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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
Yen-Lin Ding, Hsinchu, TW;
Gary Hong, Hsin-Chu, TW;
United Semiconductor Copr., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a flash memory. A substrate having a patterned pad oxide layer formed thereon and a patterned mask layer on the pad oxide layer is provided. A doped region is formed in the substrate exposed by the patterned mask layer and the pad oxide layer. A spacer is formed on the sidewall of the patterned mask layer and the pad oxide layer to cover a portion of the doped region. A trench is formed in the substrate exposed by the mask layer and the spacer. An insulating layer is formed to fill the trench, wherein the insulating layer leveled with a top surface of the patterned mask layer. The patterned mask layer and the spacer are removed to respectively expose the patterned oxide layer and the portion of the doped region. A self-aligned tunnel oxide layer is formed on the portion of the doped region. A patterned first conductive layer is formed over the substrate to expose portions of the patterned pad oxide layer above the substrate excluding the doped region. A self-aligned doped region is formed in the substrate under the patterned pad oxide layer exposed by the patterned first conductive layer. A dielectric layer is formed on the patterned first conductive layer and the self-aligned doped region. A patterned second conductive layer is formed over the substrate.