US20070111357A1 - Manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a non-volatile memory and a manufacturing method and an operation method thereof.
- EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
- a non-volatile memory having a charge storage layer of silicon nitride is provided.
- Such silicon nitride charge storage layer usually has respectively a silicon oxide layer on the top and at the bottom, so as to form a memory cell of silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) structure.
- SONOS silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon
- the electrons injected into the charge storage layer are not distributed evenly in the entire charge storage layer, instead, the electrons stay in a particular area in the charge storage layer and present Gaussian distribution in the direction of the channel, thus, leakage current won't be produced easily.
- the gate of a SONOS memory cell in the memory cell region and the gate of a transistor in the logic circuit region are usually formed within the same step, and the oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer of the SONOS memory cell and the gate oxide of the transistor in the logic circuit region are then patterned right after the gates are formed.
- the thicknesses and structures of the oxide/nitride/oxide layer of the SONOS memory cell and the gate oxide of the transistor in the logic circuit region are very different, the thickness of the gate oxide becomes thinner and thinner along with the minimization of the device.
- the SONOS memory cell in the memory cell region and the transistor in the logic circuit region are fabricated separately, and which complicates the fabricating process.
- the present invention is directed to provide a manufacturing method of non-volatile memory.
- the structure of the non-volatile memory is very simple, and the manufacturing process thereof is compatible with general logic circuit processes.
- the present invention provides a manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory which includes following steps. First, a first conductive type substrate is provided and a gate is formed on the first conductive type substrate. A second conductive type first lightly doped region is formed in the substrate at the first side of the gate, and a charge storage layer is formed on the sidewall of the gate. Next, a second conductive type source region is formed in the substrate at the first side of the gate, and a second conductive type source region is formed in the substrate at the second side of the gate, wherein the second conductive type first lightly doped region is formed in the first conductive type substrate between the second conductive type source region and the gate.
- the second conductive type is N-type; if the first conductive type is N-type, the second conductive type is P-type.
- a first dielectric layer is further formed on the first conductive type substrate before the gate is formed on the first conductive type substrate.
- the first dielectric layer has a first thickness at the first side and a second thickness at the second side, and the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
- a second dielectric layer is further formed on the first conductive type substrate after the gate is formed on the first conductive type substrate.
- the steps of forming the second conductive type first lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate are as following. First, a patterned photoresist layer is formed on the substrate, and the patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate. Next, an ion implantation process is performed to form the second conductive type first lightly doped region. After that, the patterned photoresist layer is removed.
- the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory further includes forming a first conductive type lightly doped region in the substrate at the second side of the gate, and the first conductive type lightly doped region is between the second conductive type drain region and the gate.
- the steps of forming the second conductive type first lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate and the first conductive type lightly doped region in the substrate at the second side of the gate are as following.
- a first patterned photoresist layer is formed on the substrate, and the first patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate.
- a first ion implantation process is performed to form the second conductive type first lightly doped region.
- a second patterned photoresist layer is formed on the substrate after the first patterned photoresist layer is removed, the second patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the second side of the gate.
- a second ion implantation process is performed to form the first conductive type lightly doped region. After that, the second patterned photoresist layer is removed.
- the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory further includes forming a second conductive type second lightly doped region in the substrate at the second side of the gate, and the second conductive type second lightly doped region is between the second conductive type drain region and the gate.
- the steps of forming the second conductive type first lightly doped region and the second conductive type second lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the first side and the second side of the gate and forming the first conductive type lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the second side of the gate are as following.
- a first ion implantation process is performed to form the second conductive type first lightly doped region and the second conductive type second lightly doped region.
- a patterned photoresist layer is formed on the first conductive type substrate, and the patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the second side of the gate.
- the patterned photoresist layer is removed after a second ion implantation process is performed to form the first conductive type lightly doped region.
- the steps of forming the charge storage layer on the sidewall of the gate are as following.
- An anisotropic etching process is performed to remove part of the charge storage material layer after the charge storage material layer is formed on the first conductive type substrate.
- the charge storage layer of a memory cell is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, which is different from the conventional technique that the oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer of a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory is formed below the gate.
- the structure in the present invention can greatly reduce the size of the device.
- the manufacturing method of non-volatile memory in the present invention can be integrated with a typical complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing process and no photolithography etching process of multiple masks is required, thus, the manufacturing time of a device can be shortened.
- CMOS complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
- a lightly doped region of the same conductive type as that of the source region is formed at the source, and no lightly doped region is formed at the drain or the substrate at the drain is neutralized, or even a lightly doped region of the inverse conductive type as that of the drain region is formed at the drain.
- the turn-on current at reading the memory cell is smaller so that the device can have better performance.
- FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1D is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1E is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1F is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row in FIG. 2A .
- FIG. 3A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row in FIG. 3A .
- FIGS. 4 A ⁇ 4 E are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5 A ⁇ 5 B are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6 A ⁇ 6 C are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 7 A ⁇ 7 D are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 8 A ⁇ 8 C and FIG. 8I are diagrams illustrating the operation of an N-type non-volatile memory.
- FIGS. 8 D ⁇ 8 E are diagrams illustrating the operation of a P-type non-volatile memory.
- FIG. 8F is a diagram illustrating a right reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8G is a diagram illustrating an inverse reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8H is a diagram illustrating an erasing operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- a memory cell 101 a is, for example, formed on a first conductive type substrate 100 .
- the first conductive type substrate 100 is, for example, a silicon substrate.
- the memory cell is, for example, composed of a gate dielectric layer 102 , a gate 104 , a dielectric layer 106 , charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b, a second conductive type source region 110 , a second conductive type drain region 112 , and a second conductive type lightly doped region 114 .
- the gate 104 is, for example, formed on the first conductive type substrate 100 .
- the material of the gate 104 is, for example, doped polysilicon.
- the gate dielectric layer 102 is, for example, formed between the gate 104 and the first conductive type substrate 100 .
- the material of the gate dielectric layer 102 is, for example, silicon oxide.
- the second conductive type source region 110 and the second conductive type drain region 112 is, for example, formed in the first conductive type substrate at two sides of the gate 104 .
- the charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b is, for example, formed on the sidewall of the gate 104 , wherein the charge storage layer 108 a is formed on the substrate between the second conductive type drain region 112 and the gate 104 , and the charge storage layer 108 b is formed on the substrate between the second conductive type source region 112 and the gate 104 .
- the charge storage layer 108 a is used for storing charges, while the charge storage layer 108 b is not for storing charge but can be considered as an insulating spacer.
- the material of the charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b is, for example, silicon nitride.
- the material of the charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b is not limited to silicon nitride but may also be other material which can trap charges, such as SiON, TaO, SrTiO 3 , or HfO 2 .
- the second conductive type lightly doped region 114 is, for example, formed in the first conductive type substrate 100 between the gate 104 and the second conductive type source region 110 , namely, below the charge storage layer 108 b.
- the first conductive type is P-type
- the second conductive type is N-type
- the memory cell is a N-channel memory cell
- the first conductive type is N-type
- the second conductive type is P-type
- the memory cell is a P-channel memory cell
- the charge storage layer 108 a can be used for storing charges.
- the second conductive type lightly doped region 114 is formed at the second conductive type source region 110 , and then the charge storage layer 108 b cannot be used for storing charges.
- the structure of the memory cell in the present invention is very simple and the manufacturing method can be integrated with a typical complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing process.
- CMOS complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor
- FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components same as those in FIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below.
- the memory cell 101 b includes a first conductive type lightly doped region 116 formed at the second conductive type drain region 112 .
- the first conductive type lightly doped region 116 is, for example, formed in the first conductive type substrate 100 between the gate 104 and the second conductive type drain region 112 , namely, below the charge storage layer 108 a.
- a lightly doped region of the conductive type inverse to that of the source/drain region is formed at the drain, and which helps to inject carriers into the charge storage layer 108 a.
- FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components same as those in FIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below.
- the memory cell 101 c includes a second conductive type lightly doped region 114 a and a first conductive type lightly doped region 116 formed at the second conductive type drain region 112 .
- the first conductive type lightly doped region 116 is, for example, formed in the first conductive type substrate 100 between the gate 104 and the second conductive type drain region 112 , namely, below the charge storage layer 108 a.
- the second conductive type lightly doped region 114 a is, for example, formed in the first conductive type substrate 100 between the gate 104 and the second conductive type drain region 112 , namely below the charge storage layer 108 a.
