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PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a flash memory device having a high voltage gate insulation layer and a trench isolation layer is provided to prevent a high voltage gate insulation layer from decreasing in quality during a process for forming a trench isolation layer by forming the trench isolation layer before the high voltage gate insulation layer is formed. CONSTITUTION: A trench isolation layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate(200) to define the first and second regions. A high voltage gate insulation layer(208) is formed on the semiconductor substrate in the first region. A low voltage gate insulation layer(218) is formed on the semiconductor substrate in the second region. The low voltage gate insulation layer and the high voltage gate insulation layer are covered with a floating gate electrode layer. An insulation layer is formed on the floating gate electrode layer. A control gate electrode layer is formed on the insulation layer.
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PURPOSE: An electrical connection line of a flash memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to be capable of simply and easily forming a butting contact. CONSTITUTION: An electrical connection line of a flash memory device is provided with a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of lines formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a common source line(110) electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate between the lines. At this time, the line is completed by sequentially forming a gate dielectric layer(101), a floating gate(102), an interlayer dielectric(103), and a control gate(104,105). The electrical connection line further includes a butting contact(210) for electrically connecting the control gate with the floating gate and a bit line electrically connected to the common source line or the butting contact.
Abstract:
낸드형 비휘발성 메모리 소자의 형성 방법을 개시한다. 상기 방법에 따르면, 반도체 기판 상에 서로 평행한 스트링 선택 라인 및 접지 선택 라인, 그리고 상기 스트링 선택 라인 및 상기 접지 선택 라인 사이에 배치되는 복수개의 평행한 워드 라인들로 구비되는 스트링을 형성한다. 상기 반도체 기판 상에 층간절연막을 형성한다. 상기 층간절연막을 패터닝하여 상기 접지선택 라인과 이웃하는 접지선택 라인 사이의 상기 반도체 기판을 노출시키며 상기 접지선택 라인과 평행한 공통 소오스 라인 그루브를 형성하는 동시에 상기 스트링 선택 라인과 이웃하는 스트링 선택 라인 사이의 상기 반도체 기판을 노출시키는 비트라인 콘택홀을 형성한다. 도전막을 적층하여 상기 공통 소오스 라인 그루브 및 상기 비트라인 콘택홀을 채운다. 상기 도전막에 대해 평탄화 제거 공정을 진행하여 상기 층간절연막을 노출시키는 동시에 상기 공통 소오스 라인 그루브 안에 공통 소오스 라인을 형성하고 상기 비트라인 콘택홀 안에 비트라인 콘택플러그를 형성한다. 상기 공통 소오스 라인의 상부를 일부 제거한다. 그리고, 상기 공통 소오스 라인의 상부가 제거된 곳을 절연막으로 채운다. 낸드형 비휘발성 메모리 소자
Abstract:
본 발명은 비트 라인(BL)과 공통 소오스 라인(CSL)간의 절연효과가 높은 NAND형 플래시 메모리 소자 및 그의 제조방법을 개시한다. 개시된 본 발명은, 반도체 기판; 상기 기판상에 동일한 방향으로 신장되고 평행 배열된 스트링 선택 라인과 워드 라인과 접지 선택 라인을 포함하는 스트링; 상기 스트링을 이루는 각각의 라인이 신장되는 방향과 실질적으로 수직하는 방향으로 신장된 비트 라인; 상기 스트링 선택 라인의 드레인과 상기 비트 라인과는 전기적으로 도통되는 콘택 플러그; 및 상기 접지 선택 라인의 소오스와는 전기적으로 도통되는 하부막과, 상기 비트 라인과는 전기적으로 절연되는 상부막으로 구성되는 공통 소오스 라인을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 한다. 본 발명에 따르면, 비트 라인과 공통 소오스 라인 사이의 절연효과가 높아지는 효과가 있다. 또한, 절연막의 전체 높이를 낮아짐으로써 후속 공정이 용이해지는 효과가 있다.
