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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Arvind Halliyal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David K. Foote, San Jose, CA (US);
Hideki Komori, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kenneth W. Au, Fremont, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A process for fabricating an ONO floating-gate electrode in a two-bit EEPROM device includes providing a semiconductor substrate and thermally growing a first silicon oxide layer overlying the semiconductor substrate. A thermal anneal is performed after growing the first silicon oxide layer in an ambient atmosphere of at least one of nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and ammonia. In this regard, nitrogen is incorporated into the first silicon oxide layer which leads to a better performance and a higher quality of the ONO structure. A silicon nitride layer is formed to overlie the first silicon oxide layer; and a second layer of silicon oxide is formed to overlie the silicon nitride layer to complete the ONO structure.