- the substrate 100 below the charge storage layer 108 a can be maintained to the first conductive type, and which helps to inject carriers into the charge storage layer 108 a.
- FIG. 1D is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components same as those in FIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below.
- the gate dielectric layer 102 a between the gate 104 and the first conductive type substrate 100 has different thicknesses at where close to the second conductive type drain region 112 and the second conductive type source region 110 .
- the thickness of the gate dielectric layer 102 a at where close to the second conductive type source region 110 is d 1
- the thickness of the gate dielectric layer 102 a at where close to the second conductive type drain region 112 is d 2
- d 2 is greater than d 1 .
- FIG. 1E is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components same as those in FIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below.
- the memory unit 101 e is, for example, composed of two memory cells 101 a formed in symmetric manner. Namely, two adjacent memory cells 101 a share a second conductive type source region 110 .
- a memory unit 101 e composed of two memory cells 101 a is illustrated in FIG. 1E , however, the memory unit 101 e may also be composed of two memory cells 101 b ⁇ 101 d in FIG. 1B ⁇ FIG. 1D formed in symmetric manner.
- FIG. 1F is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components same as those in FIG. 1E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below.
- the memory unit 101 f is, for example, composed of two memory cells 101 a formed in symmetric manner. However, the two memory cells 101 a are very close to each other so that no second conductive type source region 110 is formed, but the two memory cells 101 a share a second conductive type lightly doped region 114 . Since no second conductive type source region 110 is formed between the two memory cells 101 a, the device integration can be further increased.
- the charge storage layer is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, and which is different from that the oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer of a conventional SONOS memory is formed below the gate.
- the structure in the present invention can greatly reduce device size.
- the manufacturing process of the non-volatile memory in the present invention is simple and no photolithography process of multiple masks is required, furthermore, the process can be integrated with a typical CMOS process, thus, the manufacturing time of device can be shortened.
- the second conductive type drain regions 112 in the non-volatile memories in FIGS. 1 A ⁇ 1 F do not have to be self aligned to the gate.
- FIG. 2A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row in FIG. 2A .
- the memory cell array is, for example, composed of memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 46 , a plurality of source lines SL 1 ⁇ SL 4 , a plurality of bit lines BL 1 ⁇ BL 4 , and a plurality of word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 6 .
- the structures of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 46 are as shown in FIGS. 1 A ⁇ 1 D.
- the memory cell illustrated in FIG. 1A is described as an example in FIG. 2B .
- the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 46 are arranged as an array.
- the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 16 are, for example, formed in symmetric manner in direction X (the direction of rows). Two adjacent memory cells among memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 16 share one source region S or one drain region D.
- the memory cells Q 11 and Q 12 share the drain region D 1
- the memory cells Q 13 and Q 14 share the drain region D 2
- the memory cells Q 15 and Q 16 share the drain region D 3 .
- the memory cells Q 12 and Q 13 share the source region S 2
- the memory cells Q 14 and Q 15 share the source region S 3 .
- the source lines SL 1 ??SL 4 are arranged in parallel in direction Y (the direction of columns) and connect the source regions of the memory cells in the same column.
- the source line SL 1 connects the, source regions of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 41
- the source line SL 2 connects the source regions of the memory cells Q 12 ⁇ Q 41 and the memory cells Q 13 ⁇ Q 43 , . . .
- the source line SL 4 connects the source regions of the memory cells Q 16 ⁇ Q 46 .
- the bit lines BL 1 ⁇ BL 4 are arranged in parallel in direction X (the direction of rows) and connect the drain regions of the memory cells in the same row.
- the bit line BL 1 connects the drain regions of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 16
- the bit line BL 2 connects the drain regions of the memory cells Q 21 ⁇ Q 26
- the bit lines BL 4 connects the drain regions of the memory cells Q 41 ⁇ Q 46 .
- the word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 6 are arranged in parallel in the direction of columns and connect the gates of the memory cells in the same column.
- the word line WL 1 connects the gates of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 41
- the word line WL 2 connects the gates of the memory cells Q 12 ⁇ Q 42
- the word line WL 6 connects the gate of the memory cells Q 16 ⁇ Q 46 .
- FIG. 3A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row in FIG. 3A .
- the memory cell array is, for example, composed of memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 46 , a plurality of bit lines BL 1 ⁇ BL 7 , and a plurality of word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 6 .
- the structures of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 46 are as illustrated in FIGS. 1 A ⁇ 1 D.
- the memory cell illustrated in FIG. 1A is described as an example in FIG. 3B .
- the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 46 are arranged as an array.
- direction X the direction of rows
- the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 16 are, for example, connected in series
- the memory cells Q 21 ⁇ Q 26 are, for example, connected in series
- the memory cells Q 41 ⁇ Q 46 are, for example, connected in series.
- series connection refers to that the source region of a memory cell is connected to the drain region of the previous adjacent memory cell, and the drain region of the memory cell is connected to the source region of the next memory cell. That is, in the direction of rows, two adjacent memory cells share one doped region S/D, and the S/D is used as the source region of a memory cell and the drain region of the other memory cell.
- the bit lines BL 1 ⁇ BL 7 are arranged in parallel in direction Y (the direction of columns) and connect the doped regions S/D in the same column.
- the bit line BL 1 connects the doped regions S/D at one side of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 41
- the bit line BL 2 connects the doped regions S/D between the memory cells Q 12 ⁇ Q 42 and the memory cells Q 13 ⁇ Q 42
- the bit line BL 6 connects the doped regions S/D between the memory cells Q 15 ⁇ Q 45 and the memory cells Q 16 ⁇ Q 46
- the bit line BL 7 connects the doped regions S/D at the other side of the memory cells Q 16 ⁇ Q 46 .
- the word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 6 are arranged in parallel in the direction of rows and connect the gates of the memory cells in the same row.
- the word line WL 1 connects the gates of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 16
- the word line WL 2 connects the gates of the memory cells Q 21 ⁇ Q 26
- the word line WL 4 connects the gates of the memory cells Q 41 ⁇ Q 46 .
- the charge storage layers of the memory cells Q 11 ⁇ Q 46 are formed on the sidewalls of the gates, and such structure can greatly reduce device size.
- the manufacturing process is very simple and no photolithography process of multiple masks is required, further more, the manufacturing process can be integrated with a typical CMOS process, so that the manufacturing time of the device can be shortened.
- FIGS. 4 A ⁇ 4 E are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- a first conductive type substrate 200 is provided and a dielectric layer 202 and a conductive layer 204 are formed on the substrate 200 .
- the first conductive type substrate 200 is, for example, a silicon substrate.
- the material of the dielectric layer 202 is, for example, silicon oxide, and the formation method thereof is, for example, thermal oxidation.
- the material of the conductive layer 204 is, for example, doped polysilicon, and the formation method thereof is, for example, forming a layer of undoped polysilicon by chemical vapor deposition first and then performing ion implantation to form the conductive layer 204 , or performing chemical vapor deposition with in-situ dopant implantation to form the conductive layer 204 .
- the conductive layer 204 and the dielectric layer 202 are patterned to form a gate 204 a and a gate dielectric layer 202 a.
- the method of patterning the conductive layer 204 and the dielectric layer 202 is, for example, photolithography etching technique.
- a dielectric layer 206 is then formed on the substrate 200 .
- the material of the dielectric layer 206 is, for example, silicon oxide, and the formation method thereof is, for example, thermal oxidation or chemical vapor deposition.
- a patterned photoresist layer 208 is formed on the substrate 200 , and the patterned photoresist layer 208 exposes the substrate 200 at one side of the gate 204 a.
- the patterned photoresist layer 208 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique.
- a dopant implantation step 210 is performed with the patterned photoresist layer 208 as a mask to form a second conductive type lightly doped region 212 in the substrate 200 .
- the dopant implantation step 210 is, for example, to implant dopants into the substrate 200 by ion implantation.
- a charge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of the gate 204 after the patterned photoresist layer 208 is removed.
- the material of the charge storage layer 214 is, for example, silicon nitride, SiON, TaO, SrTiO 3 , or HfO 2 .
- the formation method of the charge storage layer 214 is, for example, forming a charge storage material layer by chemical vapor deposition first and then removing part of the charge storage material layer by performing an anisotropic etching process.
- a dopant implantation step 216 is then performed with the gate 204 a having the charge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductive type source region 218 a and a second conductive type drain region 218 b in the substrate 200 .
- the dopant implantation step 216 is, for example, to implant dopant into the substrate 200 by ion implantation.
