Abstract:
The performances of a semiconductor device are improved. A semiconductor device has a first electrode and a dummy electrode formed apart from each other over a semiconductor substrate, a second electrode formed between the first electrode and the dummy electrode, at the circumferential side surface of the first electrode, and at the circumferential side surface of the dummy electrode, and a capacitive insulation film formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the capacitive insulation film form a capacitive element. Further, the semiconductor device has a first plug penetrating through the interlayer insulation film, and electrically coupled with the first electrode, and a second plug penetrating through the interlayer insulation film, and electrically coupled with the portion of the second electrode formed at the side surface of the dummy electrode opposite to the first electrode side.
Abstract:
In an MONOS-type memory cell with a split gate structure, short circuit between a selection gate electrode and a memory gate electrode is prevented, and reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. In a MONOS memory having a selection gate electrode and a memory gate electrode that are adjacent to each other and that extend in a first direction, an upper surface of the selection gate electrode in a region except for a shunt portion at an end portion of the selection gate electrode in the first direction is covered with a cap insulating film. The memory gate electrode is terminated on the cap insulating film side with respect to a border between the cap insulating film and an upper surface of the shunt portion exposed from the cap insulating film.
Abstract:
A lamination pattern having a control gate electrode, a first insulation film thereover, and a second insulation film thereover is formed over a semiconductor substrate. A memory gate electrode is formed adjacent to the lamination pattern. A gate insulation film is formed between the control gate and the semiconductor substrate. A fourth insulation film, including a lamination film of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, and another silicon oxide film, is formed between the memory gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate and between the lamination pattern and the memory gate electrode. At the sidewall on the side of the lamination pattern adjacent to the memory gate electrode, the first insulation film is retreated from the control gate electrode and the second insulation film, and the upper end corner portion of the control gate electrode is rounded.
Abstract:
An improvement is achieved in the manufacturing yield of a semiconductor device including a plurality of field effect transistors having different characteristics over the same substrate. By combining anisotropic dry etching with isotropic wet etching or isotropic dry etching, three types of sidewalls having different sidewall lengths are formed. By reducing the number of anisotropic dry etching steps, in a third n-type MISFET region and a third p-type MISFET region where layout densities are high, it is possible to prevent a semiconductor substrate from being partially cut between n-type gate electrodes adjacent to each other, between the n-type gate electrode and a p-type gate electrode adjacent to each other, and the p-type gate electrodes adjacent to each other.
Abstract:
An improvement is achieved in the manufacturing yield of a semiconductor device including a plurality of field effect transistors having different characteristics over the same substrate. By combining anisotropic dry etching with isotropic wet etching or isotropic dry etching, three types of sidewalls having different sidewall lengths are formed. By reducing the number of anisotropic dry etching steps, in a third n-type MISFET region and a third p-type MISFET region where layout densities are high, it is possible to prevent a semiconductor substrate from being partially cut between n-type gate electrodes adjacent to each other, between the n-type gate electrode and a p-type gate electrode adjacent to each other, and the p-type gate electrodes adjacent to each other.