US20210143275A1 - Finfet stack gate memory and mehod of forming thereof - Google Patents

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US20210143275A1
US20210143275A1 US16/815,151 US202016815151A US2021143275A1 US 20210143275 A1 US20210143275 A1 US 20210143275A1 US 202016815151 A US202016815151 A US 202016815151A US 2021143275 A1 US2021143275 A1 US 2021143275A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to a stack gate memory and a method of forming thereof. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a FINFET stack gate memory and a method of forming thereof.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a structure of a stack gate memory 30 of prior art.
  • a SiO 2 film 31 is grown on a p-type silicon wafer 32 in a furnace at 1000° C., and a thickness of the SiO 2 film 31 is about 200 ⁇ .
  • masks and implants are applied to form a deep N-well, an N-well and a P-well.
  • a silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) film 33 is deposited for about 2000 ⁇ , a photo printing active area (AA) pattern is applied for transistors, and a stack of Si 3 N 4 /SiO 2 /silicon is etched in sequence.
  • AA photo printing active area
  • CG structure forming step a portion of the FG structure is removed in the non-memory cell area of the memory structure, a second polysilicon is disposed on a surface of the ONO layer in the memory cell area and on the surface of the substrate and a surface of the STI oxide in the non-memory cell area of the memory structure to form a CG structure, and the FinFET stack gate memory is formed.
  • FIG. 1 is a step flow chart of a method of forming a FinFET stack gate memory according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the FG structure forming step according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the CG structure forming step according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 .
  • the nitride film 231 is formed on a thin oxide film 211 , and the thin oxide film 211 is disposed on a substrate 210 .
  • the substrate 210 can be made of a silicon.
  • the memory cell area 230 can be masked-off, and the nitride film 231 can be removed by an etching process in a non-memory cell area 240 .
  • the STI oxide 221 can be disposed in the STI structure 220 via a process of chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and the STI oxide is performed via a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP).
  • CVD chemical vapor deposition
  • CMP chemical-mechanical polishing
  • the tunnel oxide 232 is disposed in the side-wall region formed in the stripping step S 102 , and it is favorable for increasing an effective memory cell channel width.
  • the mask is applied for covering the memory cell area 230 , and the ONO layer 234 and the FG structure 233 are removed via the etching process in the non-memory cell area 240 for reserving for a plurality of peripheral devices. Furthermore, source/drain junctions for the memory cell area 230 and the peripheral devices are formed, and contact/metal connections are formed to allow proper electric connections.
  • a channel width of a scaling barrier scaling below 120 nm can be maintained, and an effective channel width can be widen. Moreover, it is favorable for avoiding significant current loss and reliability issue, and also maintaining proper cell current. Further, a scaling limitation can be decreased, and a density of the FinFET stack gate memory can be increased.
  • the STI structure 220 is disposed on the substrate 210 , and includes the STI oxide 221 .
  • the STI oxide 221 is disposed in the STI structure 220 , the STI oxide 221 can be made of silicon oxide, and a thickness of the STI oxide 221 can be 600 ⁇ to 2400 ⁇ .
  • the memory cell area 230 includes the nitride film 231 , the tunnel oxide 232 , the FG structure 233 , the ONO layer 234 and the CG structure 235 .
  • the nitride film 231 is disposed on a surface of the STI structure 220 and below the surface of the substrate 210 .
  • the tunnel oxide 232 is disposed on the substrate 210 , the tunnel oxide 232 can be made of silicon oxide, and a thickness of the tunnel oxide 232 can be 70 ⁇ to 105 ⁇ . It is worth mentioning that the best thickness of the tunnel oxide 232 is 95 ⁇ , but is not limited thereto.
  • the FG structure 233 is disposed on the tunnel oxide 232 .
  • the non-memory cell area 240 is connected to the memory cell area 230 , and includes the plurality of peripheral devices. Moreover, the memory cell area 230 is isolated from the non-memory cell area 240 , and a short circuit will not be caused.
  • the peripheral devices includes a high voltage N-channel (HVN) logic device 241 , a low voltage N-channel (LVN) logic device 242 , a high voltage P-channel (HVP) logic device 243 and a low voltage P-channel (LVP) logic device 244 .
  • a triple P-well (its reference numeral is omitted) is located on a deep N-well (its reference numeral is omitted) of the substrate 210 in the memory cell area 230 , and a P-well (its reference numeral is omitted) is located beside an N-well (its reference numeral is omitted) of the substrate 210 in the non-memory cell area 240 .
  • an effective memory cell channel width is increased, a further memory cell size scaling can be allowed, and a current of the FinFET stack gate memory can be kept intact.

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