IP Library Granted Patent US 9,530,783
Granted Patent B2
US 9,530,783 · App. 14/729,086 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Method of manufacturing non-volatile memory having SONOS memory cells

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Patent No.
US 9,530,783
App. No.
14/729,086
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a non-volatile memory with SONOS memory cells, which includes steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first gate oxide layer and a first gate conductive layer onto the substrate; forming a MOS transistor gate by executing a photolithography process on the first gate conductive layer, and then forming an ONO structure on the substrate; and forming a second gate conductive layer on the ONO substrate, and then forming a NVM transistor gate by executing a photolithography process on the second gate conductive layer.

Claims (8)

1. A method for manufacturing a non-volatile memory with Silicon-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon (SONOS) memory cells, comprising steps of:

providing a substrate;

forming a first gate oxide layer and a first gate conductive layer onto the substrate;

forming a MOS transistor gate by executing a photolithography process on the first gate conductive layer, and then forming an Oxide-Nitride-Oxide (ONO) structure on the substrate; and

forming a second gate conductive layer on the ONO structure, and then forming a non-volatile memory (NVM) transistor gate by executing a photolithography process on the second gate conductive layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when etching the second gate conductive layer, a charge trapping layer of the ONO structure serves as a hard mask of the MOS transistor gate.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein while etching the first gate conductive layer, a portion of the first gate conductive layer which is not used for forming the MOS transistor gate is remained for forming a capacitor structure with the ONO structure.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein while etching the second gate conductive layer, a portion of the second gate conductive layer which is not used for forming the NVM transistor gate is remained for forming a resistor with a desired electrical resistance.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: MARLIN SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056991/0292 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2015
From: LIN, SUNG-BIN; CHANG, WEN-CHUNG
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035771/0431 →