IP Library Granted Patent US 8,779,498
Granted Patent B2
US 8,779,498 · App. 13/750,037 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device

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Patent No.
US 8,779,498
App. No.
13/750,037
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first gate insulating film, a charge storage layer, a second gate insulating film, and a control gate electrode. The first gate insulating film is arranged on the semiconductor substrate. The charge storage layer is arranged on the first gate insulating film, and includes aluminum and silicon. The second gate insulating film is arranged on the charge storage layer, and includes aluminum, silicon, and lanthanum. The control gate electrode is arranged on the second gate insulating film.

Claims (12)

1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a first gate insulating film which is arranged on the semiconductor substrate;

a charge storage layer arranged on the first gate insulating film and including a first layer which includes any one of a hafnium oxide film, a hafnium oxynitride film, a zirconium oxide film, and a zirconium oxynitride film including aluminum and silicon;

a second gate insulating film which is arranged on the charge storage layer and which includes any one of lanthanum oxide and lanthanum oxynitride including aluminum and silicon; and

a control gate electrode arranged on the second gate insulating film.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration distribution of aluminum in the charge storage layer is high at the second gate insulating film, and low at the first gate insulating film.

3. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a silicon film as a second layer arranged between the first gate insulating film and the first layer.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the silicon film includes at least one of boron, phosphorus, arsenic, and antimony.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the charge storage layer further includes any one of a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxynitride film.

6. The device according to claim 3 , further comprising any one of a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxynitride film between the first layer and the second layer.

7. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the silicon film is a polycrystal silicon film.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: K.K PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057016/0551 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K PANGEA
Reel/Frame 057016/0586 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057016/0611 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043709/0035 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2013
From: TAKASHIMA, AKIRA; MATSUSHITA, DAISUKE
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 029693/0756 →