IP Library Granted Patent US 7,041,555
Granted Patent B2
US 7,041,555 · App. 10/883,279 · Granted May 9, 2006

Method for manufacturing flash memory device

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Patent No.
US 7,041,555
App. No.
10/883,279
Granted
May 9, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a flash memory device. In a process of forming a flash memory cell and a select transistor through a process of forming a polysilicon layer for a floating gate, a process of forming a dielectric layer and a process of forming a polysilicon layer for a control gate, the dielectric layer is formed and the dielectric layer in a region where a select transistor will be formed is then removed, thereby forming a select gate line in which the polysilicon layer for the floating gate and the polysilicon layer for the control gate are electrically connected. Furthermore, in a process of forming a flash memory cell and a select transistor through a process of forming a polysilicon layer for a floating gate, a process of forming a dielectric layer and a process of forming a polysilicon layer for a control gate, forming an interlayer insulating layer on the entire structure and then forming a contact, the dielectric layer on the polysilicon layer for the floating gate in a region where a select transistor will be formed and the polysilicon layer for the control gate are all removed whereby the polysilicon layer for the floating gate and a contact plug are directly electrically connected.

Claims (7)

1. A method for manufacturing a flash memory device, comprising the steps of:

providing a semiconductor substrate in which a plurality of word lines, a drain select line and a source select line are formed, wherein the word lines have a stack structure of a material layer for a floating gate, a dielectric layer and a material layer for a control gate;

forming an interlayer insulating layer on the entire structure;

forming a contact hole by etching the material layer for the control gate and the dielectric layer in the drain select line and the source select line so that the material layer for the floating gate in the drain select line and the source select line is exposed; and

filling the contact hole with a conductive material layer to form a contact plug.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of before the contact plug is formed, implanting an impurity into the material layer for the floating gate that is exposed through the contact hole in order to lower resistance of the material layer for the floating gate.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising forming the contact plug using polysilicon or a metal material.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051028/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050937/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 047243/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047540/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REPLACE ERRONEOUSLY FILED PATENT #7358718 WITH THE CORRECT PATENT #7358178 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038669 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038954/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2012
From: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 029186/0761 →