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Semiconductor device with self-aligned contact and its manufacture

US6285045A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1997
Grant dateSep 4, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D1/716
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor memory device comprising: a first insulating film covering the upper and side surfaces of a gate electrode; a second insulating film formed on the substrate covering the first insulating film; a pair of contact holes formed through the second insulating film and reaching the impurity diffusion regions; a conductive plug embedded in one of the contact holes; a third insulating film formed on the second insulating film covering the conductive plug, and having a first aperture on the other contact hole; a bit line formed on the third insulating film and connected to the other impurity diffusion region through the first aperture and the other contact hole; a fourth insulating film covering the upper and side surfaces of the bit line; a second aperture formed through the third insulating film in alignment with the fourth insulating film covering the side surface of the bit line; a storage electrode formed to extend over the bit line, insulated from the bit line by the third and fourth insulating films, and electrically connected to the conductive plug through the second aperture.

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