- FIGS. 5 A ⁇ 5 B are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components in FIGS. 5 A ⁇ 5 B same as those in FIGS. 4 A ⁇ 4 E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein.
- the patterned photoresist layer 208 is removed after the second conductive type lightly doped region 212 is formed in the substrate 200 .
- another patterned photoresist layer 220 is formed on the substrate 200 , and the patterned photoresist layer 220 exposes the substrate 200 at the other side (the side opposite to the second conductive type lightly doped region 212 ) of the gate 204 a.
- the patterned photoresist layer 220 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique.
- a dopant implantation step 222 is performed with the patterned photoresist layer 220 as a mask to form a first conductive type lightly doped region 224 in the substrate 200 .
- the dopant implantation step 222 is, for example, to implant dopant into the substrate 200 by ion implantation.
- a charge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of the gate 204 after the patterned photoresist layer 220 is removed. Then a dopant implantation step 216 is performed with the gate 204 a having the charge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductive type source region 218 a and a second conductive type drain region 218 b in the substrate 200 .
- FIGS. 6 A ⁇ 6 C are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components in FIGS. 6 A ⁇ 6 C same as those in FIGS. 4 A ⁇ 4 E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein.
- a dopant implantation step 225 is performed with the gate 204 a as a mask to form second conductive type lightly doped regions 212 a and 212 b in the substrate 200 at two sides of the gate 204 a.
- the dopant implantation step 225 is, for example, to implant dopant into the substrate 200 by ion implantation.
- a patterned photoresist layer 226 is formed on the substrate 200 , and the patterned photoresist layer 226 exposes the substrate 200 at one side of the gate 204 a.
- the patterned photoresist layer 226 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique.
- a dopant implantation step 228 is performed with the patterned photoresist layer 226 as a mask to form a first conductive type lightly doped region 230 in the substrate 200 .
- the dopant implantation step 228 is, for example, to implant dopant into the substrate 200 by ion implantation.
- a charge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of the gate 204 after the patterned photoresist layer 226 is removed. Then, a dopant implantation step 216 is performed with the gate 204 a having the charge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductive type source region 218 a and a second conductive type drain region 218 b in the substrate 200 .
- FIGS. 7 A ⁇ 7 D are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the components in FIGS. 7 A ⁇ 7 D same as those in FIGS. 4 A ⁇ 4 E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein.
- a first conductive type substrate 200 is provided, and a dielectric layer 202 and a conductive layer 204 are formed on the substrate 200 .
- the first conductive type substrate 200 is, for example, a silicon substrate.
- the dielectric layer 202 is, for example, composed of a dielectric layer 201 a and a dielectric layer 201 b. Thus, the dielectric layer 202 has two different thicknesses.
- the material of the dielectric layer 202 is, for example, silicon oxide.
- the formation method of the dielectric layer 202 is, for example, forming a dielectric layer on the substrate 200 first, then patterning the dielectric layer to form the dielectric layer 201 a, and after that forming the dielectric layer 201 b on the substrate 200 .
- the material of the conductive layer 204 is, for example, doped polysilicon, and the formation method thereof is, for example, forming a layer of undoped polysilicon by performing chemical vapor deposition first, and then performing ion implantation to form the conductive layer 204 , or performing chemical vapor deposition with in-situ dopant implantation to form the conductive layer 204 .
- the conductive layer 204 and the dielectric layer 202 are patterned to form the gate 204 a and the gate dielectric layer 202 a.
- the method of patterning the conductive layer 204 and the dielectric layer 202 is, for example, photolithography etching technique.
- a dielectric layer 206 is then formed on the substrate 200 .
- the material of the dielectric layer 206 is, for example, silicon oxide, and the formation method thereof is, for example, thermal oxidation or chemical vapor deposition.
- a patterned photoresist layer 208 is formed on the substrate 200 , and the patterned photoresist layer 208 exposes the substrate 200 at one side of the gate 204 a.
- the patterned photoresist layer 208 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique.
- a dopant implantation step 210 is performed with the patterned photoresist layer 208 as a mask to form a second conductive type lightly doped region 212 in the substrate 200 .
- the second conductive type lightly doped region 212 is formed at the thinner side of the dielectric layer 202 a.
- the dopant implantation step 210 is, for example, to implant dopant into the substrate 200 by ion implantation.
- a charge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of the gate 204 after the patterned photoresist layer 208 is removed. Then, a dopant implantation step 216 is performed with the gate 204 a having the charge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductive type source region 218 a and a second conductive type drain region 218 b in the substrate 200 .
- the dopant implantation step 216 is, for example, implanting dopants into the substrate 200 by ion implantation.
- the fabricating method of the lightly doped regions in FIGS. 7 A ⁇ 7 D may also adopt the methods described in the embodiments of FIGS. 5 A ⁇ 5 B and FIGS. 6 A ⁇ 6 C.
- the charge storage layer is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, and which is very different from the conventional technique that the ONO layer of a SONOS memory is formed below the gate.
- the manufacturing method of non-volatile memory in the present invention can be integrated with a typical CMOS process and can shorten the time required for manufacturing the device.
- FIGS. 8 A ⁇ 8 C and FIG. 81 are diagrams illustrating the operation of an N-type non-volatile memory.
- FIGS. 8 D ⁇ 8 E are diagrams illustrating the operation of a P-type non-volatile memory.
- the voltage which allows the memory cell to have the maximum turn-on current is voltage VD, and voltage VD is, for example, about 2.5V.
- a voltage V 1 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V 1 is higher than voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage V 2 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V 2 is 1.5 ⁇ 3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- the N-type source region and the P-type substrate are grounded. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with channel hot electron injection.
- a voltage V 3 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V 3 is lower than 0V and which is, for example, about ⁇ 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage V 4 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V 4 is 1.5 ⁇ 3 times of voltage VD lo and which is, for example, about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- the N-type source region is floated, and the P-type substrate is grounded. Holes are injected into the charge storage layer with band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection.
- a voltage V 5 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V 5 is higher than the threshold voltage Vth of the memory cell and lower than voltage VD and which is, for example, about 1V.
- a voltage V 6 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V 6 is 1.5 ⁇ 3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage of 0V is supplied to the N-type source region and the P-type substrate. Holes are injected into the charge storage layer with drain breakdown induced hot hole injection.
- a voltage V 17 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V 17 is higher than voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage V 18 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V 18 is 1.5 ⁇ 3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage V 19 is supplied to the N-type source region and which is, for example, about 0 ⁇ 2V.
- a voltage V 20 is supplied to the P-type substrate and which is, for example, about 0 ⁇ 2V. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with channel hot carrier induced secondary carrier injection.
- a voltage V 7 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V 7 is lower than the threshold voltage Vth of the memory cell and which is, for example, about ⁇ 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage V 8 is supplied to the P-type drain region, wherein voltage V 8 is the negative of 1.5 ⁇ 3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about ⁇ 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage of 0V is supplied to the P-type source region and the N-type substrate. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with channel hot electron injection.
- a voltage V 9 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V 9 is higher than 0V and which is, for example, about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- a voltage V 10 is supplied to the P-type drain region, wherein voltage V 10 is the negative of 1.5 ⁇ 3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about ⁇ 3 ⁇ 7V.
- the P-type source region is floated, and a voltage of 0V is supplied to the N-type substrate. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection.
- FIGS. 8F and 8G illustrate the reading operation of a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8F is a diagram illustrating a right reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 8G is a diagram illustrating an inverse reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a voltage Vr 1 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage Vr 1 is equal to voltage VD and which is, for example, about 2.5V.
- a voltage Vr 2 is supplied to the second conductive type drain region, and voltage Vr 2 is, for example, about 1V.
- a voltage of 0V is supplied to the second conductive type source region.
- a voltage Vr 3 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage Vr 3 is equal to voltage VD and which is, for example, about 2.5V.
- a voltage Vr 4 is supplied to the second conductive type source region, and the voltage Vr 4 is, for example, about 1V or 1.5V.
- a voltage Vr 5 is supplied to the second conductive type drain region, and the voltage Vr 5 is, for example, about 0V or 0.5V.
- the digital data stored in the memory cell can be determined by detecting the channel current in the memory cell.
- charges stored in the memory cell may also be erased by high power radiation (for example, ultraviolet radiation) or by FN tunneling effect.
- FIG. 8H is a diagram illustrating an erasing operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a voltage Ve 1 is supplied to the gate, a voltage Ve 2 is supplied to the second conductive type drain region, and the second conductive type source region and the first conductive type substrate is floated.
