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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
J Dennis Keller, Boise, ID (US);
Roger R Lee, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A method of reducing undesired electron depletion through sidewalls of a floating gate of a floating gate transistor comprising providing a non-oxide or oxynitride layer over said sidewalls. Integrated circuitry including a non-volatile field effect transistor includes, a) a floating gate transistor having a gate construction and a pair of opposing source/drain regions, the gate construction having at least one sidewall; b) a shielding layer over the gate sidewall; and c) a dielectric layer on the shielding layer, the dielectric layer being of a different material than the shielding layer. The shielding layer might be provided over an oxide layer previously provided on sidewalls of the gate construction. The shielding layer might be provided over sidewall spacers previously provided relative to sidewalls of the gate construction. Example and preferred shielding layer materials include Si.sub.3 N.sub.4, oxynitride compounds, and aluminum.