Memory device with shielding plugs adjacent to a dummy word line thereof
AssigneeMacronix International Co., Ltd.
InventorsChun-Yuan Lo, Cheng-Ming Yih, Wen-Pin Lu
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Abstract
A memory device is provided. The memory device comprises a substrate, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of conductive regions and at least a shielding plug. The substrate has a memory region and a peripheral region. The word lines are disposed on the substrate and at least a dummy word line disposed in the peripheral region and adjacent to the word lines. The conductive regions are disposed in the substrate and between the word lines respectively. The shielding plug is located on the substrate and adjacent to the dummy word line and between the dummy word line and the word lines and there is no self-aligned source region around the dummy word line.
Claims17
A memory array, comprising:
- a plurality of memory cells;
- a plurality of word lines, each word line being connected to a plurality of gates of the memory cells;
- a dummy word line disposed in an area outside of an outmost word line of the plurality of word lines;
- and
- a plurality of shielding plugs immediately adjacent to the dummy word line and located between the dummy word line and the outmost word line,
- wherein no conductive region is disposed directly around the dummy word line.
A memory device, comprising:
- a plurality of memory cells;
- a plurality of word lines, each word lines being connected to a plurality of gats of the plurality of the memory cells;
- a dummy word line being immediately adjacent to an outmost word line of the plurality of word lines;
- a first region located between the dummy word line and the outmost word line and a second region located between outmost two word lines of the plurality of word lines, wherein the first region is border than the second region;
- and
- a plurality of shielding plugs distributed in the border region,
- wherein no conductive region is disposed one side of the dummy word line far from the outmost word line.
A memory device, comprising:
- a plurality of memory cells;
- a plurality of conductive lines, each conductive line being connected to a plurality of gates of the memory cells;
- a semidetached conductive line substantially parallel to and directly adjacent to an outmost conductive lines, wherein no conductive region is disposed one side of the dummy word line far from the outmost word line;
- and
- a plurality of shielding plugs disposed between the plurality of conductive line and the semidetached conductive line, wherein the plurality of shielding plugs distributed along the semidetached conductive line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.