Abstract:
A process for manufacturing electronic semiconductor integrated electronic memory devices having virtual ground and comprising at least a matrix of floating gate memory cells (1), the matrix being formed on a semiconductor substrate (2) with a plurality of continuous bit lines (10) extending across the substrate (2) as discrete parallel strips, comprising at least the following steps:
forming an oxide layer (3) over the matrix region; depositing the semiconductor throughout with a stack structure which comprises a first conductor layer (4), first dielectric layer (5), and second conductor layer (6); forming a second dielectric layer (7); defining floating gate regions (13) by photolithography using a mask of "POLY1 along a first predetermined direction", and associated etching, to define, in said stack structure, a plurality of parallel openings (9); implanting said parallel openings (9) to confer a predetermined conductivity on the bit line (10) regions; filling the parallel openings (12) with a photo-sensitive material (11) to protect the matrix bit lines (10).
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a plurality of floating gate regions lying parallel on a semiconductor substrate (10), and of inhibiting the formation of residue materiallaterally contiguous to each floating gate region, comprises the following steps: growing a thin oxide layer (13) over the semiconductor substrate (10); depositing a first layer (14) of polysilicon to fully cover the first thin oxide layer; growing and/or depositing an intermediate dielectric layer (15) over the first layer (14) of polysilicon; depositing a second layer (16) of polysilicon to fully cover the intermediate dielectric layer (15). This method further comprises the steps of depositing a final dielectric layer (17) to cover the previously deposited and/or grown layers (13,14,15,16); depositing a layer of resist onto the final dielectric layer, followed by a photolithographing step to define a planar geometry bounding the floating gate regions; and carrying out a first etching to only transfer this planar geometry onto the final dielectric layer (17), thereby producing a mask for a late second etching of the self-aligned type; thoroughly removing the layer of resist; carrying out a second self-aligned etching to spatially define the floating gate regions with a vertical profile.