摘要:
When a thin channel semiconductor layer formed on a side wall of a stacked film in which insulating films and gate electrodes are alternately stacked together is removed on the stacked film, a contact resistance between a vertical transistor including the channel semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and a bit line formed on the stacked film is prevented from rising. As its means, a conductive layer electrically connected to the channel semiconductor layer is disposed immediately above the stacked film.
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide a new nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and its manufacturing method for the purpose of miniaturizing a virtual grounding type memory cell based on a three-layer polysilicon gate, enhancing the performance, and boosting the yield. In a memory cell according to the present invention, a floating gate's two end faces perpendicular to a word line and channel are partly placed over the top of a third gate via a dielectric film. The present invention can reduce the memory cell area of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, increase the operating speed, and enhances the yield.
摘要:
Suppressing a leakage current is required in a flash memory because the channel length is made shorter with a reduction in the memory cell size. In an AND type memory array having an assist electrode, although the memory cell area has been reduced by the field isolation using a MOS transistor, leakage current in the channel direction becomes greater with a reduction in the memory cell size, resulting in problems arising like deterioration of programming characteristics, an increase in the current consumption, and reading failure. To achieve the objective, in the present invention, electrical isolation is performed by controlling at least one assist electrode of the assist electrodes wired in parallel to be a negative voltage during program and read operations and by making the semiconductor substrate surface in the vicinity of the aforementioned assist electrode non-conductive.
摘要:
Reliability of a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory comprising first through third gate electrodes is enhanced. With a flash memory having first gate electrodes (floating gate electrodes), second gate electrodes (control gate electrodes) and third gate electrodes, isolation parts are formed in a self-aligned manner against patterns of a conductor film for forming the third gate electrodes by filling up the respective isolation grooves and a gate insulator film for select nMISes in a peripheral circuit region is formed prior to the formation of the isolation parts. By so doing, deficiency with the gate insulator film for the select nMISes, caused by stress occurring to the isolation parts, can be reduced. Further, with the semiconductor device including the case of stacked memory cells, the patterns of the conductor film for forming the third gate electrodes, serving as a mask for forming the isolation parts in the self-aligned manner, can be formed without misalignment against channels.
摘要:
Suppressing a leakage current is required in a flash memory because the channel length is made shorter with a reduction in the memory cell size. In an AND type memory array having an assist electrode, although the memory cell area has been reduced by the field isolation using a MOS transistor, leakage current in the channel direction becomes greater with a reduction in the memory cell size, resulting in problems arising like deterioration of programming characteristics, an increase in the current consumption, and reading failure. To achieve the objective, in the present invention, electrical isolation is performed by controlling at least one assist electrode of the assist electrodes wired in parallel to be a negative voltage during program and read operations and by making the semiconductor substrate surface in the vicinity of the aforementioned assist electrode non-conductive.
摘要:
A leakage current flowing between data lines of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory is reduced. In a memory array of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having an AND type flash memory, a concave portion is formed in a junction isolation area between adjacent word limes and between adjacent assist gate wirings AGL, and the height of a main surface (first main surface) of a semiconductor substrate in the region where the concave portion is formed is made lower than that of the main surface (second main surface) of the semiconductor substrate to which an assist gate wiring is facing. As a result, it is possible to control the leakage current that flows between the drain line and source line in the aforementioned junction isolation region during operation of a flash memory.
摘要:
Reliability of a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory comprising first through third gate electrodes is enhanced. With a flash memory having first gate electrodes (floating gate electrodes), second gate electrodes (control gate electrodes) and third gate electrodes, isolation parts are formed in a self-aligned manner against patterns of a conductor film for forming the third gate electrodes by filling up the respective isolation grooves and a gate insulator film for select nMISes in a peripheral circuit region is formed prior to the formation of the isolation parts. By so doing, deficiency with the gate insulator film for the select nMISes, caused by stress occurring to the isolation parts, can be reduced. Further, with the semiconductor device including the case of stacked memory cells, the patterns of the conductor film for forming the third gate electrodes, serving as a mask for forming the isolation parts in the self-aligned manner, can be formed without misalignment against channels.
摘要:
A vertical chain memory includes two-layer select transistors having first select transistors which are vertical transistors arranged in a matrix, and second select transistors which are vertical transistors formed on the respective first select transistors, and a plurality of memory cells connected in series on the two-layer select transistors. With this configuration, the adjacent select transistors are prevented from being selected by respective shared gates, the plurality of two-layer select transistors can be selected, independently, and a storage capacity of a non-volatile storage device is prevented from being reduced.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device in which the cell area can be decreased and the minimum feature size is not restricted by the thickness of the material forming the memory cell. In a semiconductor memory device, a gate insulating film, a channel extending in a direction X, and a resistance change element extending in the direction X are formed successively above multiple word lines extending in a direction Y, and a portion of the channel and a portion of the resistance change element are disposed above each of the plurality of the word lines. Such configuration can decrease the cell area and ensure the degree of design freedom.
摘要:
A non-volatile memory device includes: a first line extending along a main surface of a substrate; a stack provided above the first line; a second line formed above the stack; a select element provided where the first and second lines intersect, the select element adapted to pass current in a direction perpendicular to the main surface; a second insulator film provided along a side surface of the stack; a channel layer provided along the second insulator film; an adhesion layer provided along the channel layer; and a variable resistance material layer provided along the adhesion layer, wherein the first and second lines are electrically connected via the select element and channel layer, a contact resistance via the adhesion layer between the channel layer and variable resistance material layer is low, and a resistance of the adhesion layer is high with respect to an extending direction of the channel layer.