摘要:
The electronic device comprises pairs of memory cells (61a, 61b), formed in a same active area (9) of a substrate (2) of semiconductor material. Each cell is formed by a selection transistor (63a, 63b) and by a memory transistor (64a, 64b) of the floating gate and double polysilicon layer type. The memory transistors (64a, 64b) of the coupled cells have control gate regions formed by a single continuous gate region (43c) of semiconductor material extending over the respective floating gate regions (30a, 30b) and on the sides thereof which are reciprocally face-to-face, and on the zone of the substrate (2) accommodating a common source line (28).
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of producing a multi-level memory of the ROM type in a CMOS process of the dual gate type, which method comprises at least the following steps:
on a semiconductor substrate, defining respective active areas for transistors of ROM cells (1), electrically erasable non-volatile memory cells, and low- and high-voltage transistors; depositing a layer of gate oxide over said active areas; depositing a polysilicon layer over the gate oxide layer; masking, and then etching, the polysilicon layer to define, by successive steps, respective gate regions of the ROM cells, non-volatile cells, and low- and high-voltage transistors; characterized in that it further comprises the following steps: masking the polysilicon layer (4) of some of the transistors of the ROM cells (1), and implanting a first dopant species (N) in the active areas (2) of the exposed transistors; removing the mask from the polysilicon layer (4), and implanting a second dopant species (P) in said previously covered layer; masking and subsequently etching the polysilicon layer to define the gate regions of the ROM cell transistors.
摘要:
The step of forming source and drain regions (48', 55') for LV transistors includes the steps of forming sacrificial spacers (101) laterally to LV gate regions (43a); forming LV source and drain regions (55') in a self-aligned manner with the sacrificial spacers (101); removing the sacrificial spacers (101); forming HV gate regions (43d) of HV transistors; forming gate regions (43c) of selection transistors; forming control gate regions (43b) of memory transistors; simultaneously forming LDD regions (48') self-aligned with the LV gate regions (43a), HV source and drain regions (64) self-aligned with the HV gate regions (43d), source and drain regions (65a, 65b) self-aligned with the selection gate region (43c) and floating gate region (27b); depositing a dielectric layer; covering the HV and memory areas with a protection silicide mask (72); anisotropically etching the dielectric layer, to form permanent spacers (52') laterally to the LV gate regions (43a); removing the protection silicide mask (72); and forming silicide regions (75a1, 75a2) on the LV source and drain regions (48', 55') and on the LV gate regions (43a).
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:
To increase the facing surface and thus the coupling between the floating gate (10a) and control gate (11a) regions of a memory cell (26a), the floating gate (10a) and control gate (11a) regions have a width which is not constant in different section planes parallel to a longitudinal section plane (50) extending through the source (5) and drain (6) regions of the cell. In particular, the width of the floating gate (10a) and control gate (11a) regions is smallest in the longitudinal section plane (50) and increases linearly in successive parallel section planes moving away from the longitudinal section plane.
摘要:
The invention relates to a simplified DPCC process for making non-self-aligned floating gate semiconductor memory cells of the FLOTOX EEPROM type as incorporated to a cell matrix having control circuitry associated therewith, wherein each cell has a selection transistor associated therewith, the process comprising at least the following steps: growing or depositing a gate dielectric layer of the selection transistor and the cell; tunnel masking to define the tunnel area with a dedicated etching step for cleaning the semiconductor surface; growing the tunnel oxide; depositing and doping the first polysilicon layer poly1. The process further comprises the following steps: poly1 masking to fully define the floating gate of the cell, the poly1 being removed from the area of the selection transistor during this step; depositing or growing the interpoly dielectric and forming tunnel oxide and interpoly dielectric; depositing or growing the interpoly dielectric and forming the overall gate dielectric of the selection transistor, which will therefore consist of the stacked interpoly dielectric and gate dielectric as previously grown or deposited; matrix masking to only remove interpoly dielectric from the circuitry; depositing and doping a second polysilicon layer poly2; masking the second later of polysilicon to define the control and selection gate; poly etching in the matrix as far down as the intermediate dielectric layer; poly etching in the circuitry the whole short-circuited poly1/poly2 stack.