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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1999
Stephen Keetai Park, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tim Thurgate, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bharath Rangarajan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A process for fabricating an MNOS device includes the steps of forming a hardmask containing at least first and second openings over a core array area of a semiconductor substrate. An angle doping process is carried out to form halo regions in precise locations within the substrate at the edges of the first and second openings in the hardmask. Another doping process is carried out to form buried bit-lines in the substrate using the hardmask as a doping mask. Once the halo regions and the buried bit-lines are formed, the hardmask is removed and a composite dielectric layer is formed overlying the substrate. A gate layer is deposited to overlie the composite dielectric layer, and an etching process is carried out to form a control gate electrode and a charge storage electrode in the MNOS device