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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Applicant:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/788 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 27/11534 (2017.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/42328 (2013.01); H01L 27/11534 (2013.01); H01L 29/42336 (2013.01); H01L 29/66825 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a semiconductor device, including a substrate with a memory region and a logic region, the substrate having a recess disposed in the memory region, a logic gate stack disposed in the logic region, and a non-volatile memory disposed in the recess. The non-volatile memory includes at least two floating gates and at least two control gates disposed on the floating gates, where each floating gate has a step-shaped bottom, and the step-shaped bottom includes a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface lower than the first bottom surface.