Process for manufacturing EEPROM memory cells having a single level of polysilicon and thin oxide by using differential oxidation

Abstract

Abstract The process for manufacturing EEPROM memory cells having a single level of polysilicon and thin oxide with selection transistor (20), sensing transistor (22) having a floating gate (5), control gate (10) with a capacitive coupling to the floating gate (5) and a tunnel area (23) with thin oxide (9), comprises a first step (29) involving the definition of active areas (41, 42) free of field oxide (11), a second step (30) involving an ionic implantation (10′) at a coupling area (24) between the control gate (10) and the floating gate (5), a third step (31) involving the creation of gate oxide (21) at the active areas (41, 42), a fourth step (32) involving an additional ionic implantation (10˝, 8) at said coupling area (24) between the control gate (10) and the floating gate (5) and at said tunnel area (23), a fifth step (33) involving the removal of the gate oxide (21) superimposed over said areas (24, 23), a sixth step (34) involving the differentiated growth of coupling oxide (12) and tunnel oxide (9) at said coupling areas (24) and tunnel areas (23) and a seventh step (35) involving the deposition of a layer of polysilicon (5) constituting the floating gate.

Inventors

• 👤 Paolo Ghezzi
• 👤 Carlo Riva
• 👤 Grazia Valentini

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