摘要:
A nonvolatile memory structure is disclosed. The nonvolatile memory structure includes a substrate, a heavily doped drain junction disposed in the substrate, and a lightly doped source junction disposed in the substrate. The source junction is diffused more deeply than the drain junction. The nonvolatile memory structure also includes a gate structure. The gate structure has a floating gate capacitively coupled to the substrate and a control gate capacitively coupled to the floating gate. The heavily doped drain junction has a central portion proximate to the gate structure. The lightly doped source junction also has a central portion proximate to the gate structure. At least the central portion of the lightly doped source junction is more lightly doped than the central portion of the heavily doped drain junction.
摘要:
The present invention comprises an innovative gate oxidation process after the disposition of the gate and prior to the disposition of the source and the drain by exposing the gate to oxygen at a predetermined temperature and for a predetermined time period for the optimized transistor performance. During the innovative gate oxidation process, oxygen penetrates into the interfaces of the gate conductive layer gate oxide and the gate dielectric layer silicon substrate and oxidizes portions of the gate conductive layer at the interfaces due to the oxygen smiling or the bird beak effect, which results in an increased effective thickness of the gate dielectric layer. Optionally, HCl can be introduced at a predetermined flowrate during the innovative gate oxidation process. A particular embodiment of the present invention is the fabrication of MOS transistors with polysilicon as the gate conductive layer and silicon oxide as the gate dielectric layer, and with the source and drain fabricated by the low doped drain (LDD) implant. In this particular case, the innovative gate oxidation process is a polysilicon oxidation (POX) process grown before LDD implant. The oxidation temperature and oxidation time duration for optimized transistor performances have been found to be 850.degree. C. and 115 minutes, respectively. This present invention is utilized to achieve maximum speed and performance by optimizing the POX process.
摘要:
There is provided an improved method for bulk (or byte) programming an array of flash EEPROM memory cells. A negative voltage is applied to the substrate of the array. A reference voltage of zero volts is applied simultaneously to the drain regions of selected memory cells that are to be programmed. There is also applied simultaneously the same reference voltage of zero volts to the control gates of the selected memory cells. The present invention provides for low current consumption and fast programming of the memory cell, which require only a single, low voltage power supply. The endurance reliability is greater than 100,000 cycles.
摘要:
An improved nonvolatile memory device is provided, in which the threshold voltage variations (V.sub.ts) and transconductance degradation are significantly reduced. The NVM includes protection structure for limiting the process induced damage incurred during the manufacturing process. The protection structure is utilized to provide reliable and stable dielectrical characteristics for the NVM device. The protection structure is easy to implement and will not affect the conventional NVM performance.
摘要:
A first web page referenced by a first resource locator is displayed in a user interface. The first web page includes second resource locators, each of which respectively references a corresponding second web page. A likelihood of selection of a particular second resource locator in the first web page is determined to be greater than respective likelihoods of selection of each of the remaining second resource locators in the first web page. A keyboard shortcut key is defined to the particular second resource locator such that a selection of the keyboard shortcut key results in a selection of the particular second resource locator. An indicator is displayed in the user interface indicating that the keyboard shortcut key is assigned to the particular second resource locator such that a request for the corresponding second web page is received in response to the selection of the keyboard shortcut key.
摘要:
A demagnetizer for an inductive load having a driver circuit including at least one transistor and a ramp-down voltage source switchably connected to the driver circuit, so that when the ramp-down voltage source is connected to the transistor, it drives the voltage of the transistor below its threshold voltage.
摘要:
In a first aspect of the present invention, a method of fabricating a flash memory device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a portion of a dual gate oxide in a periphery area of the memory device and then simultaneously providing a dual gate oxide in a core area of the memory device and completing the dual gate oxide in the periphery area. Finally, a nitridation process is provided in both the core and periphery areas subsequent to the previous steps. In a second aspect of the present invention, a flash memory device is disclosed. The flash memory device comprises core area having a plurality of memory transistors comprising an oxide layer, a first poly layer, an interpoly dielectric layer, and a second poly layer. The flash memory device further comprises a periphery area having a plurality of transistors comprising an oxide layer, a portion of the first poly layer, and the second poly layer. According to the present invention, the method for fabricating the flash memory device is a simplified process that results in a significant improvement in the oxide reliability in the core and periphery areas and also eliminates the nitrogen contamination problem in the periphery area.
摘要:
A method of forming poly insulator poly capacitors by using self-aligned salicide process for mixed mode analog devices. These capacitors are formed in the self-aligned salicide process by stacked poly insulator poly (PIP). In the self-aligned salicide process, a self-aligned salicide block process is needed for preventing the salicide formation from electrostatic discharge (ESD) devices, resistors, or capacitors. The present invention uses the oxide layer of the self-aligned salicide block for the dielectric layer of the capacitors to form the PIP capacitor. Therefore, some process steps are omitted due to the formation of the PIP capacitors.
摘要:
A flash memory array having improved core field isolation in select gate regions via shallow trench isolation and field isolation implant after liner oxidation is disclosed. The flash memory array includes a core area and a periphery area, wherein the core area further includes a select gate region. The method of fabricating the flash memory array begins by patterning a layer of nitride over a substrate in active device locations. After the nitride is patterned, a silicon trench etch is performed to form trenches. After forming the trenches, a layer of liner oxide is grown in the trenches. Then, a field implant is performed in both the core area and periphery area to provide field isolation regions for the flash memory array with. Thereafter, poly1 is patterned in the core area to form floating gate and select word-lines.