- the voltage difference between voltage Ve 1 and voltage Ve 2 may induce FN tunneling effect.
- Voltage Ve 1 is about ⁇ 6 ⁇ 0V, and voltage Ve 2 is about 3 ⁇ 7V.
- voltage Ve 1 may also be about 6 ⁇ 10V, and voltage Ve 2 may also be about ⁇ 3 ⁇ 7V.
- electrons or holes are injected into the charge storage layer by one of channel hot electron injection, band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection, drain breakdown induced hot hole injection, and channel hot carrier induced secondary carrier injection, so as to program/erase the memory cell.
- Right reading or inverse reading can be performed to the non-volatile memory in the present invention.
- charges stored in the memory cell may also be erased by using high power radiation (for example, ultraviolet radiation) or FN tunneling effect.
- a lightly doped region of the same conductive type as that of the source region at the source no lightly doped region is formed at the drain or the substrate at the drain is neutralized, or even a lightly doped region of the inverse conductive type of that of the drain region is formed at the drain, so that at reading the memory cell, regardless right reading or inverse reading, the memory cell in the present invention has smaller turn-on current and better device performance compared to conventional memory cell wherein lightly doped regions of the same conductive type as that of the source region are formed at both the source and the drain.
- non-volatile memory array in the present invention, which includes programming, erasing, and data reading.
- An exemplary embodiment of the operation method of a non-volatile memory will be described below; however, the operation method is not limited thereto.
- the memory unit Q 13 illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B will be described below as an example.
- a voltage Vp 1 for example, 5V
- a voltage Vp 2 for example, 5V
- the selected bit line BL 1 is supplied to the selected word line WL 1 .
- the selected source line SL 2 is grounded.
- the other non-selected word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 2 , WL 4 ⁇ WL 6 , non-selected bit lines BL 2 ⁇ BL 4 , and source lines SL 1 and SL 3 ⁇ SL 4 are grounded.
- the selected memory cell Q 13 is programmed by channel hot electron injection.
- a voltage Ve 1 for example, ⁇ 5V
- a voltage Ve 2 for example, 5V
- the selected bit line BL 1 is supplied to the selected word line WL 3 .
- the selected source line SL 2 is floated.
- the other non-selected world lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 2 , WL 4 ⁇ WL 6 , non-selected bit lines BL 2 ⁇ BL 4 , and source lines SL 1 , SL 3 ⁇ SL 4 are grounded.
- the selected memory cell Q 13 is erased by band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection.
- the voltage Ve 1 for example, ⁇ 5V, is supplied to all the word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 6
- the voltage Ve 2 for example, 5V, is supplied to all the bit lines BL 1 ⁇ BL 4
- all the source lines SL 2 are floating, so as to erase all the memory cells in the entire section.
- a voltage Vr 1 for example, 2.5V
- a voltage Vr 2 for example, 0.5V
- a voltage Vr 3 for example, 1V
- the other non-selected word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 2 , WL 4 ⁇ WL 6 , non-selected bit lines BL 2 ⁇ BL 4 , and the source lines SL 1 , and SL 3 ⁇ SL 4 are grounded, so as to read the selected memory cell Q 13 .
- the operations are performed to only one memory cell in the memory cell array, however, the programming, erasing, or reading operation may also be performed to memory cells in unit of bite, section, or block by controlling the word lines, source lines, and bit lines in a non-volatile memory array of the present invention.
- the operation patterns of another non-volatile memory array in the present invention will be described next.
- the operations include programming, erasing, and data reading.
- the memory cell Q 13 illustrated in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B will be described below as an example.
- a voltage Vp 1 for example, 5V
- a voltage Vp 2 for example, 5V
- a voltage Vp 3 is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL 5 ⁇ BL 7 formed at the drain of the selected memory cell Q 13 to prevent the memory cells connected to the non-selected bit lines BL 5 ⁇ BL 7 from being programmed.
- the other non-selected word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 2 , WL 4 ⁇ WL 6 and the non-selected bit lines BL 1 ⁇ BL 2 formed at the source of the selected memory cell Q 13 are grounded.
- the selected memory cell Q 13 is programmed by channel hot electron injection.
- a voltage Ve 1 for example, ⁇ 5V
- a voltage Ve 2 for example, 5V
- the selected bit line BL 3 connected to the source of the selected memory cell Q 13 is floated.
- a voltage Vp 3 for example, 3V, is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL 5 ⁇ BL 7 formed at the drain of the selected memory cell Q 13 to prevent the memory cells connected to the non-selected bit lines BL 5 ⁇ BL 7 from being erased.
- the selected memory cell Q 13 is erased by band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection.
- a voltage Vr 1 for example, 2.5V
- a voltage Vr 2 for example, 0.5V
- a voltage Vr 3 for example, 1V
- the voltage Vr 2 for example, 0.5V, is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL 5 ⁇ BL 7 formed at the drain of the selected memory cell Q 13 .
- the voltage Vr 3 for example, 1V, is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL 1 ⁇ BL 2 formed at the source of the selected memory cell Q 13 .
- the other non-selected word lines WL 1 ⁇ WL 2 and WL 4 ⁇ WL 6 are grounded.
- the operations are performed to only one memory cell in the memory cell array, however, the programming, erasing, or reading operation may also be performed to memory cells in unit of bite, section, or block by controlling the word lines, source lines, and bit lines in a non-volatile memory array of the present invention.
- the charge storage layer of a memory cell is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, and which is different from that in a conventional SONOS, the ONO layer is formed below the gate.
- the structure in the present invention can greatly reduce the size of the device.
- the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in the present invention can be integrated with a typical CMOS process and no photolithography etching process with multiple masks is required, thus, the manufacturing time of the device can be shortened.
- a lightly doped region of the same conductive type as that of the source region is formed at the source and no lightly doped region is formed at the drain or the substrate at the drain is neutralized, or even a lightly doped region of the inverse conductive type as that of the drain region is formed at the drain, thus, regardless right reading or inverse reading, the turn-on current at reading the memory cell is smaller, so that better device performance can be achieved.
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Description
- This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. provisional applications Ser. No. 60/597,210, filed on Nov. 17, 2005 and 60/743,630, filed on Mar. 22, 2006, all disclosures are incorporated therewith.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a semiconductor device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a non-volatile memory and a manufacturing method and an operation method thereof.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) is a non-volatile memory wherein data can be written, read, or erased repeatedly, and the data stored in an EEPROM remains even when the power supply is turned off. Thus, EEPROM has become broadly applied to personal computers and other electronic apparatuses.
- Presently, a non-volatile memory having a charge storage layer of silicon nitride is provided. Such silicon nitride charge storage layer usually has respectively a silicon oxide layer on the top and at the bottom, so as to form a memory cell of silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) structure. When voltages are supplied to the control gate and the source region/drain regions of the device to program the device, hot electrons are produced in the channel region and close to the drain region and are injected into the charge storage layer. The electrons injected into the charge storage layer are not distributed evenly in the entire charge storage layer, instead, the electrons stay in a particular area in the charge storage layer and present Gaussian distribution in the direction of the channel, thus, leakage current won't be produced easily.
- However, when fabricating a SONOS memory, the gate of a SONOS memory cell in the memory cell region and the gate of a transistor in the logic circuit region are usually formed within the same step, and the oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer of the SONOS memory cell and the gate oxide of the transistor in the logic circuit region are then patterned right after the gates are formed. However, since the thicknesses and structures of the oxide/nitride/oxide layer of the SONOS memory cell and the gate oxide of the transistor in the logic circuit region are very different, the thickness of the gate oxide becomes thinner and thinner along with the minimization of the device. Thus, it is very difficult to completely pattern the oxide/nitride/oxide layer of the SONOS memory cell and to prevent the substrate surface of the logic circuit region from being over-etched and producing recess. To resolve the foregoing problems, the SONOS memory cell in the memory cell region and the transistor in the logic circuit region are fabricated separately, and which complicates the fabricating process.
- Accordingly, the present invention is directed to provide a manufacturing method of non-volatile memory. The structure of the non-volatile memory is very simple, and the manufacturing process thereof is compatible with general logic circuit processes.
