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Non-volatile memory and method of manufacturing floating gate

a floating gate, non-volatile technology, applied in the direction of semiconductor devices, electrical equipment, nanotechnology, etc., can solve the problems of difficult to obtain desirable lower operating voltage, easy to occur electrical leakage, and affect device reliability, etc., to achieve the effect of improving the reliability of memory devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-01-05
CHANG TING CHANG +6
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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a floating gate for memory devices that improves reliability. The method involves using a tunneling layer containing a semiconductor component, such as semiconductor nano-dots or film, to enhance the reliability of the device. The use of nano-dots or film as a charge storing unit allows for the recovery of the charge in the event of defects in the tunneling layer. Additionally, the invention reduces the operating voltage and increases the speed of write / erase operation. The non-volatile memory device includes a tunneling layer, a dielectric layer, a floating gate, a control gate, a source region, and a drain region, with the tunneling layer containing a semiconductor component and consisting of semiconductor nano-dots or film."

Problems solved by technology

Upon multiple operations, if defects exist in the tunneling oxide layer below the layer of the polysilicon floating gate, electric leakage may easily occur to affect the device reliability.
As a result, the thickness of the tunneling oxide layer cannot be reduced and a desirable lower operating voltage is hard to be obtained.

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[0039] A first preferred embodiment of method of manufacturing the non-volatile memory of this invention is illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B.

[0040] Referring to FIG. 3A, a tunneling layer 202 is formed on a substrate 200. The substrate 200 is a silicon substrate for example, while the tunneling layer 202 is made of silicon oxide or other kind of dielectric, and is formed via a process such as thermal oxidation or chemical vapor deposition. In this embodiment, the tunneling layer 202 of silicon oxide is formed, for example, via dry oxidative deposition of a film of about 5 nm in a chemical vapor deposition chamber at 925° C. under normal pressure.

[0041] A semiconductor oxide layer 204 is then formed on the tunneling layer 202. The semiconductor oxide layer 204 is a film used as a floating gate. Here, the semiconductor oxide refers to element semiconductor or compound semiconductor. The semiconductor oxide layer 204 contains semiconductor components, which include Group II elements, G...

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[0045] A second preferred embodiment of method of manufacturing the non-volatile memory of this invention is illustrated in FIGS. 5A to 5D.

[0046] Referring first to FIG. 5A, a substrate 200 is provided and a tunneling layer 202 is formed thereon. A semiconductor silicide layer 400 is then formed on the tunneling layer 202, wherein the semiconductor silicide refers to silicide of element semiconductor or compound semiconductor. The semiconductor silicide layer 400 contains semiconductor components, for example, as described in the first preferred embodiment. The semiconductor silicide layer 400, when made of Si1-xGex (0400 is formed via a process of, for example, low-pressure chemical vapor deposition, while a layer of Si1-xGex in a thickness of, for example, 20 nm is formed on the tunneling layer 202. The low-pressure chemical vapor deposition is carried out at about 550° C. and under about 460 mTorr, while the process gases are SiH4 and GeH4.

[0047] Referring to FIG. 5B, an oxidat...

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[0052] A third preferred embodiment of method of manufacturing the non-volatile memory of this invention is illustrated in FIGS. 6A to 6C.

[0053] Referring first to FIG. 6A, a substrate 200 is provided, and a tunneling layer 202 is formed thereon. A semiconductor layer 500, a thin film, is then formed on the tunneling layer 202, while the semiconductor layer 500 is made of, for example, the components as mentioned in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the semiconductor layer 500 is made of, for example, germanium (Ge) in a thickness of 1 to 10 nm, and is formed, for example, via a process of physical vapor deposition or chemical vapor deposition. The process is carried out at a temperature of, for example, between 100 to 1000° C., and under a pressure of, for example, between 1 to 500 mTorr. The process of chemical vapor deposition can be, for example, low-pressure chemical vapor deposition, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, high-density plasma chemical vapor deposit...

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Abstract

A method of manufacturing a floating gate is provided. The method includes the steps of forming a tunneling layer on a substrate, and forming a film layer containing a semiconductor component on the tunneling layer. The film layer consists of a semiconductor film or nano-dots.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is a divisional of a prior application Ser. No. 10 / 904,294, filed Nov. 3, 2004, which claims the priority benefits of Taiwan application serial no. 92130674, filed Nov. 3, 2003 and Taiwan application serial no. 93118989, filed Jun. 29, 2004. All disclosures are incorporated herewith by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a memory device, and more particularly to a non-volatile memory and a method of manufacturing a floating gate. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Electronically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM), among various of non-volatile memory devices, is suitable of performing multiple operations of writing, read and erasure, and is non-volatile even when power is off. As a result, EEPROM becomes a type of memory device widely used in personal computers and other electronic equipments. [0006] In a EEPROM, dope...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H01L21/336H01L21/28H01L29/423
CPCB82Y10/00H01L21/28273H01L29/7881H01L29/66825H01L29/42332H01L29/40114
Inventor CHANG, TING-CHANGYAN, SHUO-TINGLIU, PO-TSUNCHEN, CHI-WENTSAI, TSUNG-MINGTAI, YA-HSIANGSZE, SIMON-M
Owner CHANG TING CHANG
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