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US 8,940,603 B2Granted
Method of making semiconductor device
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsGeorg Tempel, Ernst-Otto Andersen, Achim Gratz
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Abstract
A semiconductor device and method of making a semiconductor device are disclosed. A semiconductor body, a floating gate poly and a source/drain region are provided. A metal interconnect region with a control gate node is provided that capacitively couples to the floating gate poly.
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A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
- forming a channel region and a source region in a substrate, the source region and the channel region being formed along a first plane;
- forming a floating gate electrode disposed directly above the channel region;
- forming an inter-level dielectric layer surrounding the floating gate electrode;
- forming a first metal level overlying the substrate and overlying the floating gate electrode, the first metal level including a first metal feature electrically coupled to the floating gate electrode and a second metal feature coupled to a control gate node, wherein the first metal feature surrounds the second metal feature from all directions when viewed from a second plane, and wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane, wherein the first metal feature overlaps with the channel region and the second metal feature overlaps with the source region;
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- forming a second metal level above the first metal level, the second metal level comprising a third metal feature electrically coupled to the floating gate electrode, and a fourth metal feature coupled to the control gate node, wherein the fourth metal feature surrounds the third metal feature from all directions when viewed from a third plane, and wherein the third plane is parallel to the first plane, wherein the fourth metal feature overlaps with the channel region and the third metal feature overlaps with the source region.
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A method of fabricating a semiconductor wafer to form a memory area and a logic area, the memory area comprising nonvolatile memory devices employing floating gate transistors, the logic area comprising field effect transistors, the method comprising:
- separating the semiconductor wafer into a memory area and a logic area;
- forming a first gate dielectric region over the memory area;
- forming a second gate dielectric region over the logic area;
- depositing and patterning a conducting material, wherein the conducting material forms a gate electrode over the logic area and a floating gate electrode over the memory area;
- forming a channel region and a source region in the memory area, the source region and the channel region being formed along a first plane, wherein the floating gate electrode is disposed directly above the channel region;
- forming an inter-level dielectric layer surrounding the floating gate electrode;
- forming a first metal level overlying the semiconductor wafer and overlying the floating gate electrode, the first metal level including a first metal line electrically coupled to the floating gate electrode and a second metal line coupled to a control gate node, wherein the first metal line surrounds the second metal line from all directions when viewed from a second plane, and wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane, wherein the first metal line overlaps with the channel region and the second metal line overlaps with the source region;
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- forming a second metal level above the first metal level, the second metal level comprising a third metal line electrically coupled to the floating gate electrode, and a fourth metal line coupled to the control gate node, wherein the fourth metal line surrounds the third metal line from all directions when viewed from a third plane, and wherein the third plane is parallel to the first plane, wherein the fourth metal line overlaps with the channel region and the third metal line overlaps with the source region.
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