- The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory which includes following steps. First, a first conductive type substrate is provided and a gate is formed on the first conductive type substrate. A second conductive type first lightly doped region is formed in the substrate at the first side of the gate, and a charge storage layer is formed on the sidewall of the gate. Next, a second conductive type source region is formed in the substrate at the first side of the gate, and a second conductive type source region is formed in the substrate at the second side of the gate, wherein the second conductive type first lightly doped region is formed in the first conductive type substrate between the second conductive type source region and the gate.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if the first conductive type is P-type, the second conductive type is N-type; if the first conductive type is N-type, the second conductive type is P-type.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a first dielectric layer is further formed on the first conductive type substrate before the gate is formed on the first conductive type substrate.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the first dielectric layer has a first thickness at the first side and a second thickness at the second side, and the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a second dielectric layer is further formed on the first conductive type substrate after the gate is formed on the first conductive type substrate.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the steps of forming the second conductive type first lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate are as following. First, a patterned photoresist layer is formed on the substrate, and the patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate. Next, an ion implantation process is performed to form the second conductive type first lightly doped region. After that, the patterned photoresist layer is removed.
- According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory further includes forming a first conductive type lightly doped region in the substrate at the second side of the gate, and the first conductive type lightly doped region is between the second conductive type drain region and the gate.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the steps of forming the second conductive type first lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate and the first conductive type lightly doped region in the substrate at the second side of the gate are as following. A first patterned photoresist layer is formed on the substrate, and the first patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the first side of the gate. A first ion implantation process is performed to form the second conductive type first lightly doped region. Then, a second patterned photoresist layer is formed on the substrate after the first patterned photoresist layer is removed, the second patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the second side of the gate. Next, a second ion implantation process is performed to form the first conductive type lightly doped region. After that, the second patterned photoresist layer is removed.
- According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory further includes forming a second conductive type second lightly doped region in the substrate at the second side of the gate, and the second conductive type second lightly doped region is between the second conductive type drain region and the gate.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the steps of forming the second conductive type first lightly doped region and the second conductive type second lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the first side and the second side of the gate and forming the first conductive type lightly doped region in the first conductive type substrate at the second side of the gate are as following. First, a first ion implantation process is performed to form the second conductive type first lightly doped region and the second conductive type second lightly doped region. A patterned photoresist layer is formed on the first conductive type substrate, and the patterned photoresist layer exposes the first conductive type substrate at the second side of the gate. The patterned photoresist layer is removed after a second ion implantation process is performed to form the first conductive type lightly doped region.
- According to the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the steps of forming the charge storage layer on the sidewall of the gate are as following. An anisotropic etching process is performed to remove part of the charge storage material layer after the charge storage material layer is formed on the first conductive type substrate.
- According to a non-volatile memory in the present invention, the charge storage layer of a memory cell is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, which is different from the conventional technique that the oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer of a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory is formed below the gate. The structure in the present invention can greatly reduce the size of the device.
- Moreover, the manufacturing method of non-volatile memory in the present invention can be integrated with a typical complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing process and no photolithography etching process of multiple masks is required, thus, the manufacturing time of a device can be shortened.
- Furthermore, in a memory cell of the present invention, a lightly doped region of the same conductive type as that of the source region is formed at the source, and no lightly doped region is formed at the drain or the substrate at the drain is neutralized, or even a lightly doped region of the inverse conductive type as that of the drain region is formed at the drain. Thus, regardless right-reading or inverse reading, the turn-on current at reading the memory cell is smaller so that the device can have better performance.
- In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, a preferred embodiment accompanied with figures is described in detail below.
- It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
- The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1D is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1E is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1F is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row inFIG. 2A . -
FIG. 3A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row inFIG. 3A . - FIGS. 4A˜4E are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 5A˜5B are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6A˜6C are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 7A˜7D are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 8A˜8C and
FIG. 8I are diagrams illustrating the operation of an N-type non-volatile memory. - FIGS. 8D˜8E are diagrams illustrating the operation of a P-type non-volatile memory.
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FIG. 8F is a diagram illustrating a right reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 8G is a diagram illustrating an inverse reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 8H is a diagram illustrating an erasing operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 1A , amemory cell 101 a is, for example, formed on a firstconductive type substrate 100. The firstconductive type substrate 100 is, for example, a silicon substrate. The memory cell is, for example, composed of agate dielectric layer 102, agate 104, adielectric layer 106, charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b, a second conductivetype source region 110, a second conductivetype drain region 112, and a second conductive type lightly dopedregion 114. - The
gate 104 is, for example, formed on the firstconductive type substrate 100. The material of thegate 104 is, for example, doped polysilicon. - The
gate dielectric layer 102 is, for example, formed between thegate 104 and the firstconductive type substrate 100. The material of thegate dielectric layer 102 is, for example, silicon oxide. - The second conductive
type source region 110 and the second conductivetype drain region 112 is, for example, formed in the first conductive type substrate at two sides of thegate 104. - The charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b is, for example, formed on the sidewall of the
gate 104, wherein thecharge storage layer 108 a is formed on the substrate between the second conductivetype drain region 112 and thegate 104, and thecharge storage layer 108 b is formed on the substrate between the second conductivetype source region 112 and thegate 104. In the present embodiment, only thecharge storage layer 108a is used for storing charges, while thecharge storage layer 108 b is not for storing charge but can be considered as an insulating spacer. The material of the charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b is, for example, silicon nitride. However, the material of the charge storage layers 108 a and 108 b is not limited to silicon nitride but may also be other material which can trap charges, such as SiON, TaO, SrTiO3, or HfO2. - The second conductive type lightly doped
region 114 is, for example, formed in the firstconductive type substrate 100 between thegate 104 and the second conductivetype source region 110, namely, below thecharge storage layer 108 b. - In the embodiment described above, if the first conductive type is P-type, then the second conductive type is N-type, and the memory cell is a N-channel memory cell; if the first conductive type is N-type, then the second conductive type is P-type, and the memory cell is a P-channel memory cell.
- In a memory cell of the present invention, since there is no second conductive type lightly doped region formed at the second conductive
type drain region 112, thecharge storage layer 108 a can be used for storing charges. The second conductive type lightly dopedregion 114 is formed at the second conductivetype source region 110, and then thecharge storage layer 108 b cannot be used for storing charges. The structure of the memory cell in the present invention is very simple and the manufacturing method can be integrated with a typical complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing process. -
FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 1B , the components same as those inFIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below. - Referring to
FIG. 1B , thememory cell 101 b includes a first conductive type lightly dopedregion 116 formed at the second conductivetype drain region 112. The first conductive type lightly dopedregion 116 is, for example, formed in the firstconductive type substrate 100 between thegate 104 and the second conductivetype drain region 112, namely, below thecharge storage layer 108 a. - In the
memory cell 101 b shown inFIG. 1B , a lightly doped region of the conductive type inverse to that of the source/drain region is formed at the drain, and which helps to inject carriers into thecharge storage layer 108 a. -
FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 1C , the components same as those inFIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below. - Referring to
FIG. 1C , thememory cell 101 c includes a second conductive type lightly dopedregion 114 a and a first conductive type lightly dopedregion 116 formed at the second conductivetype drain region 112. The first conductive type lightly dopedregion 116 is, for example, formed in the firstconductive type substrate 100 between thegate 104 and the second conductivetype drain region 112, namely, below thecharge storage layer 108 a. The second conductive type lightly dopedregion 114 a is, for example, formed in the firstconductive type substrate 100 between thegate 104 and the second conductivetype drain region 112, namely below thecharge storage layer 108 a. - In the
memory cell 101 c shown inFIG. 1C , since a second conductive type lightly dopedregion 114 a and a first conductive type lightly dopedregion 116 of inverse conductive types are formed at the drain, thesubstrate 100 below thecharge storage layer 108 a can be maintained to the first conductive type, and which helps to inject carriers into thecharge storage layer 108 a. -
FIG. 1D is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 1D , the components same as those inFIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below. - Referring to
FIG. 1D , thegate dielectric layer 102 a between thegate 104 and the firstconductive type substrate 100 has different thicknesses at where close to the second conductivetype drain region 112 and the second conductivetype source region 110. For example, the thickness of thegate dielectric layer 102 a at where close to the second conductivetype source region 110 is d1, and the thickness of thegate dielectric layer 102 a at where close to the second conductivetype drain region 112 is d2, wherein d2 is greater than d1. - In the
memory cell 101 d as shown inFIG. 1D , thegate dielectric layer 102 a at where close to the second conductivetype drain region 112 is thicker and accordingly can resist higher voltage, thus, the problem of the gate dielectric layer being damaged when a high voltage is supplied to the drain can be resolved. -
FIG. 1E is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 1E , the components same as those inFIG. 1A have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below. - As shown in
FIG. 1E , thememory unit 101 e is, for example, composed of twomemory cells 101 a formed in symmetric manner. Namely, twoadjacent memory cells 101 a share a second conductivetype source region 110. - Since two memory cells share one second conductive
type source region 110, the device integration can be increased. Amemory unit 101 e composed of twomemory cells 101 a is illustrated inFIG. 1E , however, thememory unit 101 e may also be composed of twomemory cells 101 b˜101 d inFIG. 1B ˜FIG. 1D formed in symmetric manner. -
FIG. 1F is a cross-sectional diagram of a non-volatile memory cell according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. InFIG. 1F , the components same as those inFIG. 1E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein. Only the differences between the two will be described below. - As shown in
FIG. 1F , the memory unit 101 f is, for example, composed of twomemory cells 101 a formed in symmetric manner. However, the twomemory cells 101 a are very close to each other so that no second conductivetype source region 110 is formed, but the twomemory cells 101a share a second conductive type lightly dopedregion 114. Since no second conductivetype source region 110 is formed between the twomemory cells 101 a, the device integration can be further increased. - In the non-volatile memory of the present invention, the charge storage layer is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, and which is different from that the oxide/nitride/oxide (ONO) layer of a conventional SONOS memory is formed below the gate. The structure in the present invention can greatly reduce device size. The manufacturing process of the non-volatile memory in the present invention is simple and no photolithography process of multiple masks is required, furthermore, the process can be integrated with a typical CMOS process, thus, the manufacturing time of device can be shortened. Besides, the second conductive
type drain regions 112 in the non-volatile memories in FIGS. 1A˜1F do not have to be self aligned to the gate. -
FIG. 2A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to an embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row inFIG. 2A . - As shown in
FIGS. 2A and 2B , the memory cell array is, for example, composed of memory cells Q11˜Q46, a plurality of source lines SL1˜SL4, a plurality of bit lines BL1˜BL4, and a plurality of word lines WL1˜WL6. The structures of the memory cells Q11˜Q46 are as shown in FIGS. 1A˜1D. The memory cell illustrated inFIG. 1A is described as an example inFIG. 2B . - The memory cells Q11˜Q46 are arranged as an array. The memory cells Q11˜Q16 are, for example, formed in symmetric manner in direction X (the direction of rows). Two adjacent memory cells among memory cells Q11˜Q16 share one source region S or one drain region D. For example, the memory cells Q11 and Q12 share the drain region D1, the memory cells Q13 and Q14 share the drain region D2, and the memory cells Q15 and Q16 share the drain region D3. The memory cells Q12 and Q13 share the source region S2, and the memory cells Q14 and Q15 share the source region S3.
