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Method of manufacturing non-volatile semiconductor memory device

US8592272B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 2012
Grant dateNov 26, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/681
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a non-volatile semiconductor memory device of an embodiment includes: forming, on a semiconductor substrate, an element isolation region to be filled with a first insulating film; forming memory cell gate electrodes on element regions; etching the first insulating film so that the first insulating film remains in the element isolation region of a region in which a select gate electrode is to be formed; forming a second insulating film on the memory cell gate electrodes so that an air gap is created between the memory cell gate electrodes; forming two select gate electrodes; forming carbon side walls on the select gate electrodes; implanting ions of an impurity between the two select gate electrodes with the side walls as a mask; and removing the carbon side walls.

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