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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2008
Mihaela Balseanu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vladimir Zubkov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Li-qun Xia, Cupertino, CA (US);
Atif Noori, Saratoga, CA (US);
Reza Arghavani, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Derek R. Witty, Fremont, CA (US);
Amir Al-bayati, San Jose, CA (US);
Mihaela Balseanu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vladimir Zubkov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Li-Qun Xia, Cupertino, CA (US);
Atif Noori, Saratoga, CA (US);
Reza Arghavani, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Derek R. Witty, Fremont, CA (US);
Amir Al-Bayati, San Jose, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A flash memory device and methods of forming a flash memory device are provided. The flash memory device includes a doped silicon nitride layer having a dopant comprising carbon, boron or oxygen. The doped silicon nitride layer generates a higher number and higher concentration of nitrogen and silicon dangling bonds in the layer and provides an increase in charge holding capacity and charge retention time of the unit cell of a non-volatile memory device.