- The source lines SL1˜SL4 are arranged in parallel in direction Y (the direction of columns) and connect the source regions of the memory cells in the same column. For example, the source line SL1 connects the, source regions of the memory cells Q11˜Q41, the source line SL2 connects the source regions of the memory cells Q12˜Q41 and the memory cells Q13˜Q43, . . . , the source line SL4 connects the source regions of the memory cells Q16˜Q46.
- The bit lines BL1˜BL4 are arranged in parallel in direction X (the direction of rows) and connect the drain regions of the memory cells in the same row. For example, the bit line BL1 connects the drain regions of the memory cells Q11˜Q16, the bit line BL2 connects the drain regions of the memory cells Q21˜Q26, . . . , the bit lines BL4 connects the drain regions of the memory cells Q41˜Q46.
- The word lines WL1˜WL6 are arranged in parallel in the direction of columns and connect the gates of the memory cells in the same column. For example, the word line WL1 connects the gates of the memory cells Q11˜Q41, the word line WL2 connects the gates of the memory cells Q12˜Q42, . . . , the word line WL6 connects the gate of the memory cells Q16˜Q46.
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FIG. 3A is a simplified circuit diagram of a memory cell array composed of non-volatile memory cells according to another embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional diagram of the memory cells in the first row inFIG. 3A . - As shown in
FIG. 3A andFIG. 3B , the memory cell array is, for example, composed of memory cells Q11˜Q46, a plurality of bit lines BL1˜BL7, and a plurality of word lines WL1˜WL6. The structures of the memory cells Q11˜Q46 are as illustrated in FIGS. 1A˜1D. The memory cell illustrated inFIG. 1A is described as an example inFIG. 3B . - The memory cells Q11˜Q46 are arranged as an array. In direction X (the direction of rows), the memory cells Q11˜Q16 are, for example, connected in series, the memory cells Q21˜Q26 are, for example, connected in series, . . . , the memory cells Q41˜Q46 are, for example, connected in series. Here series connection refers to that the source region of a memory cell is connected to the drain region of the previous adjacent memory cell, and the drain region of the memory cell is connected to the source region of the next memory cell. That is, in the direction of rows, two adjacent memory cells share one doped region S/D, and the S/D is used as the source region of a memory cell and the drain region of the other memory cell.
- The bit lines BL1˜BL7 are arranged in parallel in direction Y (the direction of columns) and connect the doped regions S/D in the same column. For example, the bit line BL1 connects the doped regions S/D at one side of the memory cells Q11˜Q41, the bit line BL2 connects the doped regions S/D between the memory cells Q12˜Q42 and the memory cells Q13˜Q42, . . . , the bit line BL6 connects the doped regions S/D between the memory cells Q15˜Q45 and the memory cells Q16˜Q46, the bit line BL7 connects the doped regions S/D at the other side of the memory cells Q16˜Q46.
- The word lines WL1˜WL6 are arranged in parallel in the direction of rows and connect the gates of the memory cells in the same row. For example, the word line WL1 connects the gates of the memory cells Q11˜Q16, the word line WL2 connects the gates of the memory cells Q21˜Q26, . . . , the word line WL4 connects the gates of the memory cells Q41˜Q46.
- In a memory cell array of the present invention, the charge storage layers of the memory cells Q11˜Q46 are formed on the sidewalls of the gates, and such structure can greatly reduce device size. The manufacturing process is very simple and no photolithography process of multiple masks is required, further more, the manufacturing process can be integrated with a typical CMOS process, so that the manufacturing time of the device can be shortened.
- Next, the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in the present invention will be described. FIGS. 4A˜4E are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- Referring to
FIG. 4A , first, a firstconductive type substrate 200 is provided and adielectric layer 202 and aconductive layer 204 are formed on thesubstrate 200. The firstconductive type substrate 200 is, for example, a silicon substrate. The material of thedielectric layer 202 is, for example, silicon oxide, and the formation method thereof is, for example, thermal oxidation. The material of theconductive layer 204 is, for example, doped polysilicon, and the formation method thereof is, for example, forming a layer of undoped polysilicon by chemical vapor deposition first and then performing ion implantation to form theconductive layer 204, or performing chemical vapor deposition with in-situ dopant implantation to form theconductive layer 204. - Referring to
FIG. 4B , theconductive layer 204 and thedielectric layer 202 are patterned to form agate 204a and agate dielectric layer 202a. The method of patterning theconductive layer 204 and thedielectric layer 202 is, for example, photolithography etching technique. Adielectric layer 206 is then formed on thesubstrate 200. The material of thedielectric layer 206 is, for example, silicon oxide, and the formation method thereof is, for example, thermal oxidation or chemical vapor deposition. - Referring to
FIG. 4C , a patternedphotoresist layer 208 is formed on thesubstrate 200, and the patternedphotoresist layer 208 exposes thesubstrate 200 at one side of thegate 204 a. The patternedphotoresist layer 208 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique. Next, adopant implantation step 210 is performed with the patternedphotoresist layer 208 as a mask to form a second conductive type lightly dopedregion 212 in thesubstrate 200. Thedopant implantation step 210 is, for example, to implant dopants into thesubstrate 200 by ion implantation. - Referring to
FIG. 4D , acharge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of thegate 204 after the patternedphotoresist layer 208 is removed. The material of thecharge storage layer 214 is, for example, silicon nitride, SiON, TaO, SrTiO3, or HfO2. The formation method of thecharge storage layer 214 is, for example, forming a charge storage material layer by chemical vapor deposition first and then removing part of the charge storage material layer by performing an anisotropic etching process. - Referring to
FIG. 4E , adopant implantation step 216 is then performed with thegate 204 a having thecharge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductivetype source region 218 a and a second conductivetype drain region 218 b in thesubstrate 200. Thedopant implantation step 216 is, for example, to implant dopant into thesubstrate 200 by ion implantation. - FIGS. 5A˜5B are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The components in FIGS. 5A˜5B same as those in FIGS. 4A˜4E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein.
