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US 8,963,232 · App. 14/157,162 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device

Inventors: Naoki Yasuda (Yokohama, JP); Masaru Kito (Kuwana, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 8,963,232
App. No.
14/157,162
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a control gate is formed on the semiconductor substrate and includes a cylindrical through hole. A block insulating film, a charge storage film, a tunnel insulating film, and a semiconductor layer are formed on a side surface of the control gate inside the through hole. The tunnel insulating film comprises a first insulating film having SiO 2 as a base material and containing an element that lowers a band gap of the base material by being added. A density and a density gradient of the element monotonously increase from the semiconductor layer toward the charge storage film.

Claims (19)

1. A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

a control gate formed on the semiconductor substrate and having a cylindrical through hole extending from a top surface to a bottom surface thereof;

a block insulating film formed on a side surface of the control gate inside the through hole;

a charge storage film formed on the side surface of the block insulating film inside the through hole;

a tunnel insulating film formed on the side surface of the charge storage film inside the through hole; and

a semiconductor layer formed on the side surface of the tunnel insulating film inside the through hole,

wherein the tunnel insulating film includes a first insulating film having SiO 2 as a base material and containing an element that lowers a band gap of the base material by being added and

a density and a density gradient of the element monotonously increase from the semiconductor layer toward the charge storage film.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the element of the first insulating film is N.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the element of the first insulating film is one of Al and Hf.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the tunnel insulating film further includes a second insulating film formed between the first insulating film and the semiconductor layer and containing SiO 2 .

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the tunnel insulating film further includes an Si microcrystal formed in an interface between the first insulating film and the second insulating film.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the charge storage film comprises a material having a band gap smaller than the band gap of the tunnel insulating film.

7. The device of claim 2 , wherein the first insulating film has a composition ratio of (SiO 2 ) x (Si 3 N 4 ) 1-x (0.75≦x≦1).

8. The device of claim 3 , wherein the first insulating film has a composition ratio of (SiO 2 ) x (Al 2 O 3 ) 1-x (0≦x≦1) or (SiO 2 ) x (HfO 2 ) 1-x (0≦x≦1).

9. The device of claim 4 , wherein the second insulating film has a constant composition ratio.

10. The device of claim 5 , wherein the Si microcrystal has a constant existing density.

11. The device of claim 5 , wherein the Si microcrystal is formed also inside the second insulating film.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043328/0388 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-195846 · Sep 8, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13428111 · Mar 23, 2012
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