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Manufacturing method of semiconductor device

US7335556B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 2005
Grant dateFeb 26, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/19041
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a semiconductor nonvolatile memory element that is highly reliable and that can increase a variation of a threshold voltage. Further, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a highly reliable semiconductor nonvolatile memory element using a large substrate. According to the present invention, sputtering using, as a target, a solid solution containing silicon that exceeds a solid solubility limit is conducted, so that a conductive film including a conductive layer of a metal element that is a main component of the solid solution and silicon particles is formed, and then, the conductive layer of the metal element is removed to expose silicon particles. Furthermore, a semiconductor device having a semiconductor nonvolatile memory element using the silicon particles as a floating gate electrode is manufactured.

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