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Granted Patent B2
US 10,361,212 · App. 15/699,031 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Semiconductor memory devices

Inventor: Jongpil Son (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L27/11206G11C17/16
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Patent No.
US 10,361,212
App. No.
15/699,031
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active region of a first conductivity type defined by a device isolation layer, a first impurity region in the active region, an anti-fuse gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate and extending across the first impurity region, an anti-fuse gate dielectric layer between the anti-fuse gate electrode and the first impurity region, a selection gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate and extending across the active region, a selection gate dielectric layer between the selection gate electrode and the active region, and a second impurity region in the active region between the selection gate electrode and the anti-fuse gate electrode. The first and second impurity regions have impurities of a second conductivity type. The first impurity region has an impurity concentration less than the impurity concentration of the second impurity region.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate including an active region defined by a device isolation layer, the active region having a first conductivity type;

a pair of anti-fuse gate electrodes on the semiconductor substrate;

anti-fuse gate dielectric layers between the anti-fuse gate electrodes and the substrate;

a selection gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate, the selection gate electrode being spaced apart from the anti-fuse gate electrodes;

a selection gate dielectric layer between the selection gate electrode and the substrate,

first impurity regions in the active region below the pair of anti-fuse gate electrodes; and

a second impurity region in the active region between the selection gate electrode and one of the pair of anti-fuse gate electrodes,

the first and second impurity regions having impurities of a second conductivity type, the first impurity regions having an impurity concentration less than an impurity concentration of the second impurity region,

wherein a portion of the device isolation layer is between the pair of anti-fuse gate electrodes,

the selection gate electrode has a width that is substantially the same as a width of the pair of anti-fuse gate electrodes,

the anti-fuse gate electrodes that are adjacent to each other are spaced apart from each other by a first distance, and

the anti-fuse gate electrodes and an adjacent selection gate electrode are spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is substantially the same as the first distance.

2. The semiconductor memory device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first impurity region in the active region, the anti-fuse gate electrode extending across the first impurity region.

3. The semiconductor memory device of claim 1 , wherein the selection gate electrode extends across the active region.

4. The semiconductor memory device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a second impurity region in the active region between the selection gate electrode and the anti-fuse gate electrode, the second impurity region being connected to the first impurity region.

5. The semiconductor memory device of claim 4 , wherein the first and second impurity regions have impurities of a second conductivity type, the first impurity region having an impurity concentration that is lower than an impurity concentration of the second impurity region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2017
From: SON, JONGPIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043558/0503 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0008221 · Jan 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180204843A1 · Jul 19, 2018