Invention Grant
US07704832B2 Integrated non-volatile memory and peripheral circuitry fabrication
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集成的非易失性存储器和外围电路制造
- Patent Title: Integrated non-volatile memory and peripheral circuitry fabrication
- Patent Title (中): 集成的非易失性存储器和外围电路制造
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Application No.: US12058512Application Date: 2008-03-28
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Publication No.: US07704832B2Publication Date: 2010-04-27
- Inventor: James Kai , Tuan Pham , Masaaki Higashitani , George Matamis , Takashi Orimoto
- Applicant: James Kai , Tuan Pham , Masaaki Higashitani , George Matamis , Takashi Orimoto
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
- Current Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Vierra Magen Marcus & DeNiro LLP
- Main IPC: H01L21/8247
- IPC: H01L21/8247

Abstract:
Non-volatile memory and integrated memory and peripheral circuitry fabrication processes are provided. Sets of charge storage regions, such as NAND strings including multiple non-volatile storage elements, are formed over a semiconductor substrate using a layer of charge storage material such as a first layer of polysilicon. An intermediate dielectric layer is provided over the charge storage regions. A layer of conductive material such as a second layer of polysilicon is deposited over the substrate and etched to form the control gates for the charge storage regions and the gate regions of the select transistors for the sets of storage elements. The first layer of polysilicon is removed from a portion of the substrate, facilitating fabrication of the select transistor gate regions from only the second layer of polysilicon. Peripheral circuitry formation is also incorporated into the fabrication process to form the gate regions for devices such as high voltage and logic transistors. The gate regions of these devices can be formed from the layer forming the control gates of the memory array.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080248621A1 Integrated Non-Volatile Memory And Peripheral Circuitry Fabrication Public/Granted day:2008-10-09
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