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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Masatomi Okanishi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Masatomi Okanishi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes bit lines () that are provided in a semiconductor substrate () an ONO film () that is provided on the semiconductor substrate; word lines that are provided on the ONO film () and extend in a width direction of the bit lines (); and a dummy layer () that extends in the width direction of the bit lines () and is provided in a bit-line contact region () having contact holes formed to connect the bit lines () with wiring layers (). In accordance with the present invention, the proximity effect at the time of word line formation can be restrained, and the variation in the widths of the word lines can be made smaller, or current leakage between the bit lines and the semiconductor substrate can be restrained.