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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Harry Hak-Lay Chuang, Zhubei, TW;
Wei Cheng Wu, Zhubei, TW;
Shih-Chang Liu, Alian Township, TW;
Ya-Chen Kao, Fuxing Township, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) for an embedded flash memory device. The IC includes a flash memory cell having a memory cell gate. A silicide contact pad is arranged in a recess of the memory cell gate. A top surface of the silicide contact pad is recessed relative to a top surface of the memory cell gate. Dielectric side-wall spacers extend along sidewalls of the recess from the top surface of the memory cell gate to the top surface of the silicide contact pad.