Mask ROM device

Claim 1

A mask ROM device, comprising: a plurality of memory cells, each said memory cell including an enhancement type FET having a gate electrode and first and second source/drain regions; a plurality of word lines connected to said gate electrodes; a plurality of bit lines connected to said first source/drain regions; and a conductive semiconductor line formed above said gate electrode so as to connect said first and second source/drain regions through contact holes in each of said memory cells, wherein said conductive semiconductor line is formed of one conductivity type in each of memory cells selected according to information to be stored, and said conductive semiconductor line includes a segment of the opposite conductivity type sandwiched by segments of said one conductivity type so as to avoid formation of a short-circuit between said first and second source/drain regions in each of non-selected memory cells.

Claim 5

A method of manufacturing a mask ROM device including a plurality of enhancement type FETs each having a gate electrode and a pair of source/drain regions, comprising the steps of: forming said gate electrodes; forming said source/drain regions; forming an insulating layer so as to cover said gate electrodes and said source/drain regions; and forming a conductor line on said insulating layer so as to form a short-circuit through contact holes between said pair of source/drain regions in each of selected FETs, wherein said conductor line is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline silicon, metals, alloys and metal silicides, said conductor line is formed of polycrystalline silicon of one conductivity type, and said conductor line forming said short-circuit between the pair of source/drain regions is formed in each of all the FETs, and then said short-circuit is electrically disconnected by doping impurity of the opposite conductivity type using a resist mask in an intermediate of said conductor line in each of non-selected FETs.

Claim 6

A method of manufacturing a mask ROM device including a plurality of enhancement type FETs each having a gate electrode and a pair of source/drain regions, comprising the steps of: forming said gate electrodes; forming said source/drain regions; forming an insulating layer so as to cover said gate electrodes and said source/drain regions; and forming a conductor line on said insulating layer so as to form a short-circuit through contact holes between said pair of source/drain regions in each of selected FETs, wherein said conductor line is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline silicon, metals, alloys and metal silicides, said conductor line is formed of polycrystalline silicon of one conductivity type, and said conductor line forming said short-circuit between the pair of source/drain regions is formed in each of all the FETs, and then said short-circuit is electrically disconnected by doping impurity of the opposite conductivity type using a resist mask in an intermediate of said conductor line in each of non-selected FETs.