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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Che-Fu Chuang, Changhua County, TW;
Jian-Ting Chen, Tainan, TW;
Yu-Kai Liao, Yunlin County, TW;
Hsiu-Han Liao, Hsinchu, TW;
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP., Taichung, TW;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a memory device is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a substrate; forming a plurality of first gate structures; forming a lining layer on the substrate; forming a spacer layer on the lining layer; forming a stop layer on the spacer layer; forming a first sacrificial layer on the stop layer; removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer to expose the stop layer on the first gate structures, and to expose the stop layer at the bottoms of the trenches; removing the stop layer at the bottoms of the trenches to expose the spacer layer; removing the remaining first sacrificial layer; forming a second sacrificial layer on the substrate; and removing the second sacrificial layer, and removing the spacer layer and the lining layer at the bottoms of the plurality of trenches to expose the substrate.