- Referring to
FIG. 5A , following the steps inFIG. 4C , the patternedphotoresist layer 208 is removed after the second conductive type lightly dopedregion 212 is formed in thesubstrate 200. Next, another patternedphotoresist layer 220 is formed on thesubstrate 200, and the patternedphotoresist layer 220 exposes thesubstrate 200 at the other side (the side opposite to the second conductive type lightly doped region 212) of thegate 204 a. The patternedphotoresist layer 220 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique. After that, adopant implantation step 222 is performed with the patternedphotoresist layer 220 as a mask to form a first conductive type lightly dopedregion 224 in thesubstrate 200. Thedopant implantation step 222 is, for example, to implant dopant into thesubstrate 200 by ion implantation. - Referring to
FIG. 5B , acharge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of thegate 204 after the patternedphotoresist layer 220 is removed. Then adopant implantation step 216 is performed with thegate 204 a having thecharge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductivetype source region 218 a and a second conductivetype drain region 218 b in thesubstrate 200. - FIGS. 6A˜6C are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The components in FIGS. 6A˜6C same as those in FIGS. 4A˜4E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein.
- Referring to
FIG. 6A , following the steps inFIG. 4B , after thegate 204 a, thegate dielectric layer 202 a, and thedielectric layer 206 are formed on thesubstrate 200, adopant implantation step 225 is performed with thegate 204 a as a mask to form second conductive type lightly dopedregions substrate 200 at two sides of thegate 204 a. Thedopant implantation step 225 is, for example, to implant dopant into thesubstrate 200 by ion implantation. - Referring to
FIG. 6B , a patternedphotoresist layer 226 is formed on thesubstrate 200, and the patternedphotoresist layer 226 exposes thesubstrate 200 at one side of thegate 204 a. The patternedphotoresist layer 226 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique. Then, adopant implantation step 228 is performed with the patternedphotoresist layer 226 as a mask to form a first conductive type lightly dopedregion 230 in thesubstrate 200. Thedopant implantation step 228 is, for example, to implant dopant into thesubstrate 200 by ion implantation. - Referring to
FIG. 6C , acharge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of thegate 204 after the patternedphotoresist layer 226 is removed. Then, adopant implantation step 216 is performed with thegate 204 a having thecharge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductivetype source region 218 a and a second conductivetype drain region 218 b in thesubstrate 200. - FIGS. 7A˜7D are cross-sectional diagrams illustrating the manufacturing flow of a non-volatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The components in FIGS. 7A˜7D same as those in FIGS. 4A˜4E have the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are skipped herein.
- Referring to
FIG. 7A , first, a firstconductive type substrate 200 is provided, and adielectric layer 202 and aconductive layer 204 are formed on thesubstrate 200. The firstconductive type substrate 200 is, for example, a silicon substrate. Thedielectric layer 202 is, for example, composed of adielectric layer 201a and adielectric layer 201 b. Thus, thedielectric layer 202 has two different thicknesses. The material of thedielectric layer 202 is, for example, silicon oxide. The formation method of thedielectric layer 202 is, for example, forming a dielectric layer on thesubstrate 200 first, then patterning the dielectric layer to form thedielectric layer 201 a, and after that forming thedielectric layer 201 b on thesubstrate 200. The material of theconductive layer 204 is, for example, doped polysilicon, and the formation method thereof is, for example, forming a layer of undoped polysilicon by performing chemical vapor deposition first, and then performing ion implantation to form theconductive layer 204, or performing chemical vapor deposition with in-situ dopant implantation to form theconductive layer 204. - Referring to
FIG. 7B , theconductive layer 204 and thedielectric layer 202 are patterned to form thegate 204 a and thegate dielectric layer 202 a. The method of patterning theconductive layer 204 and thedielectric layer 202 is, for example, photolithography etching technique. Adielectric layer 206 is then formed on thesubstrate 200. The material of thedielectric layer 206 is, for example, silicon oxide, and the formation method thereof is, for example, thermal oxidation or chemical vapor deposition. - Referring to
FIG. 7C a patternedphotoresist layer 208 is formed on thesubstrate 200, and the patternedphotoresist layer 208 exposes thesubstrate 200 at one side of thegate 204 a. The patternedphotoresist layer 208 is, for example, formed with photolithography technique. Then, adopant implantation step 210 is performed with the patternedphotoresist layer 208 as a mask to form a second conductive type lightly dopedregion 212 in thesubstrate 200. The second conductive type lightly dopedregion 212 is formed at the thinner side of thedielectric layer 202 a. Thedopant implantation step 210 is, for example, to implant dopant into thesubstrate 200 by ion implantation. - Referring to
FIG. 7D , acharge storage layer 214 is formed on the sidewall of thegate 204 after the patternedphotoresist layer 208 is removed. Then, adopant implantation step 216 is performed with thegate 204 a having thecharge storage layer 214 as a mask to form a second conductivetype source region 218 a and a second conductivetype drain region 218 b in thesubstrate 200. Thedopant implantation step 216 is, for example, implanting dopants into thesubstrate 200 by ion implantation. The fabricating method of the lightly doped regions in FIGS. 7A˜7D may also adopt the methods described in the embodiments of FIGS. 5A˜5B and FIGS. 6A˜6C. - According to the manufacturing method of non-volatile memory in the present invention, the charge storage layer is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, and which is very different from the conventional technique that the ONO layer of a SONOS memory is formed below the gate. Thus, the manufacturing method of non-volatile memory in the present invention can be integrated with a typical CMOS process and can shorten the time required for manufacturing the device.
- Next, the operation method in the present invention will be described. First, an N-channel memory cell will be described. FIGS. 8A˜8C and
FIG. 81 are diagrams illustrating the operation of an N-type non-volatile memory. FIGS. 8D˜8E are diagrams illustrating the operation of a P-type non-volatile memory. In an operation with normal bias, the voltage which allows the memory cell to have the maximum turn-on current is voltage VD, and voltage VD is, for example, about 2.5V. - The voltage levels described below comply with foregoing parameter.
- As shown in
FIG. 8A , a voltage V1 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V1 is higher than voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3˜7V. A voltage V2 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V2 is 1.5˜3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3˜7V. The N-type source region and the P-type substrate are grounded. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with channel hot electron injection. - As shown in
FIG. 8B , a voltage V3 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V3 is lower than 0V and which is, for example, about −3˜7V. A voltage V4 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V4 is 1.5˜3 times of voltage VD lo and which is, for example, about 3˜7V. The N-type source region is floated, and the P-type substrate is grounded. Holes are injected into the charge storage layer with band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection. - As shown in
FIG. 8C , a voltage V5 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V5 is higher than the threshold voltage Vth of the memory cell and lower than voltage VD and which is, for example, about 1V. A voltage V6 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V6 is 1.5˜3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3˜7V. A voltage of 0V is supplied to the N-type source region and the P-type substrate. Holes are injected into the charge storage layer with drain breakdown induced hot hole injection. - As shown in
FIG. 8I , a voltage V17 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V17 is higher than voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3˜7V. A voltage V18 is supplied to the N-type drain region, wherein voltage V18 is 1.5˜3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about 3˜7V. A voltage V19 is supplied to the N-type source region and which is, for example, about 0˜2V. A voltage V20 is supplied to the P-type substrate and which is, for example, about 0˜−2V. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with channel hot carrier induced secondary carrier injection. - As shown in
FIG. 8D , a voltage V7 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V7 is lower than the threshold voltage Vth of the memory cell and which is, for example, about −3˜−7V. A voltage V8 is supplied to the P-type drain region, wherein voltage V8 is the negative of 1.5˜3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about −3˜−7V. A voltage of 0V is supplied to the P-type source region and the N-type substrate. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with channel hot electron injection. - As shown in
FIG. 8E , a voltage V9 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage V9 is higher than 0V and which is, for example, about 3˜7V. A voltage V10 is supplied to the P-type drain region, wherein voltage V10 is the negative of 1.5˜3 times of voltage VD and which is, for example, about −3˜−7V. The P-type source region is floated, and a voltage of 0V is supplied to the N-type substrate. Electrons are injected into the charge storage layer with band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection. - Next, the reading method of the present invention will be described.
