Macronix International Co., Ltd.

Shou-Wei Hwang

Erh-Kun Lai

Hsin-Huei Chen

Yu-Ping Huang

Ying-Tso Chen

Chien-Hung Liu

Tung-Cheng Kuo

Shyi-Shuh Pan

Ming-Hung Chou

Chong-Jen Huang

Jui-Lin Lu

Jiann-Jen Chiou

The present invention provides a memory array fabricated by complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor salicide process. The memory array comprises a semiconductor substrate. Multitudes of first isolation devices are aligned in the semiconductor substrate and second isolation devices aligned on the semiconductor substrate. The alignment of the second isolation devices is parallel to one of the first isolation devices. Some polysilicon lines are on the second isolation devices therefor have null memory function. A conductive structure is below a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The conductive structure is located between the first isolation devices. A conductive contact is on the conductive structure. The correspondence of the first isolation devices and the polysilicon lines can prevent the conductive structures from short effect.

Memory array with salicide isolation

A method is described for forming a non-volatile memory comprising dividing a substrate into at least a memory array area and a logic device area. An oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer is firstly formed on the substrate, and a photoresist layer is formed on the ONO layer by bit line photo process, and a bit line ion implantation process is performed on the substrate to form the plurality of bit lines structure. Then, a first polysilicon layer is deposited to form a plurality of word lines by word line photo condition. The complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) ONO layer is used to store the charge and the ONO layer is only touched by the photoresist layer once. Furthermore, the separated adjust photo condition of the memory array area and the logic device area can create a safe oxide thickness to solve the problem of leakage path between bit lines to bit lines by using a self-aligned silicide process.

Method for forming embedded non-volatile memory

A method for forming an integrated circuit having metal-oxide nitride-oxide semiconductor (MONOS) memories and mixed-signal circuits is disclosed. The invention integrates non-volatile memory devices such as MONOS devices and logic devices such as MOS devices as well as PIP capacitors into SOC devices with reduced process steps.

Method for forming integrated circuit having MONOS device and mixed-signal circuit

A method for forming an embedded non-volatile memory is disclosed. The embedded non-volatile memory, comprises memory array and logic device area, is formed on a substrate where an oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer on a memory array, a gate oxide layer on a logic device area. The method is that transistors of memory array and transistors of logic device area are formed by two separately photolithography processes. In memory array, the pitch between the poly gate electrodes is equivalent and has wider spacer width. In logic device area, the pitch between the poly gate electrodes is different and has suitable spacer width. According to above-mentioned, by using separated spacer width in memory array and logic device area can avoid the leakage path between bit line to bit line in subsequently self-aligned salicide process.

Method for preventing the leakage path in embedded non-volatile memory

The present invention mainly provides a method to locally form metal silicide on an integral circuit and to avoid the phenomenon of leakage current which is caused by metal silicide formed between the memory cells on the same word line. The method of present invention achieve above objectives by principally using a design rule to adequately arrange elements in proper distance. In an embodiment, in order to form metal silicide layers on an integral circuit and to avoid metal silicide formed between two neighboring memory cell on the same word line, a dielectric layer is previously formed in the spaced region between the two neighboring memory cells and is used as a mask. Thus, in a following selective etching process, a part of silicon substrate within the above spaced region can be protected and not exposed. Therefore, no metal silicide is formed in the spaced region, and the above objectives is achieved.

Method of locally forming metal silicide layers

This invention relates to a method for forming the salicide, more particularly, to the method for forming the salicide in the partial region. The present invention uses a nitride layer to be the mask layer to form the salicide in the partial region of the logic circuit. The silicide is formed on the gate and is not formed in the diffusion region, which are in the cell array region. The silicide is formed on the gate and in the diffusion region, which are in the periphery region. The present invention method can make the semiconductor device obtain lower resistance and decrease the leakage defects.

Method for forming the partial salicide

A method of forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is disclosed. The method provides a three dimensional MIM capacitor having upgraded capacitance. A plurality of trenches are formed within the MIM capacitor to increase the charge storage area of the MIM capacitor without occupying additional planar area thereby upgrade the capacitance of the MIM capacitor and the integration.

Method of forming MIM capacitor

This invention relates to a method for forming the salicide, more particularly, to the method for forming the salicide in the partial region. The present invention uses an oxide layer to be the mask layer to form the salicide in the partial region of the logic circuit. The silicide is formed on the gate and is not formed in the diffusion region, which are in the cell array region. The silicide is formed on the gate and in the diffusion region, which are in the periphery region. The present invention method can make the semiconductor device obtain lower resistance and decrease the leakage defects.

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Shou-Wei Hwang