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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Michiharu Matsui, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/9788 ; H01L 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/9788 ; H01L 2/900 ;
Abstract
Trenches are formed by using stripe-form patterns with the same width and the same interval as a mask in the surface area of a silicon substrate and element isolation regions of STI structure are formed by filling insulating films into the trenches. Further, slits for isolating floating gates are formed by etching a polysilicon layer by using stripe-form patterns with the same width and the same interval as a mask. In addition, control gates (word lines) are formed by subjecting the polysilicon layer to the anisotropic etching process by using stripe-form patterns with the same width and the same interval as a mask.