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US 7,745,284 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing flash memory device with conductive spacers
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsJoo Won Hwang, Byung Soo Park, Ga Hee Lee
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a flash memory device. According to the invention, a floating gate can be formed and a distance between cells can be secured sufficiently by using one conductive layer without using a SA-STI process that cannot be applied to the manufacturing process of highly integrated semiconductor devices. It is therefore possible to minimize interference between neighboring cells.
Claims5
A method of manufacturing a flash memory device, comprising:
- providing a semiconductor substrate in which a plurality of regions including a cell region and a high-voltage transistor region are defined;
- etching a surface of the semiconductor substrate of the high-voltage transistor region so that a height of the cell region of the semiconductor substrate is higher than that of the high-voltage transistor region;
- forming a tunnel oxide film on a non-etched semiconductor substrate of the cell region;
- forming a single gate oxide film on the etched semiconductor substrate of the high-voltage transistor region;
- forming a first conductive layer and a hard mask film over the tunnel oxide film and the gate oxide film;
- etching the hard mask film, the first conductive layer, and the semiconductor substrate to form a trench;
- filling the trench with an insulating film to form an isolation film;
- etching an upper portion of the isolation film formed in the cell region and the high-voltage transistor region;
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- forming a dielectric film and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer;
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- patterning the second conductive layer to form a cell gate and a high-voltage transistor gate,
- wherein the tunnel oxide film and the single gate oxide film are formed by performing oxidization.
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