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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ming-Hsun Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Jyun-Ying Lin, Yilan County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
Integrated circuits (ICs) and methods are provided. An IC includes a charge-storing device. The charge-storing device includes a first charge-storing stack extending into a substrate, and a second charge-storing stack extending into the substrate and adjacent to the first charge-storing stack along a first direction. The first charge-storing stack and the second charge-storing stack extend lengthwise along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first charge-storing stack and the second charge-storing stack have an offset along the second direction, the offset being greater than zero.