IP Library Granted Patent US 7,256,085
Granted Patent B2
US 7,256,085 · App. 11/077,233 · Granted Aug 14, 2007

Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,256,085
App. No.
11/077,233
Granted
Aug 14, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor memory device comprising the steps of: forming plural trenches in stripes in a semiconductor substrate and filling each of the trenches with an element isolation insulating film to form element isolation regions; sequentially forming a tunnel insulating film and a charge-storable film so as to cover active regions between the element isolation regions; forming an interlayer insulating film on the charge-storable film; forming plural control gates on the interlayer insulating film in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the trenches; among source formation regions and drain formation regions alternately provided between the plural control gates, etching the element isolation insulating film in the source formation regions, using as a mask a resist film having openings in the source formation regions, to expose surfaces of the trenches; and carrying out isotropic plasma ion implantation on the source formation regions to form source diffusion layers in the surfaces of the trenches and in the active regions.

Claims (13)

1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor memory device comprising the steps of:

forming plural trenches in stripes in a semiconductor substrate and filling each of the trenches with an element isolation insulating film to form element isolation regions;

sequentially forming a tunnel insulating film and a charge-storable film so as to cover active regions between the element isolation regions;

forming an interlayer insulating film on the charge-storable film;

forming plural control gates on the interlayer insulating film in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the trenches;

among source formation regions and drain formation regions alternately provided between the plural control gates, etching the element isolation insulating film in the source formation regions, using as a mask a resist film having openings in the source formation regions, to expose surfaces of the trenches; and

carrying out isotropic plasma ion implantation on the source formation regions to form source diffusion layers in the surfaces of the trenches and in the active regions.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the charge-storable film includes at least one of a polysilicon film, a silicon nitride film and an alumina film.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the interlayer insulating film includes at least one of a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein ionic species for the isotropic plasma ion implantation include at least one of phosphorous, arsenic and antimony.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the isotropic plasma ion implantation is carried out at an implantation energy of 1 KeV to 50 KeV and a dose amount of 1.0 E 14 to 1.0 E16 dose/cm 2 .

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the trenches is formed to have a ratio of the depth of the trench to the width at the top of the trench of 0.3 to 2.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the trenches is formed to have side faces tapered with respect to a bottom face at an angle of 70° to 90°.

Assignments (1)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
To: SALZUFER HOLDING INC., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 062094/0121 →