IP Library Patent Application 11441771
Patent Application
App. No. 11/441,771

Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

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11/441,771
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate, a first interconnection line provided above the bit line and connected to the bit line, and a second interconnection line provided above the first interconnection line and connected to the first interconnection line and a transistor in a peripheral region. The first interconnection line is connected to the transistor through the second interconnection line only.

Claims (38)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate;

a first interconnection line provided above the bit line and connected to the bit line; and

a second interconnection line provided above the first interconnection line and connected to the first interconnection line and a transistor in a peripheral region,

wherein the first interconnection line is connected to the transistor through the second interconnection line only.

2 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first interconnection line is formed in the core region or a region between the core region and the peripheral region only.

3 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a third interconnection line connected to the second interconnection line and the transistor,

wherein the second interconnection line is connected to the transistor through the third interconnection line only.

4 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an ONO film provided on the bit line and having a contact hole through which the bit line and the transistor are connected.

5 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate;

an interlayer insulating film provided above the bit line; and

a first interconnection layer provided on the interlayer insulating film and connected to the bit line through a contact hole formed in the interlayer insulating film,

wherein the interlayer insulating film has a dummy contact hole connected to the first interconnection line and the semiconductor substrate, the dummy contact hole being connected to a portion of the first interconnection line between a transistor in a peripheral region and the bit line.

6 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the dummy contact hole is formed in a core region or a region between the core region and the peripheral region.

7 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the dummy contact hole is connected to a dummy diffused region formed in the semiconductor substrate.

8 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising;

an ONO film provided between the bit line and the interlayer insulating film,

wherein the contact hole is formed in the ONO film.

9 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the peripheral region is a select cell area.

10 . A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a bit line in a semiconductor substrate;

forming a first interconnection line, above the bit line, connected to the bit line; and

forming a second interconnection line, above the first interconnection line, connected to the first interconnection line and a transistor in a peripheral region,

wherein the first interconnection line is connected to the transistor through the second interconnection line only.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the step of forming the first interconnection line further comprises a step of forming a third interconnection line connected to the transistor and to be connected the second interconnection line.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising forming an ONO film on the semiconductor substrate,

the first interconnection line being connected to the bit line through the contact hole formed in the ONO film.

13 . A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising:

forming a bit line on a semiconductor substrate;

forming an interlayer insulating film above the bit line;

forming a contact hole, in the interlayer insulating film, connected to the bit line; and

forming a first interconnection line, on the interlayer insulating film, connected to a transistor in a peripheral region and the bit line,

wherein the step of forming the contact hole includes a step of forming a dummy contact hole connected to the semiconductor substrate and for connection to the first interconnection line between the transistor and the bit line.

14 . The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the step of forming the bit line includes a step of forming a dummy diffused region in the semiconductor substrate for connection to the dummy contact hole.

15 . The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising forming an ONO film on the semiconductor substrate,

wherein the step of forming the contact hole includes a step of forming the contact hole in the ONO film.

16 . The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the peripheral region is a core select cell area.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 8647899 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035240 FRAME 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTERST. Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058002/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2015
From: SPANSION LLC
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035890/0678 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035240/0429 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2015
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
To: SPANSION LLC; SPANSION INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 035201/0159 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 4, 2010
From: SPANSION LLC; SPANSION INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Reel/Frame 024522/0338 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2006
From: INOUE, YOKO
To: SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 018147/0553 →