FIGS. 8F and 8G illustrate the reading operation of a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 8F is a diagram illustrating a right reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention, andFIG. 8G is a diagram illustrating an inverse reading operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention. - As shown in
FIG. 8F , a voltage Vr1 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage Vr1 is equal to voltage VD and which is, for example, about 2.5V. A voltage Vr2 is supplied to the second conductive type drain region, and voltage Vr2 is, for example, about 1V. A voltage of 0V is supplied to the second conductive type source region. In the situation described above, the digital data stored in the memory cell can be determined by detecting the channel current in the memory cell. - As shown in
FIG. 8G , a voltage Vr3 is supplied to the gate, wherein voltage Vr3 is equal to voltage VD and which is, for example, about 2.5V. A voltage Vr4 is supplied to the second conductive type source region, and the voltage Vr4 is, for example, about 1V or 1.5V. A voltage Vr5 is supplied to the second conductive type drain region, and the voltage Vr5 is, for example, about 0V or 0.5V. In the situation described above, the digital data stored in the memory cell can be determined by detecting the channel current in the memory cell. - According to the operation method of a non-volatile memory in the present invention, charges stored in the memory cell may also be erased by high power radiation (for example, ultraviolet radiation) or by FN tunneling effect.
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FIG. 8H is a diagram illustrating an erasing operation performed to a non-volatile memory according to an embodiment of the present invention. - As shown in
FIG. 8H , when erasing the memory cell with FN tunneling effect, a voltage Ve1 is supplied to the gate, a voltage Ve2 is supplied to the second conductive type drain region, and the second conductive type source region and the first conductive type substrate is floated. Wherein the voltage difference between voltage Ve1 and voltage Ve2 may induce FN tunneling effect. Voltage Ve1 is about −6˜−0V, and voltage Ve2 is about 3˜7V. However, voltage Ve1 may also be about 6˜10V, and voltage Ve2 may also be about −3˜−7V. - According to the operation method of a non-volatile memory in the present invention, electrons or holes are injected into the charge storage layer by one of channel hot electron injection, band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection, drain breakdown induced hot hole injection, and channel hot carrier induced secondary carrier injection, so as to program/erase the memory cell. Right reading or inverse reading can be performed to the non-volatile memory in the present invention. Besides, charges stored in the memory cell may also be erased by using high power radiation (for example, ultraviolet radiation) or FN tunneling effect.
- Besides, in the memory cell of the present invention, a lightly doped region of the same conductive type as that of the source region at the source, no lightly doped region is formed at the drain or the substrate at the drain is neutralized, or even a lightly doped region of the inverse conductive type of that of the drain region is formed at the drain, so that at reading the memory cell, regardless right reading or inverse reading, the memory cell in the present invention has smaller turn-on current and better device performance compared to conventional memory cell wherein lightly doped regions of the same conductive type as that of the source region are formed at both the source and the drain.
- Next, the operations of a non-volatile memory array in the present invention will be described, which includes programming, erasing, and data reading. An exemplary embodiment of the operation method of a non-volatile memory will be described below; however, the operation method is not limited thereto. The memory unit Q13 illustrated in
FIGS. 2A and 2B will be described below as an example. - Referring to both
FIG. 2A andFIG. 2B , when a programming operation is performed to the selected memory cell Q13, a voltage Vp1, for example, 5V, is supplied to the selected word line WL3. A voltage Vp2, for example, 5V, is supplied to the selected bit line BL1. The selected source line SL2 is grounded. The other non-selected word lines WL1˜WL2, WL4˜WL6, non-selected bit lines BL2˜BL4, and source lines SL1 and SL3˜SL4 are grounded. The selected memory cell Q13 is programmed by channel hot electron injection. - Referring to both
FIG. 2A andFIG. 2B , when an erasing operation is performed to the selected memory cell Q13, a voltage Ve1, for example, −5V, is supplied to the selected word line WL3. A voltage Ve2, for example, 5V, is supplied to the selected bit line BL1. The selected source line SL2 is floated. The other non-selected world lines WL1˜WL2, WL4˜WL6, non-selected bit lines BL2˜BL4, and source lines SL1, SL3˜SL4 are grounded. The selected memory cell Q13 is erased by band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection. The voltage Ve1, for example, −5V, is supplied to all the word lines WL1˜WL6, the voltage Ve2, for example, 5V, is supplied to all the bit lines BL1˜BL4, and all the source lines SL2 are floating, so as to erase all the memory cells in the entire section. - Referring to both
FIG. 2A andFIG. 2B , when a reading operation is performed to the selected memory cell Q13, a voltage Vr1, for example, 2.5V, is supplied to the selected word line WL3, a voltage Vr2, for example, 0.5V, is supplied to the selected bit line BL1, a voltage Vr3, for example, 1V, is supplied to the selected source line SL2, and the other non-selected word lines WL1˜WL2, WL4˜WL6, non-selected bit lines BL2˜BL4, and the source lines SL1, and SL3˜SL4 are grounded, so as to read the selected memory cell Q13. - In foregoing description, the operations are performed to only one memory cell in the memory cell array, however, the programming, erasing, or reading operation may also be performed to memory cells in unit of bite, section, or block by controlling the word lines, source lines, and bit lines in a non-volatile memory array of the present invention.
- The operation patterns of another non-volatile memory array in the present invention will be described next. The operations include programming, erasing, and data reading. The memory cell Q13 illustrated in
FIG. 3A andFIG. 3B will be described below as an example. - Referring to both
FIG. 3A andFIG. 3B , when a programming operation is performed to the selected memory cell Q13, a voltage Vp1, for example, 5V, is supplied to the selected word line WL3. A voltage Vp2, for example, 5V, is supplied to the selected bit line BL4 connected to the drain of the selected memory cell Q13. The selected bit line BL3 connected to the source of the selected memory cell Q13 is grounded. A voltage Vp3, for example, 3V, is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL5˜BL7 formed at the drain of the selected memory cell Q13 to prevent the memory cells connected to the non-selected bit lines BL5˜BL7 from being programmed. The other non-selected word lines WL1˜WL2, WL4˜WL6 and the non-selected bit lines BL1˜BL2 formed at the source of the selected memory cell Q13 are grounded. The selected memory cell Q13 is programmed by channel hot electron injection. - Referring to both
FIG. 3A andFIG. 3B , when an erasing operation is performed to the selected memory cell Q13, a voltage Ve1, for example, −5V, is supplied to the selected word line WL3. A voltage Ve2, for example, 5V, is supplied to the selected bit line BL4 connected to the drain of the selected memory cell Q13. The selected bit line BL3 connected to the source of the selected memory cell Q13 is floated. A voltage Vp3, for example, 3V, is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL5˜BL7 formed at the drain of the selected memory cell Q13 to prevent the memory cells connected to the non-selected bit lines BL5˜BL7 from being erased. The other non-selected word lines WL1˜WL2, WL4˜WL6 and the non-selected bit lines BL1˜BL2 formed at the source of the selected memory cell Q13. The selected memory cell Q13 is erased by band-to-band tunneling induced hot hole injection. - Referring to both
FIG. 3A andFIG. 3B , when a reading operation is performed to the selected memory cell Q13, a voltage Vr1, for example, 2.5V, is supplied to the selected word line WL3. A voltage Vr2, for example, 0.5V, is supplied to the selected bit line BL3. A voltage Vr3, for example, 1V, is supplied to the selected bit line BL4. The voltage Vr2, for example, 0.5V, is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL5˜BL7 formed at the drain of the selected memory cell Q13. The voltage Vr3, for example, 1V, is supplied to the non-selected bit lines BL1˜BL2 formed at the source of the selected memory cell Q13. The other non-selected word lines WL1˜WL2 and WL4˜WL6 are grounded. - In foregoing description, the operations are performed to only one memory cell in the memory cell array, however, the programming, erasing, or reading operation may also be performed to memory cells in unit of bite, section, or block by controlling the word lines, source lines, and bit lines in a non-volatile memory array of the present invention.
- In overview, in a non-volatile memory of the present invention, the charge storage layer of a memory cell is formed on the sidewall of the gate structure, and which is different from that in a conventional SONOS, the ONO layer is formed below the gate. The structure in the present invention can greatly reduce the size of the device.
- Moreover, the manufacturing method of a non-volatile memory in the present invention can be integrated with a typical CMOS process and no photolithography etching process with multiple masks is required, thus, the manufacturing time of the device can be shortened.
- Furthermore, according to a memory cell in the present invention, a lightly doped region of the same conductive type as that of the source region is formed at the source and no lightly doped region is formed at the drain or the substrate at the drain is neutralized, or even a lightly doped region of the inverse conductive type as that of the drain region is formed at the drain, thus, regardless right reading or inverse reading, the turn-on current at reading the memory cell is smaller, so that better device performance can be achieved.
- It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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