Abstract:
High-voltage transistor structure, particularly for handling programming and/or programming and erasing voltages for electrically programmable and/or electrically programmable and erasable non-volatile memory cells which are integrated together with the high-voltage transistor and a low-voltage logic circuitry in a same semiconductor chip, the logic circuitry comprising first conductivity type channel transistors and second conductivity type channel transistors respectively formed inside second conductivity type wells (2) and first conductivity type wells (3), the first and second conductivity type wells (2,3) formed in a common substrate (1) of the first conductivity type which forms a common substrate of the semiconductor chip, the high-voltage transistor comprising an insulated gate electrode (10) and source and drain electrodes (9) at the sides of the insulated gate electrode (10). The insulated gate electrode (10) is insulated from the underlying common substrate (1) of the first conductivity type by a portion of a thick field oxide (4), and the source and drain electrodes (9) are doped regions of a second conductivity type formed directly in said common substrate (1).
Abstract:
The method described provides for the following steps: delimiting active areas (81) on a substrate, forming gate electrodes (82, 83, 88) insulated from the substrate on the active areas, and subjecting the front surface of the substrate to several implantation steps with doping ion beams to form source and drain regions with the use of the gate electrodes as masks. The direction of the implantation beam is defined by an angle of inclination to the front surface and by an orientation (45 DEG , 135 DEG , 225 DEG , 315 DEG ) to a reference line (80) on the front surface. To avoid performing numerous implantation steps without foregoing channels of uniform and constant length (L''), the widths of the gate electrode strips (82, 83, 88) are determined at the design stage in dependence on the orientation of the strips to the reference line (80) and on the orientation of the directions of the implant beams.
Abstract:
A process for forming an integrated circuit calls for the provision of at least one matrix of non-volatile memory cells (1) having an intermediate dielectric multilayer including at least a lower dielectric material layer (8) and an upper silicon oxide layer (9) and the simultaneous provision in zones peripheral to the matrix of at least one first transistor type (2) having gate dielectric of a first thickness. After formation of the floating gate with a gate oxide layer (4) and a polycrystalline silicon layer (5) and the formation of the lower dielectric material layer (8), the process in accordance with the present invention calls for: removal of said layers from the peripheral zones (R2) of the matrix; deposition of said upper silicon oxide layer (9) over the memory cells (1),and over the substrate (3) in the areas (R2) of the peripheral transistors (2); and formation of a first silicon oxide layer (10) at least in the areas (R2) of the peripheral transistors (2). To provide additionally a second transistor type having gate dielectric of a second thickness, indicatively thinner than said first thickness, successive steps are added in accordance with the present invention.
Abstract:
The method described provides for the following steps: delimiting active areas (81) on a substrate, forming gate electrodes (82, 83, 88) insulated from the substrate on the active areas, and subjecting the front surface of the substrate to several implantation steps with doping ion beams to form source and drain regions with the use of the gate electrodes as masks. The direction of the implantation beam is defined by an angle of inclination to the front surface and by an orientation (45°, 135°, 225°, 315°) to a reference line (80) on the front surface. To avoid performing numerous implantation steps without foregoing channels of uniform and constant length (L''), the widths of the gate electrode strips (82, 83, 88) are determined at the design stage in dependence on the orientation of the strips to the reference line (80) and on the orientation of the directions of the implant beams.