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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Chung Jen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yu-Chu Lin, Tainan, TW;
Cheng-Hsiang Wang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yi-Ling Liu, Kaohsiung, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit is provided. The method includes depositing a floating gate electrode film over a semiconductor substrate; patterning the floating gate electrode film into at least one floating gate electrode having at least one opening therein; depositing a control gate electrode film over the semiconductor substrate to overfill the at least one opening of the floating gate electrode; and patterning the control gate electrode film into at least one control gate electrode over the floating gate electrode.