IP Library Granted Patent US 8,304,914
Granted Patent B2
US 8,304,914 · App. 12/912,602 · Granted Nov 6, 2012

Flash memory device with word lines of uniform width and method for manufacturing thereof

Assignee: Spansion, LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,304,914
App. No.
12/912,602
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including: forming a bit line in a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of word lines which intersect with the bit line at predetermined intervals on the semiconductor substrate; eliminating a portion of the plurality of word lines; forming an interlayer insulating film on the semiconductor substrate; and forming a metal plug which penetrates through the interlayer insulating film and is coupled to the bit line in a region where the portion of the plurality of word lines was eliminated.

Claims (12)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a bit line formed in a semiconductor substrate;

a plurality of word lines, wherein the plurality of word lines is formed on the semiconductor substrate and intersects with the bit line; and

a single metal plug formed between a first word line and a second word line of the plurality of word lines, wherein the first word line and the second word line constitute the single pair of the plurality of word lines in the semiconductor device between which the single metal plug is coupled to a single bit line,

wherein a distance between the first word line and the second word line is equal to the sum of:

a natural number multiplied by:

the sum of the distance between a pair of word lines of the plurality of word lines and the width of a word line of the plurality of word lines, and

the distance between a pair of word lines of the plurality of word lines.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of word lines include an area that is eliminated.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a first insulating layer and first conductive layers, wherein the first insulating layer is formed on the bit line between the first conductive layers.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising second insulating layers formed among the plurality of word lines.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a charge storage layer formed on the semiconductor substrate.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 8647899 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035240 FRAME 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTERST. Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058002/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2016
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: MONTEREY RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 040911/0238 →
PARTIAL RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Aug 11, 2016
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 039708/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: SPANSION, LLC
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036051/0786 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035240/0429 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 23, 2012
From: SPANSION LLC; SPANSION INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Reel/Frame 028837/0076 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-197542 · Jul 25, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12179400 · Jul 24, 2008
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