (22) in the transistor area (5), laterally to the gate region (11a); forming silicide regions (25, 26 and 27) on and in direct contact with the source and drain regions (22), the gate region (11a) and the protective region (11b); removing selective portions of the protective region (11b) to form a delimitation ring (34); and implanting ionic dopants in the resistor area (6), inside the area defined by the protective ring (34), to form a lightly doped resistor (38) which has no silicide regions directly on it.
摘要:
An integrated electronic device with a silicon substrate (1) having low-voltage regions (19) and high-voltage regions (13) therein. Low-voltage transistors (70) are in the LV regions and high-voltage transistors (71) are in the HV regions. The transistors are different in respect of the silicidation of source and drain regions. Each LV transistor has silicided source, gate and drain (55,57a1,57a2) and each HV transistor has silicided gate (57d) and non-silicided source and drain regions (64).
摘要:
A read only memory device, mask programmable during the fabrication of the device, comprises a plurality of memory cells formed onto a semiconductor substrate and organized in rows and columns to form an array of memory cells, the memory cells belonging to a same row sharing a common gate functioning as address wordline, each cell comprising a first region and a second region of type of conductivity opposite to that of the semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer formed on the plurality of memory cells, first contacts with the first regions of the cells through the first dielectric layer, connecting in common the first regions to a node of the device at a reference voltage, second contacts, each one established with a respective second region through the first dielectric layer and through a second dielectric layer formed on the first dielectric layer, and intercepted by a respective bitline. Data stored in such a memory are made undecipherable by optical inspection if the second contacts are established with the second regions of only the memory cells programmed in a conductive state; interconnection contacts and false interconnection contacts are formed through the second dielectric layer, each geometrically above and in electrical continuity with one of the second contacts or geometrically above and in electrical discontinuity with one of the non contacted second regions of memory cells programmed in non conductive state; each bitline defined over the second dielectric layer, intercepting interconnection contacts and false interconnection contacts with the second regions of the cells belonging to a same column of the array.
摘要:
For manufacturing an HV MOS transistor (80) having a low multiplication coefficient and a high threshold, a non-implanted area (6) of the substrate is used. This area thus has the same conductivity type and the same doping level as the substrate. The transistor is obtained by forming, over the non-implanted substrate area, a first gate region (43a) of semiconductor material having the same doping type as the non-implanted substrate area; and forming, inside the non-implanted substrate area, first source and drain regions (64a) of a second conductivity type, arranged at the sides of the first gate region (43a). At the same time, also a dual-gate HV MOS transistor (81) is formed, the source and drain regions (64b) of which are housed in a tub (13) formed in the substrate (2) and having the first conductivity type, but a higher concentration than the non-implanted substrate area. It is moreover possible to form a nonvolatile memory cell (82) simultaneously in a second tub (14) of the substrate (2) of semiconductor material.
摘要:
The manufacturing process comprises the steps of: forming a first insulating region (25b) on top of an active area; forming a tunnel region (98) at the side of the first insulating region; depositing and defining a semiconductor material layer (27) using a floating gate mask (90). In this way, a floating gate region (95) is formed. The floating gate mask (90) has an opening (92) having an internal delimiting side (90b) extending at a preset distance from a corresponding outer delimiting side (90a) of the mask, so that the floating gate region (95) forms inner a hole (97), and the tunnel area (98) is defined, as regards its length, by the floating gate mask alone. The hole (97) is filled with a dielectric material layer (103). Then, the surface of the floating gate region is planarized, and an insulating region (101) of dielectric material is made. Then a control gate region (43b) and conductive regions (65a, 65b) in the active area (14) are formed.
摘要:
Presented is a method for obtaining a multi-level ROM in a dual gate EEPROM process flow. The method begins with, on a semiconductor substrate, defining active areas respectively for transistors of ROM cells, transistors of electrically erasable non-volatile memory cells, and additional transistors of the storage circuitry. Then, integrated capacitors are integrated in the storage circuit. According to this method, during the implanting step for forming integrated capacitors, at least an active area of the ROM cell is similarly implanted.