Abstract:
A method of fabricating flat-cell mask ROM devices having buried bit-lines that will not be subject to punch-through between neighboring bit lines as a result of heating in subsequent steps after the buried bit-lines are formed. In the method, the first step is to prepare a semiconductor substrate with a gate oxide layer formed thereon. Thereafter, a first polysilicon layer is formed over the gate oxide layer, and a plurality of trenches at predetermined positions, with these trenches extending through the gate oxide and first polysilicon layer and into the substrate to a predetermined depth. Then, trenches are filled with tungsten to form a plurality of source/drain regions. A second polysilicon layer is then formed over the first polysilicon layer, and an insulating layers is formed over each of the source/drain regions. Thereafter, a third polysilicon layer is formed over the second polysilicon layer and the insulating layers, and finally the third polysilicon layer is defined to form a gate for the integrated circuit device. Since the source/drain regions are made of tungsten metal, the spacing distance therebetween will not be changed when subjected to high-temperature conditions during subsequent process steps. The punch-through effect can thus be avoided.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a high density flat mask read only memory. At first a plurality of trenches are formed in a surface of a silicon substrate at predetermined desired source-drain electrodes areas. A dielectric layer is formed on at least the surface of the trenches. A first polysilicon layer is formed over the dielectric layer and then portions of the first polysilicon layer are removed to leave a portion thereof on the bottom of each trench. Using the first polysilicon layer as an etch stop layer, the dielectric layer is etched. A second polysilicon layer then is formed on the surface of the silicon substrate, the first polysilicon layer and the dielectric layer, and then the the second polysilicon layer is etched back to the substrate surface to form the source-drain electrode areas, that is, the bit lines. On the surface of the bit lines and the silicon substrate, a gate oxide layer and a third polysilicon layer are formed sequentially. Finally, the gate oxide layer and the third polysilicon layer are defined to form gate electrodes, that is, word lines for the memory.