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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Young-soo Ahn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong-seob OH, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Young-Soo Ahn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong-Seob Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory device includes: a channel layer protruding perpendicular to a surface of a substrate; a tunnel insulation layer formed on a surface of the channel layer; a stack structure, in which a plurality of floating gate electrodes and a plurality of control gate electrodes are alternately formed along the channel layer; and a charge blocking layer interposed between each floating gate electrode, of the plurality of floating gate electrodes, and each control gate electrode of the plurality of control gate electrodes, wherein the floating gate electrode includes a first floating gate electrode between two control gate electrodes and a second floating gate electrode positioned in the lowermost and uppermost parts of the stack structure and having a smaller width in a direction parallel to the substrate than the first floating gate electrode.