Floating gate and fabricating method of the same
AssigneeNanya Technology Corporation
InventorsYing-Cheng Chuang, Chung-Lin Huang
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Abstract
A floating gate and a fabricating method of the same. A semiconductor substrate is provided. A gate dielectric layer and a conducting layer are sequentially formed on the semiconductor substrate. A patterned hard mask layer having an opening is formed on the conducting layer, wherein a portion of the conducting layer is exposed through the opening. A spacer is formed on the sidewall of the opening. The patterned hard mask layer is removed. A conducting spacer is formed on the sidewall of the spacer. The exposed conducting layer and the exposed gate dielectric layer are sequentially removed.
Claims9
A floating gate, comprising:
- a conductive base;
- and
- a pair of conductive protruding layers, wherein the conductive protruding layers are formed on the conductive base, each conductive protruding layer has a bottom portion and a tip of the top portion respectively, the bottom portion connects to the conductive base, the conductive protruding layer stretches out toward the other layer from the bottom portion to the protruding tip of the top portion thereof, and a floating gate with multiple tips consists of the conductive base and the conductive protruding layer.
A floating gate, comprising:
- a conductive base;
- and
- a conductive protruding layer, wherein the conductive protruding layer is formed on the conductive base, the conductive protruding layer has a first tip portion and a second tip portion, the first tip portion has a first bottom portion and a first tip of the top portion, the second tip portion has a second bottom portion and a second tip of the top portion, the first bottom portion and the second bottom portion connects to the conductive base, the first tip of the top portion stretches out toward the second tip of the top portion from the first bottom portion, and the second tip of the top portion stretches out toward the first tip of the top portion from the second bottom portion, and a floating gate with multiple tips consists of the conductive base and the conductive protruding layer.
A flash memory, comprising:
- a floating gate overlying and insulated from a substrate, comprising:
- a conductive base;
- and
- a pair of conductive protruding layers, wherein the conductive protruding layers are formed on the conductive base, each conductive protruding layer has a bottom portion and a tip of the top portion respectively, the bottom portion connects to the conductive base, and the conductive protruding layer stretches out toward the other layer from the bottom portion to the protruding tip of the top portion thereof;
- a control gate overlying the substrate and partially covering the floating gate;
- and
- a gate dielectric layer disposed between the floating gate and the control gate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.