IP Library Granted Patent US 7,052,959
Granted Patent B2
US 7,052,959 · App. 10/752,772 · Granted May 30, 2006

Method of forming an EPROM cell and structure therefor

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Patent No.
US 7,052,959
App. No.
10/752,772
Granted
May 30, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An EPROM cell includes a control gate and a control transistor. A portion of the control transistor is formed as a portion of the control gate.

Claims (25)

1. A method of forming an EPROM cell comprising:

forming a portion of a control transistor as a portion of a control gate of the EPROM cell including forming a first doped region of a first conductivity type that is both the portion of the control gate and a drain of the control transistor.

2. The method of claim 1 further including forming a source of the control transistor within a second doped region of a second conductivity type that is adjacent to the first doped region.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the portion of the control transistor as the portion of the control gate includes forming a first portion of a gate of the control transistor overlying the first portion of the first doped region and forming the control gate as a second portion of the first doped region.

4. The method of claim 3 further including forming a second doped region underlying a second portion of the gate of the control transistor.

5. The method of claim 4 further including forming a third doped region underlying the second portion of the gate of the control transistor and within the second doped region.

6. The method of claim 5 further including forming a fourth doped region within the second doped region and adjacent to the third doped region.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein forming the fourth doped region includes forming the first doped region and the third doped region of a first conductivity type and forming the second doped region and the fourth doped region of a second conductivity type.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the portion of the control transistor as the portion of the control gate of the EPROM cell includes forming a first portion of the control gate underlying a gate of the control transistor and a second portion of the control gate underlying a floating gate of the EPROM cell.

9. A method of forming an EPROM cell comprising;

providing a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first doped region on the semiconductor substrate;

forming a second doped region on the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the first doped region;

forming a control transistor having a gate with a first portion of the gate of the control transistor overlying a first portion of the first doped region; and

forming a floating gate overlying a second portion of the first doped region wherein the second portion is different from the first portion.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein forming the first doped region includes forming the first doped region of a first conductivity type and forming the second doped region of a second conductivity type.

11. The method of claim 9 further including forming a third doped region within the second doped region and underlying a second portion of the gate of the control transistor.

12. The method of claim 11 further including a forming a fourth doped region within the second doped region and adjacent to the third doped region.

13. The method of claim 12 including forming the first doped region and the third doped region of a first conductivity type and forming the second doped region and the fourth doped region of a second conductivity type.

14. A method of forming an EPROM cell comprising:

providing a substrate having a surface;

forming a first doped region of a first conductivity type on the surface of the substrate;

forming a source and a drain of a first MOS transistor within the first doped region and disposing a gate of the first MOS transistor between the source and the drain and overlying a portion of the first doped region;

forming a second doped region of the first conductivity type on the surface of the substrate wherein a first portion of the second doped region is a control gate and a second portion of the second doped region is a drain of a second MOS transistor; and

forming a portion of a floating gate overlying the first portion of the second doped region.

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From: NEMTSEV, GENNADIY; ZHENG, YINGPING; NAIR, RAJESH S.
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