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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chia-Chi Chung, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ; H01L 2/18234 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ; H01L 2/18234 ;
Abstract
Methods for making a nonvolatile memory device, such as an NROM device that has an oxide-nitride-oxide layer beneath at least one word line structure, are disclosed. The oxide-nitride-oxide layer is in the form of a plurality of oxide-nitride block structures disposed over an oxide layer, with each of the oxide-nitride block structures overlapping two adjoining bit lines. A dielectric resolution enhancement coating technique is performed to precisely control the oxide-nitride block structure dimensions.