摘要:
According to one embodiment, a single-poly nonvolatile memory (NVM) cell includes a PMOS select transistor on a semiconductor substrate and a PMOS floating gate transistor series connected to the PMOS select transistor. The PMOS floating gate transistor comprises a floating gate and a gate oxide layer between the floating gate and the semiconductor substrate. A protector oxide layer covers and is in direct contact with the floating gate. A contact etch stop layer is disposed on the protector oxide layer such that the floating gate is isolated from the contact etch stop layer by the protector oxide layer.
摘要:
A method of forming a charge storing layer is disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method may include the steps of forming a first portion of a charge storing layer with a first gas flow rate ratio (step 102), forming at least a second portion of the charge storing layer by changing to a second gas flow rate ratio that is different than the first gas flow rate ratio (step 104), and forming at least a third portion of the charge storing layer by changing to a third gas flow rate ratio that is different than the second gas flow rate ratio (step 106).
摘要:
A memory comprises a gate oxide layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; an ion trap region formed in a corner portion of the gate oxide layer; a floating gate formed on the gate oxide layer; a dielectric layer formed on the floating gate; a control gate formed on the dielectric layer; a spacer provided along side walls of a formed gate; an LDD formed under the spacer on the semiconductor substrate, the LDD being doped at a low concentration with impurities; and a source/drain region formed on an element region of the semiconductor substrate contacting the LDD, the source/drain region being doped at a high concentration with impurities. In one embodiment, the ion trap region is formed by performing ion injection into a corner portion of the gate oxide after the gate, including the control gate and the floating gate, is formed.
摘要:
A three-dimensional memory cell, suitable for electrically erasable programmable read only memories (EEPROMS), which has direct-write cell capability is disclosed. The memory cell is utilized in the fabrication of non-volatile, direct-write EEPROM arrays with high integration density. A typical EEPROM array includes a plurality of elongated shallow trenches formed in a semiconductor substrate. Multiple direct-write EEPROM cells are disposed within each elongated trench such that each EEPROM cell shares a recall gate and a program gate with another cell in the same trench. Preferably, a silicon rich dielectric (such as silicon rich oxide) disposed between each floating gate and its associated programming and recall gates. Both common source diffusion and isolated source diffusion embodiments are disclosed. Further, various fabrication methods for the direct-write EEPROM arrays presented are described.
摘要:
A semiconductor device memory array formed on a semiconductor substrate comprising a multiplicity of field effect transistor DRAM devices disposed in array is disclosed. Each of the DRAM devices is paired with a non-volatile EEPROM cell and the EEPROM cells are disposed in a shallow trench in the semiconductor substrate running between the DRAM devices such that each DRAM-EEPROM pair shares a common drain diffusion. The EEPROM cells are arranged in the trench such that there are discontinuous laterally disposed floating gate polysilicon electrodes and continuous horizontally disposed program and recall gate polysilicon electrodes. The floating gate is separated from the program and recall gates by a silicon rich nitride. The array of the invention provides high density shadow RAMs. Also disclosed are methods for the fabrication of devices of the invention.
摘要:
Juxtaposing, on a common p-type substrate, an array of field effect transistor memory cells each including a random access memory dynamic RAM device comprising a floating gate portion and a storage node, and each including also a non-volatile unit comprising a double electron injector structure (DEIS) adjacent the floating gate portion, but remote from the storage node, provides a simple, low current dynamic random access memory array with non-volatile restart capability in case of power interruption.The non-volatile unit in each memory cell shares the control gate and substrate in common with the dynamic RAM device and thus shares access to the floating gate but is remote from the storage node. Situated between the floating gate and the substrate is a silicon-rich DEIS stack. During normal operation, the device functions as a dynamic RAM device. When non-volatile storage is required, electrons are written into the floating gate by raising the voltage on the control gate. This injects electrons into an insulating layer in the DEIS; the electrons flow to the floating gate where they are stored indefinitely. Subsequent write and erase operations are carried out by applying an appropriately polarized voltage pulse to the control gate electrode, moving electrons with respect to the floating gate portion of the RAM device.
摘要:
A memory system is provided for charging and discharging small cells each of which has only three terminals with a charge injector controlled by a low single polarity voltage. Each of the cells includes a transistor having a current carrying electrode and a floating gate, with a control gate arranged so that a first capacitor is serially connected with a second capacitor between the current carrying electrode and the control gate, with one of the capacitors having a substantially larger capacitance than that of the other capacitor and with the other capacitor including a charge injector. The common point between the first and second capacitors is connected to the floating gate. The charge injector may include a single graded or stepped composition region or two such regions disposed near opposite faces or plates of the other capacitor, or more particularly the injector may include silicon rich regions near one or both faces of a layer of silicon dioxide.
摘要:
A nonvolatile memory device can be manufactured without adding any major modification to a structure and component elements of a conventional MOS type silicon device, and is realized without deteriorating an electrical characteristic of an insulating-film/semiconductor interface and on the basis of a new operational principle. The nonvolatile memory device 10 is a capacitor configured by a metal electrode 16, two kinds of insulating films 13 and 15, and an interface structure of an insulating film 12/semiconductor 11, and has a MIS structure of providing a monolayer-level O-M1-O layer 14 to an insulating-film 13/semiconductor 15 interface. The nonvolatile memory device 10 realizes a nonvolatile information storage operation by changing strength or polarities of interface dipoles induced near the O-M1-O layer 14 through electrical stimulation applied from a gate electrode.
摘要:
A non-volatile memory has an array of non-volatile memory cells. Each of the non-volatile memory cells includes a coupling device formed on a first well, a read device, a floating gate device formed on a second well and coupled to the coupling device, a program device formed on the second well, and an erase device formed on a third well and coupled to the first floating gate device. The read device, the program device, and the erase device are formed on separate wells so as to separate the cycling counts of a read operation, a program operation and an erase operation of the non-volatile memory cell.
摘要:
A non-volatile memory has an array of non-volatile memory cells. Each of the non-volatile memory cells includes a coupling device formed on a first well, a read device, a floating gate device formed on a second well and coupled to the coupling device, a program device formed on the second well, and an erase device formed on a third well and coupled to the first floating gate device. The read device, the program device, and the erase device are formed on separate wells so as to separate the cycling counts of a read operation, a program operation and an erase operation of the non-volatile memory cell.