Method of manufacturing non-volatile memory device

1. A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device, comprising:

providing a substrate comprising a logic area and a cell area;

forming a floating gate on the cell area;

depositing a first conductive film and a protective film on the substrate;

patterning the protective film;

depositing a hard mask layer on the first conductive film and the patterned protective film;

patterning the hard mask layer;

forming a logic gate on the logic area using the patterned hard mask layer;

exposing a surface of the first conductive film in the cell area; and

forming a control gate on the cell area.

2. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein the patterning of the protective film comprises:

forming a first mask pattern on an upper portion of the floating gate; and

removing the protective film exposed by the first mask pattern, the first mask pattern corresponding to an etching mask.

3. The method of manufacturing of claim 2 , wherein the patterning of the hard mask layer comprises:

forming a second mask pattern for etching the hard mask layer;

patterning the hard mask layer by the second mask pattern, the second mask pattern corresponding to the etching mask;

removing the second mask pattern; and

forming a third mask pattern on an upper portion of the floating gate.

4. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein the exposing of the surface of the first conductive film in the cell area comprises:

forming a fourth mask pattern exposing the hard mask layer in the upper portion of the floating gate; and

sequentially etching the hard mask layer and the protective layer of the upper portion of the floating gate.

5. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein a height of the control gate is greater than that of the logic gate.

6. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein the control gate is located beside the floating gate.

7. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein the protective film comprises of silicon oxide.

8. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the protective film is greater than or equal to about 1000Å and less than or equal to about 2000 Å.

9. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein the hard mask layer comprises silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride (SiON).

10. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein the method is applied when a step between the cell area and the logic area is at least about 500 nm.

11. The method of manufacturing of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive film is deposited before the protective film.

12. A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory device, comprising:

forming a floating gate on a semiconductor substrate;

depositing a gate insulator, a first conductive film and a protective film on the floating gate;

patterning the protective film;

depositing a hard mask layer on the patterned protective film;

removing the hard mask layer and the patterned protective film to expose a surface of the first conductive film;

etching back the first conductive film; and

forming a control gate beside the floating gate.

13. The method of manufacturing of claim 12 , wherein the removing of the hard mask layer and the patterned protective film comprises:

forming a third mask pattern to expose the hard mask layer; and

wet etching the hard mask layer and the patterned protective film.

14. The method of manufacturing of claim 12 , wherein the control gate is higher than the logic gate.

15. The method of manufacturing of claim 12 , wherein the protective film comprises silicon oxide.

16. The method of manufacturing of claim 12 , wherein the hard mask layer comprises silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride (SiON).

17. The method of manufacturing of claim 12 , wherein the gate insulator is deposited before the first conductive film, and the first conductive film is deposited before the protective film.