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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Tea-kwang Yu, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jeong-uk Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-tae Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/788 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The nonvolatile memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a device isolation layer defining an active region in the semiconductor substrate. The device isolation layer includes a top surface lower than a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, such that a side-upper surface of the active region is exposed. A sense line crosses both the active region and the device isolation layer, and a word line, spaced apart from the sense line, crosses both the active region and the device isolation layer.