Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090072323 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device which has a nonvolatile memory cell portion, a low-voltage operating circuit portion of a peripheral circuit region and a high-voltage operating circuit portion of the peripheral circuit region formed on a substrate and in which elements of the above portions are isolated from one another by filling insulating films, the upper surface of the filling insulating films in the high-voltage operating circuit portion lies above the surface of the substrate and the upper surface of at least part of the filling insulating films in the low-voltage operating circuit portion is pulled back to a portion lower than the surface of the substrate. | 03-19-2009 |
20090124061 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprises forming an isolation trench on a semiconductor substrate, exposing a silicon surface of the isolation trench formed on the semiconductor substrate, filling a first insulating film into the semiconductor substrate by means of TEOS/O | 05-14-2009 |
20090194810 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING ELEMENT ISOLATION REGION OF TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A stacked film including a gate dielectric film and electrode film of each memory cell of a flash memory is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The stacked film is patterned by reactive ion etching to form an isolation trench for formation of an element isolation region and the surface of the semiconductor substrate is exposed to the internal portion of the isolation trench. An O | 08-06-2009 |
20090212352 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device has a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines formed at predetermined intervals on the semiconductor substrate, each word line having a gate insulating film, a charge storage layer, a first insulating film, and a controlling gate electrode which are stacked in order, and including a metal oxide layer above the level of the gate insulating film, a second insulating film covering a side of the word line and a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the word lines, and having a film thickness of 15 nm or less, and a third insulating film formed between the word lines adjacent to each other such that a region below the level of the metal oxide layer has a cavity. | 08-27-2009 |
20110147822 | Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor memory device has a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines formed at predetermined intervals on the semiconductor substrate, each word line having a gate insulating film, a charge storage layer, a first insulating film, and a controlling gate electrode which are stacked in order, and including a metal oxide layer above the level of the gate insulating film, a second insulating film covering a side of the word line and a surface of the semiconductor substrate between the word lines, and having a film thickness of 15 nm or less, and a third insulating film formed between the word lines adjacent to each other such that a region below the level of the metal oxide layer has a cavity. | 06-23-2011 |
20120139030 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes first to n-th (n is a natural number not less than 2) semiconductor layers in a first direction and extend in a second direction, and the semiconductor layers having a stair case pattern in a first end of the second direction, a common semiconductor layer connected to the first to n-th semiconductor layers commonly in the first end of the second direction, first to n-th layer select transistors which are provided in order from the first electrode side between the first electrode and the first to n-th memory strings, and first to n-th impurity regions which make the i-th layer select transistor (i is one of 1 to n) a normally-on state in the first end of the second direction of the i-th semiconductor layer. | 06-07-2012 |
20130134372 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to n-th semiconductor layers (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) being stacked in order from a surface of an insulating layer in a first direction perpendicular to the surface of the insulating layer, the first to n-th semiconductor layers extending in a second direction parallel to the surface of the insulating layer, the first to n-th semiconductor layers being insulated from each other, a common electrode connected to the first to n-th semiconductor layers in a first end of the second direction thereof, and a layer select transistor which uses the first to n-th semiconductor layers as channels and which selects one of the first to n-th semiconductor layers. | 05-30-2013 |
20130175490 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a fin-type stacked layer structure having memory cells, and a beam connected to an end portion of the structure. Each of the structure and the beam includes semiconductor layers stacked in a perpendicular direction. The beam includes a contact portion provided at one end of the beam, and a low resistance portion provided between the contact portion and the end portion of the structure. | 07-11-2013 |
20130181184 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes fin-type stacked layer structures. Each of the structures includes semiconductor layers stacked in a perpendicular direction. Assist gate electrodes are disposed in an in-plane direction and divided on a surface in the perpendicular direction of the structures. | 07-18-2013 |
20130200450 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a fin structure stacked in order of a first oxide layer, a semiconductor layer and a second oxide layer in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the semiconductor substrate, the fin structure extending in a second direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a gate structure stacked in order of a gate oxide layer, a charge storage layer, a block insulating layer and a control gate electrode in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions from a surface of the semiconductor layer in the third direction. | 08-08-2013 |
20130307047 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a device includes a first fin structure having first to n-th semiconductor layers (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) stacked in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and extending in a second direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, first to n-th memory cells provided on surfaces of the first to n-th semiconductor layers in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions respectively, and first to n-th select transistors connected in series to the first to n-th memory cells respectively. | 11-21-2013 |
20140213064 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises a chamber. A chemical-agent supply part is configured to supply a water-repellent agent or an organic solvent to a surface of a semiconductor substrate having been cleaned with a cleaning liquid in the chamber. A spray part is configured to spray a water-capture agent capturing water into an atmosphere in the chamber. | 07-31-2014 |
20140363963 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method includes forming workpiece, first and second films on a substrate, processing the second films to form first and second core patterns, forming third and fourth sidewall patterns on side surfaces of the first and second core patterns via first and second sidewall patterns, and removing the first core patterns and first sidewall patterns so that the second core pattern and second to fourth sidewall patterns remain. The method includes processing the first films by transferring the second core pattern and second to fourth sidewall patterns to form third and fourth core patterns, forming fifth and sixth sidewall patterns on side surfaces of the third and fourth core patterns, removing the third core patterns so that the fourth core pattern and fifth and sixth sidewall patterns remain, and processing the workpiece film by transferring the fourth core pattern and fifth and sixth sidewall patterns. | 12-11-2014 |