Claims
- 1. A MOSFET device on a lightly doped semiconductor substrate comprising:
- a first dielectric layer over a first portion of said substrate;
- a floating gate over said dielectric layer, said floating gate layer comprising a floating gate layer;
- a first intergate dielectric layer over said floating gate layer;
- an intermediate control gate layer over said intergate dielectric layer, said first dielectric layer, said floating gate, said first intergate dielectric layer, and said intermediate control gate layer formed in a stacked structure with a pair of opposing edges of said floating gate, said intergate dielectric layer and said intermediate control gate vertically aligned;
- doped source/drain regions in said substrate adjacent to said stacked structure, with one of said source/drain regions aligned with said stacked structure and the other thereof being spaced away from the other side of said stacked structure;
- a second intergate dielectric layer formed as sidewalls adjacent to said stack, said first intergate dielectric layer being undamaged by formation of said second intergate dielectric layer;
- an isolating dielectric layer over said substrate and said source/drain regions; and
- a control gate over said device.
- 2. A device in accordance with claim 1 where said second intergate dielectric layer comprises gate oxide having a thickness of between about 200.ANG. and about 400.ANG. over said substrate and a thick, field oxide layer having a thickness of between about 500.ANG. and about 1,000.ANG. over said source/drain regions.
- 3. A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said source/drain regions having a structure produced by ion implantation into said substrate with arsenic (As) N+ dopant with an energy between about 30 KeV and about 100 KeV, and a dose of As within a range of doses between about 1.times.10.sup.15 /cm.sup.2 and about 1.times.10.sup.15 /cm.sup.2.
- 4. A device in accordance with claim 1 with said intermediate control gate layer having a thickness of between about 500.ANG. and about 800.ANG..
- 5. A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said isolating dielectric layer has a thickness of between about 200.ANG. and about 1,000.ANG..
- 6. A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said control gate layer has a thickness of between about 2000.ANG. and about 4,000.ANG..
- 7. A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said intermediate control gate layer has a thickness of between about 500.ANG. and about 800.ANG..
- 8. A device in accordance with claim 7 wherein said isolating dielectric layer has a thickness of between about 200.ANG. and about 1,000.ANG..
- 9. A device in accordance with claim 8 wherein said control gate layer has a thickness of between about 2000.ANG. and about 4,000.ANG..
- 10. A MOSFET device on a lightly doped semiconductor substrate comprising:
- a tunnel oxide layer over a first portion of said substrate;
- a first polysilicon layer over said tunnel oxide layer, said first polysilicon layer comprising a floating gate;
- a first ONO layer over said first polysilicon layer;
- a second polysilicon layer over said first ONO layer, said tunnel oxide layer, said first polysilicon layer, said first ONO layer, said second polysilicon layer formed in a stacked structure with edges of said second polysilicon layer, said first ONO layer and said second polysilicon layer vertically aligned;
- doped source/drain regions in said substrate adjacent to said stacked structure with one of said source/drain regions aligned with said stacked structure and the other thereof being spaced away from the other side of said stacked structure;
- a second ONO layer formed as sidewalls adjacent to said stack, said first ONO layer being undamaged by formation of said second ONO layer;
- a dielectric layer over said substrate and said source/drain regions; and
- a third polysilicon control gate over said device.
- 11. A device in accordance with claim 10 where said second ONO layer comprises gate oxide having a thickness of between about 200.ANG. and about 400.ANG. over said substrate and a thick, field oxide layer having a thickness of between about 500.ANG. and about 1,000.ANG. over said source/drain regions.
- 12. A device in accordance with claim 10, wherein said source/drain regions having a structure produced by ion implantation into said substrate with arsenic (As) N+ dopant with an energy between about 30 KeV and about 100 KeV, and a dose of As within a range of doses between about 1.times.10.sup.15 /cm.sup.2 and about 1.times.10.sup.15 /cm.sup.2.
- 13. A device in accordance with claim 10 with said second polysilicon layer having a thickness of between about 500.ANG. and about 800.ANG..
- 14. A device in accordance with claim 10 wherein said dielectric layer has a thickness of between about 200.ANG. and about 1,000.ANG..
- 15. A device in accordance with claim 10 wherein said third polysilicon layer has a thickness of between about 2,000.ANG. and about 4,000.ANG..
- 16. A device in accordance with claim 11 wherein said second polysilicon layer has a thickness of between about 500.ANG. and about 800.ANG..
- 17. A device in accordance with claim 16 wherein said dielectric layer has a thickness of between about 200.ANG. and about 1,000.ANG..
- 18. A device in accordance with claim 17 wherein said third polysilicon layer has a thickness of between about 2,000.ANG. and about 4,000.ANG..
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/345,126, filed Nov. 28, 1994 and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,445,984.
US Referenced Citations (7)
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