Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Karin Takayama

Satoshi Nagashima

Koichi Matsuno

Shoichi Watanabe

Naoki Kai

Shotaro Murata

Kazunari Toyonaga

A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory element including a first gate electrode having a first thickness disposed on a first insulation film on the semiconductor substrate, and a first peripheral element other than a memory element including a second gate electrode having a second thickness disposed on a second insulation film on the semiconductor substrate. The first gate electrode and second gate electrode comprise a plurality of film layers, and the configuration of the film layers are different as between the first gate electrode of the memory element and the second gate electrode of the peripheral element, and the first thickness is different from the second thickness.

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprising memory gate and peripheral gate having different thicknesses

In general, according to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell region and a peripheral region. The memory cell region includes first element isolation regions, first semiconductor regions, a first gate insulating film, a charge storage layer, a second gate insulating film, and a control gate electrode. The first element isolation regions separate a semiconductor layer and include a first insulating film. The first semiconductor regions are separated by the first element isolation regions. The peripheral region includes a second element isolation region a second insulating film. Each of the first element isolation regions includes a first and a second portion. A step is present between the first and the second portion. At least part of a side surface and a lower end of the second element isolation region are surrounded by the semiconductor layer.

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same

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