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US 2012/0068249 A1Published application
Nonvolatile memory device and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTea-Kwang Yu, Jeong-Uk Han, Yong-Tae Kim
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Abstract
The nonvolatile memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a device isolation layer defining an active region in the semiconductor substrate. The device isolation layer includes a top surface lower than a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, such that a side-upper surface of the active region is exposed. A sense line crosses both the active region and the device isolation layer, and a word line, spaced apart from the sense line, crosses both the active region and the device isolation layer.
Claims6
A nonvolatile memory device comprising:
- an active region in a semiconductor substrate, the active region having a top surface higher than a top surface of at least one neighboring device isolation layer;
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- first and second transistor structures formed on the active region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.