摘要:
An electrically erasable programmable memory device which is programmable in the manner of an EPROM and erasable in the manner of an EEPROM. A dielectric layer between the control gate and the floating gate is provided having a high dielectric constant. A thin, uniform gate dielectric layer is provided which demonstrates minimal trapping. Finally, an asymmetrical source/drain junction is provided wherein the source includes a shallow portion and a deeper portion, which deeper portion defines the overlap between the source and the floating gate. In the preferred embodiment the dielectric between the control gate and the floating gate comprises tantalum pentoxide, the thin dielectric layer comprises oxynitride, and the deep diffusion portion of the source comprises phosphorous.
摘要:
A method of making a capacitive coupling device, especially in a transistor of an EEPROM, and such device. The interpoly dielectric layer (66) between control gate (68) and floating gate (64) consists of a thin layer of oxide and a layer of tantalum pentoxide so as to obtain a high capacitance value with a small physical size. This allows EEPROM cells which require substantially lower programming and erasing voltages.