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US5460995A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Fully CMOS-type SRAM device and method for fabricating the same

Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-15
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Granted: 1995-10-24
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Expires: 2014-06-15
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Abstract

Abstract A grounding wiring layer is provided on the substantially entire region between driver MOS transistors and load MOS thin film transistors of a flip-flop type memory cell. The contact holes for connecting the gate electrodes of the MOS thin film transistors with storage nodes are formed by providing a side wall on the inner wall of each of the contact hole portions formed in the grounding wiring layer and inter-layer insulating films sandwiching it. Thus, the impedance of the grounding wiring layer can be reduced to stabilize the operation of a miniaturized SRAM memory cell using the load MOS thin film transistors. The resistance against for software error caused by α-ray can also be improved.

Inventors

  • 👤 Junji Kiyono
  • 👤 Yasushi Yamazaki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 22:19
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B10/00; H10B10/12; H10B10/125; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/903

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 215 words
A method for fabricating a static random access memory device, comprising the steps of: forming, on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, driver MOS transistors of a first conductivity constituting driver transistors of a flip-flop memory cell, and transfer MOS transistors of said first conductivity having sources connected with drains of said driver MOS transistors; forming, on said driver and transfer MOS transistors, a first insulating film, a conductive thin film, and a second insulating film; selectively etching said second insulating film, said conductive thin film and said first insulating film to form first and second contact hole portions exposing surfaces of storage nodes of said flip-flop memory cell and surfaces of the drains of said transfer MOS transistors respectively; forming side walls made of an insulating material on inner walls of said first and second contact hole portions to form first and second contact holes on said storage nodes and the drains of said transfer MOS transistors, respectively; forming MOS thin film transistors of a second conductivity constituting load transistors of said flip-flop memory cell, connected with the said storage nodes through said first contact holes; forming drawing electrodes connected with the drains of said transfer MOS transistors through said second contact holes; and forming bit lines connected with said drawings electrode, respectively.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 215 words
A method for fabricating a static random access memory device, comprising the steps of: forming, on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, driver MOS transistors of a first conductivity constituting driver transistors of a flip-flop memory cell, and transfer MOS transistors of said first conductivity having sources connected with drains of said driver MOS transistors; forming, on said driver and transfer MOS transistors, a first insulating film, a conductive thin film, and a second insulating film; selectively etching said second insulating film, said conductive thin film and said first insulating film to form first and second contact hole portions exposing surfaces of storage nodes of said flip-flop memory cell and surfaces of the drains of said transfer MOS transistors respectively; forming side walls made of an insulating material on inner walls of said first and second contact hole portions to form first and second contact holes on said storage nodes and the drains of said transfer MOS transistors, respectively; forming MOS thin film transistors of a second conductivity constituting load transistors of said flip-flop memory cell, connected with the said storage nodes through said first contact holes; forming drawing electrodes connected with the drains of said transfer MOS transistors through said second contact holes; and forming bit lines connected with said drawings electrode, respectively.

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