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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Kwang-shik Shin, Seoul, KR;
Han-soo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-hoi Hur, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An EEPROM includes a device isolation layer for defining a plurality of active regions, a pair of control gates extending across the active regions and a pair of selection gates patterns that extend across the active regions and are interposed between the control gate patterns. A floating gate pattern is formed on intersection regions where the control gate patterns extend across the active regions. A lower gate pattern is formed on intersection regions where the selection gate patterns extend across the active regions. An inter-gate dielectric pattern is disposed between the control gate pattern and the floating gate pattern and a dummy dielectric pattern is disposed between the selection gate pattern and the lower gate pattern. The dummy dielectric pattern is substantially parallel to the selection gate pattern, and self-aligned with one sidewall of the selection gate pattern to overlap a predetermine width of the selection gate pattern.