摘要:
A gate structure for an ONO flash memory device includes a first layer of silicon oxide on top of a semiconductor substrate, a second layer of silicon oxide, a layer of silicon nitride sandwiched between the two silicon oxide layers, and a control gate on top of the second layer of silicon oxide. Nitrogen is implanted into the first layer of silicon oxide and then the semiconductor structure is heated using a rapid thermal tool to anneal out the implant damage and to diffuse the implanted nitrogen to the substrate and silicon oxide interface to cause SiN bonds to be formed at that interface. The SiN bonds are desirable because they improve the bonding strength at the interface and the nitrogen remaining in the silicon oxide layer increases the oxide bulk reliability.
摘要:
A gate structure for an ONO flash memory device includes a first layer of silicon oxide on top of a semiconductor substrate, a second layer of silicon oxide, a layer of silicon nitride sandwiched between the two silicon oxide layers, and a control gate on top of the second layer of silicon oxide. Nitrogen is implanted into the first layer of silicon oxide at less than normal energy levels to reduce the amount of damage to the underlying semiconductor substrate. After low energy nitrogen implantation, the semiconductor structure is heated to anneal out the implant damage and to diffuse the implanted nitrogen to the substrate and silicon oxide interface to cause SiN bonds to be formed at that interface. The SiN bonds is desirable because they improve the bonding strength at the interface and the nitrogen remaining in the silicon oxide layer increases the oxide bulk reliability.
摘要:
A process for making a semiconductor structure comprises implanting nitrogen through a layer comprising SiO2 into a substrate comprising Si, wherein the layer is on the substrate, and wherein the layer is from about 30 Å to about 300 Å thick.
摘要:
A gate structure for an ONO flash memory device includes a first layer of silicon oxide on top of a semiconductor substrate, a second layer of silicon oxide, a layer of silicon nitride sandwiched between the two silicon oxide layers, and a control gate on top of the second layer of silicon oxide. Nitrogen is implanted after the ONO layer and junction areas have been formed. The entire semiconductor structure is heated to anneal out the nitrogen implant damage and to diffuse or drive the implanted nitrogen into the substrate and silicon oxide interface to form strong SiN bonds at that interface. By implanting nitrogen into the ONO stack, instead of a single silicon oxide layer as done conventionally, damage to the underlying silicon substrate is reduced. This results in better isolation between adjacent bit lines and suppresses leakages between adjacent bit lines.
摘要:
One aspect of the present invention relates to a SONOS type non-volatile semiconductor memory device having improved erase speed, the device containing bitlines extending in a first direction; wordlines extending in a second direction, the wordlines comprising functioning wordlines and at least one dummy wordline, wherein the dummy wordline is positioned near at least one of a bitline contact and an edge of the core region, and the dummy wordline is treated so as not to cycle between on and off states. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of making a SONOS type non-volatile semiconductor memory device having improved erase speed, involving forming a plurality of bitlines extending in a first direction in the core region; forming a plurality of functioning wordlines extending in a second direction in the core region; forming at least one dummy wordline between the functioning wordlines and the periphery region or between the functioning wordlines and a bitline contact and treating the device so that the dummy wordline does not cycle between on and off states.
摘要:
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of forming a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, involving the sequential or non-sequential steps of forming a charge trapping dielectric over a substrate, the substrate having a core region and a periphery region; removing at least a portion of the charge trapping dielectric in the periphery region; forming a gate dielectric in the periphery region; forming buried bitlines in the core region; removing at least a portion of the charge trapping dielectric positioned over the buried bitlines in the core region; forming a bitline isolation over the buried bitlines in the core region; and forming gates in the core region and the periphery region. Another aspect of the present invention relates to increasing the thickness of the gate dielectric in at least a portion of the periphery region simultaneously while forming the bitline isolation.
摘要:
One aspect of the present invention relates to a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, containing a silicon substrate; a tunnel oxide layer over the silicon substrate, the tunnel oxide layer comprising fluorine atoms; a charge trapping layer over the tunnel oxide layer; an electrode or poly layer over the charge trapping layer; and source and drain regions within the silicon substrate. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of making a non-volatile semiconductor memory cell having improved erase speed, involving the steps of providing a silicon substrate; forming a tunnel oxide layer comprising fluorine atoms over the silicon substrate; and forming non-volatile memory cells over the tunnel oxide layer.
摘要:
A manufacturing method for a MirrorBit® Flash memory includes providing a semiconductor substrate and depositing a charge-trapping dielectric layer. First and second bitlines are implanted and a wordline layer is deposited. A hard mask layer is deposited over the wordline layer. The hard mask is of a material formulated for removal without damaging the charge-trapping dielectric layer. A photoresist is deposited over the wordline layer and used to form a hard mask. The photoresist is removed. The wordline layer is processed using the hard mask to form a wordline and the hard mask is removed. A salicide is grown without short-circuiting the first and second bitlines.
摘要:
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of forming a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, involving the sequential or non-sequential steps of forming a charge trapping dielectric over a substrate, the substrate having a core region and a periphery region; removing at least a portion of the charge trapping dielectric in the periphery region; forming a gate dielectric in the periphery region; forming buried bitlines in the core region; and forming gates in the core region and the periphery region.
摘要:
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of forming a non-volatile semiconductor memory device, involving the sequential or non-sequential steps of forming a charge trapping dielectric over a substrate, the substrate having a core region and a periphery region; removing at least a portion of the charge trapping dielectric in the periphery region; forming a gate dielectric in the periphery region; forming buried bitlines in the core region; and forming gates in the core region and the periphery region.