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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Kensuke Okonogi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyonori Oyu, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kensuke Okonogi, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyonori Oyu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Elpida Memory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/331 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming a semiconductor memory device includes the steps of: implanting a dopant in a semiconductor substrate; heat treating the semiconductor substrate in an oxidizing ambient to diffuse the dopant for forming diffused regions in the semiconductor substrate; and forming memory cells each including a MOS transistor having the diffused regions as source/drain regions.