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PURPOSE: A non-volatile memory device is provided to reduce the resistance between a direct contact and a common source line and embody a stable driving by broadening a contact area between the direct contact and a bitline and a contact area between the common source line and the bitline. CONSTITUTION: The first insulation layer(112) is formed on a semiconductor substrate(110), including a direct contact pattern groove and a common source line pattern groove that penetrate into the semiconductor substrate. The direct contact(114) has such an extended area that the direct contact pattern groove and a protrusion extending to the upper portion of the direct contact pattern groove extend to the upper surface of the first insulation layer. The common source line(118) has such an extended area that the common source line pattern groove and a protrusion extending to the upper portion of the common source line pattern groove extend to the upper surface of the first insulation layer. The second insulation layer(124) is formed on the first insulation layer, including a plurality of bitline pattern grooves that expose the upper portions of the extended protrusions of the direct contact and the common source line. The bitline(126) is formed in the bitline pattern groove.
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PURPOSE: A NAND-type flash memory device is provided to improve an insulation effect between a bitline and a common source line, and to facilitate a subsequent process by decreasing the whole height of an insulation layer. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor substrate(100) is prepared. A string(110) includes a string select line(300), a wordline(200) and a ground select line(400) that extend in the same direction on the substrate and are disposed in parallel. A bitline(700) extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the extension direction of each line of the string. A contact plug is electrically connected to a drain(120) of the string select line and the bitline. A common source line(500) includes a lower layer(510) and an upper layer(520) wherein the lower layer is electrically connected to a source(140) of the ground select line and an upper layer is electrically insulated from the bitline.
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PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a floating gate type non-volatile memory(NVM) device is provided to reduce an operating voltage by increasing the surface area of a floating gate electrode so that the capacitance of the floating gate electrode and a control gate electrode is increased. CONSTITUTION: An active region for forming an isolation layer(102) is defined in a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate(101). A tunnel oxide layer(103) is formed on the active region. A floating gate pattern(104b) is formed on the tunnel oxide layer, having a cross section of a U type and exposing the isolation layer. A gate interlayer dielectric and a control gate layer are sequentially formed on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate including the floating gate pattern. The control gate layer, the gate interlayer dielectric and the floating gate pattern are consecutively patterned to form the control gate electrode crossing the upper portion of the active region and the floating gate electrode interposed between the control gate electrode and the active region.
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PURPOSE: A method for forming interconnection of a semiconductor device is provided to easily achieve stable contact resistance without misalignment in damascene processing. CONSTITUTION: A lower insulating layer(206), an etch stopper(208) and an upper insulating layer(210) are sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate(200) having transistors. A groove is formed by selectively etching the upper insulating layer(210) to expose the etch stopper(208). The exposed etch stopper is then etched to expose the surface of the lower insulating layer(206). A contact hole is formed by selectively etching the exposed lower insulating layer. A bit line(222) is formed by filling a conductive material into the contact hole.
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PURPOSE: A method for forming a common source line of a flash memory device is provided to easily form or fill a bit line contact hole and to reduce damage to an insulation between bit line contact plugs or a bit line and the common source line, by forming the common source line have the same height as the gate line. CONSTITUTION: A source line trench is formed in the common source line region in the course of forming an isolation trench on a silicon substrate(10). An ion implantation process is performed regarding the silicon substrate constituting the bottom surface of the source line trench. A floating gate layer(63',73) is stacked and patterned to form a floating gate string pattern, wherein the source line trench is filled in the floating gate layer to form the common source line.
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PURPOSE: A trench isolation structure and a method for forming the same are provided to improve a gap-filling property and to prevent an etch of an active region due to misalignment of a floating gate. CONSTITUTION: A floating gate oxide(202), a first floating gate(204) and a trench etch mask(206) are sequentially formed on a silicon substrate(200). A desired region of the silicon substrate(200) is exposed by sequentially patterning the trench etch mask, the first floating gate and the floating gate oxide. A trench(207) is formed by etching the exposed silicon substrate(200) using the trench etch mask pattern as a mask. At this time, the trench(207) is divided by a first trench sidewall(207a), a second trench sidewall(207a') and a trench bottom(207b). The first trench sidewall(207a) has nearly vertical sidewalls and the second trench sidewall(207a') has sloped sidewalls.