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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Applicant:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/11578 (2017.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/11578 (2013.01); H01L 29/4236 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a non-volatile memory cell, and a gate stack. The non-volatile memory cell is formed in the semiconductor substrate, and a top surface of the non-volatile memory cell is coplanar with or below a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack is formed on the semiconductor substrate.