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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Naoyoshi Kobayashi, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Tomoyama, Higashihiorshima, JP;
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a substrate; a memory cell region provided over the substrate; a peripheral region provided over the substrate and adjacent to the memory cell region; and a plurality of word-lines extending in parallel across the memory cell region and the peripheral region; a first insulating film covering top surfaces of the plurality of word-lines in each of the memory cell region and the peripheral region and covering side surfaces of upper portions of the plurality of word-lines in the peripheral region without covering side surfaces of the upper portions of the plurality of word-lines in the memory cell region.