IP Library Granted Patent US 9,123,747
Granted Patent B2
US 9,123,747 · App. 14/195,022 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,123,747
App. No.
14/195,022
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a plurality of memory cell transistors including a floating gate and a control gate and a plurality of peripheral circuit transistors including a lower electrode portion and an upper electrode portion are included. The floating gate includes a first polysilicon region, and the lower electrode includes a second polysilicon region. The first polysilicon region is a p-type semiconductor in which boron is doped, and the second polysilicon region is an n-type semiconductor in which phosphorus and boron are doped.

Claims (32)

1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:

memory cell transistors including a floating gate and a control gate; and

a peripheral circuit transistor including a lower electrode and an upper electrode, wherein

the floating gate includes a first polysilicon region that includes a p-type semiconductor that is doped with boron,

the lower electrode includes a second polysilicon region that includes an n-type semiconductor, the second polysilicon region of the lower electrode being doped with phosphorus and boron,

a concentration of boron at a surface point of the second polysilicon region is higher than a concentration of boron at an inner point of the second polysilicon region, and

a concentration of phosphorus at the surface point of the second polysilicon region is higher than a concentration of phosphorus at the inner point of the second polysilicon region.

2. The device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a concentration of an n-type impurity in the second polysilicon region is between about 1×10 20 atms/cm 3 and about 1×10 22 atms/cm 3 .

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second polysilicon region includes a concentration of phosphorus of between about 1×10 20 atms/cm 3 and about 1×10 22 atms/cm 3 and a concentration of boron of equal to or less than 1×10 19 atms/cm 3 .

4. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:

memory cell transistors including a floating gate and a control gate; and

a peripheral circuit transistor including a lower electrode and an upper electrode, wherein

the floating gate includes a first polysilicon region that includes a p-type semiconductor that is doped with boron,

the lower electrode includes a second polysilicon region that includes an n-type semiconductor, the second polysilicon region of the lower electrode being doped with phosphorus and boron,

the second polysilicon region includes a concentration of boron and a concentration of phosphorus that both decrease in a direction extending from a surface of the second polysilicon region to a center region of the second polysilicon region.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first polysilicon region includes one or more of the elements selected from a group consisting of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen.

6. The device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a concentration of carbon or nitrogen contained in the first polysilicon region is between about 5×10 19 atms/cm 3 and about 5×10 21 atms/cm 3 , and

the carbon or nitrogen is disposed in a region between about zero and about 5 nm to 35 nm from a surface of the first polysilicon region.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first polysilicon region further comprises a first doped region that has a concentration of carbon or nitrogen between about 5×10 19 atms/cm 3 and about 5×10 21 atms/cm 3 , and the first doped region is disposed between a bottom surface of the first polysilicon region and a depth of 5 nm to 35 nm from the bottom surface of the first polysilicon region.

8. The device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first polysilicon region includes a dividing layer containing oxygen, and

the dividing layer in each memory cell transistor is provided at a same distance from a main surface of a semiconductor substrate on which the memory cell transistors are provided.

9. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising:

memory cell transistors including a floating gate and a control gate; and

a peripheral circuit transistor including a lower electrode and an upper electrode, wherein

the floating gate includes a first polysilicon region that includes a p-type semiconductor that is doped with boron,

the lower electrode includes a second polysilicon region that includes an n-type semiconductor, the second polysilicon region of the lower electrode being doped with phosphorus and boron, and

a ratio of a concentration of phosphorous to a concentration of boron in the second polysilicon region is greater than 10.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second polysilicon regions further comprise a crystalline silicon material.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the surface point of the second polysilicon region is located on a surface that faces a main surface of a semiconductor substrate on which the memory cell transistors are provided.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043194/0647 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2014
From: SONEHARA, TAKESHI; MURATA, TAKESHI; FUJITA, JUNYA; AISO, FUMIKI; HASHIURA, SAKU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 032944/0332 →