Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a driver circuit having a plurality of FinFETs, a memory cell having a plurality of FinFETs and supplied with a first output signal from the driver circuit through each of word lines, a first power supply wiring supplied with a first power supply potential, a second power supply wiring supplied with a second power supply potential, and a ground potential setting circuit which is coupled to the first power supply wiring, the second power supply wiring, and the driver circuit and which selects the first power supply potential or the second power supply potential and supplies the same to the driver circuit as an operating potential. An N-type FinFET of the FinFETs included in the driver circuit is supplied with the first power supply potential or the second power supply potential selected by the ground potential setting circuit.
Abstract:
A memory gate is formed of a first memory gate including a second gate insulating film made of a second insulating film and a first memory gate electrode, and a second memory gate including a third gate insulating film made of a third insulating film and a second memory gate electrode. In addition, the lower surface of the second memory gate electrode is located lower in level than the lower surface of the first memory gate electrode. As a result, during an erase operation, an electric field is concentrated on the corner portion of the first memory gate electrode which is located closer to a selection gate and a semiconductor substrate and on the corner portion of the second memory gate electrode which is located closer to the first memory gate and the semiconductor substrate. This allows easy injection of holes into each of the second and third insulating films.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory array includes a first nonvolatile memory cell having a first charge storage layer and a first gate electrode and a second nonvolatile memory cell, adjacent to the first memory cell in a first direction, having a second charge storage layer and a second gate electrode. The first and second electrodes extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first electrode has a first contact section extending toward the second electrode in the first direction, and the second electrode has a second contact section extending toward the first electrode in the first direction. The first and second contact positions are shifted in the second direction, respectively, and the first electrode and the first contact section are electrically separated from the second electrode and the second contact section.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory array includes a first nonvolatile memory cell having a first charge storage layer and a first gate electrode and a second nonvolatile memory cell, adjacent to the first memory cell in a first direction, having a second charge storage layer and a second gate electrode. The first and second electrodes extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first electrode has a first contact section extending toward the second electrode in the first direction, and the second electrode has a second contact section extending toward the first electrode in the first direction. The first and second contact positions are shifted in the second direction, respectively, and the first electrode and the first contact section are electrically separated from the second electrode and the second contact section.
Abstract:
In a non-volatile memory in which writing/erasing is performed by changing a total charge amount by injecting electrons and holes into a silicon nitride film serving as a charge accumulation layer, in order to realize a high efficiency of a hole injection from a gate electrode, the gate electrode of a memory cell comprises a laminated structure made of a plurality of polysilicon films with different impurity concentrations, for example, a two-layered structure comprising a p-type polysilicon film with a low impurity concentration and a p+-type polysilicon film with a high impurity concentration deposited thereon.
Abstract:
In a MONOS memory of the split-gate type formed by a field effect transistor formed on a fin, it is prevented that the rewrite lifetime of the MONOS memory is reduced due to charges being locally transferred into and out of an ONO film in the vicinity of the top of the fin by repeating the write operation and the erase operation. By forming a source region at a position spaced downward from a first upper surface of the fin in a region directly below a memory gate electrode, the current is prevented from flowing concentratedly at the upper end of the fin.
Abstract:
A part of the semiconductor substrate is processed to form fins protruding from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. Next, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the semiconductor substrate including the fin FA, and an opening is formed in the interlayer insulating film. Next, a dummy pattern including the dummy material and the insulating film is formed in the opening in a self-aligned manner. Thereafter, the dummy pattern is replaced with a memory gate electrode, a control gate electrode, and the like.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory array includes a first nonvolatile memory cell having a first charge storage layer and a first gate electrode and a second nonvolatile memory cell, adjacent to the first memory cell in a first direction, having a second charge storage layer and a second gate electrode. The first and second electrodes extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first electrode has a first contact section extending toward the second electrode in the first direction, and the second electrode has a second contact section extending toward the first electrode in the first direction. The first and second contact positions are shifted in the second direction, respectively, and the first electrode and the first contact section are electrically separated from the second electrode and the second contact section.
Abstract:
In a non-volatile memory in which writing/erasing is performed by changing a total charge amount by injecting electrons and holes into a silicon nitride film serving as a charge accumulation layer, in order to realize a high efficiency of a hole injection from a gate electrode, the gate electrode of a memory cell comprises a laminated structure made of a plurality of polysilicon films with different impurity concentrations, for example, a two-layered structure comprising a p-type polysilicon film with a low impurity concentration and a p′-type polysilicon film with a high impurity concentration deposited thereon.
Abstract:
In a non-volatile memory in which writing/erasing is performed by changing a total charge amount by injecting electrons and holes into a silicon nitride film serving as a charge accumulation layer, in order to realize a high efficiency of a hole injection from a gate electrode, the gate electrode of a memory cell comprises a laminated structure made of a plurality of polysilicon films with different impurity concentrations, for example, a two-layered structure comprising a p-type polysilicon film with a low impurity concentration and a p|-type polysilicon film with a high impurity concentration deposited thereon.