Abstract: Disclosed herein are approaches for reducing buried channel recess depth using a non-doping ion implant prior to formation of the buried channel. In one approach, a method may include providing an oxide layer over a substrate, performing a non-doping implantation process through the oxide layer to form an amorphous region in the substrate, and forming a photoresist over the oxide layer. The method may further include forming a buried layer in the substrate by implanting the substrate through an opening in the photoresist, and performing an oxidation and dopant drive-in process to the amorphous region and to the buried layer to form a second oxide layer.

Abstract: A FinFET is provided including a channel region containing a constituent element and excess atoms, the constituent element belonging to a group of the periodic table of elements, wherein said excess atoms are nitrogen, or belong to said group of the periodic table of elements, and a concentration of said excess atoms in the channel region is in the range between about 1019 cm?3 and about 1020 cm?3.

Abstract: In a memory cell forming region including a dummy cell region, a plurality of fins which are parts of a semiconductor substrate, protrude from an upper surface of an element isolation portion and are formed adjacent to each other. A distance between a fin closest to a dummy fin among the plurality of fins and the dummy fin is shorter than a distance between two fins adjacent to each other. As a result, a position of an upper surface of the element isolation portion formed between two fins adjacent to each other and a position of an upper surface of the element isolation portion STI formed between the fin closest to the dummy fin and the dummy fin is lower than a position of an upper surface of the element isolation portion STI formed in a shunt region.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an electrically isolated diamond nanowire includes forming a diamond nanowire on a diamond substrate, depositing a dielectric or a polymer on the diamond nanowire and on the diamond substrate, planarizing the dielectric or the polymer, etching a portion of the planarized dielectric or polymer to expose a first portion of the diamond nanowire, depositing a metal layer to conformably cover the first portion of the diamond nanowire, and implanting ions into a second portion of the diamond nanowire between the first portion of the diamond nanowire and the diamond substrate or at an intersection of the diamond nanowire and the diamond substrate, wherein the ions are implanted at an oblique angle from a first side of the diamond nanowire.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: etching a plurality of trenches to a first depth in a semiconductor substrate; doping a region of the semiconductor substrate surrounding a bottom of the trenches at the first depth to form a doped region in the semiconductor substrate; after the doped region is formed, etching the plurality of trenches deeper into the semiconductor substrate to a second depth greater than the first depth, adjacent ones of the trenches being separated from one another by a semiconductor mesa; and forming a body region above the doped region in the semiconductor mesas.

Abstract: A pixel sensor device is disclosed. The device includes a shallow trench isolation structure, a well region and a backside isolation structure. The well region and diode region is adjacent to the shallow trench isolation structure. The backside isolation structure is self-aligned with and arranged over the shallow trench isolation structure. The backside isolation structure is adjacent to the diode region. An immersion lithographic arrangement is disclosed that compensates for immersion tool drift.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for fabricating a plurality of semiconductor-on-insulator structures, the insulator being a layer of silicon dioxide having a thickness smaller than 50 nm, each structure comprising a semiconductor layer placed on the silicon dioxide layer, the fabrication process comprising a step of heat treating the plurality of structures, which heat treatment step is designed to partially dissolve the silicon dioxide layer, the heat treatment step being carried out in a non-oxidizing atmosphere and the pressure of the non-oxidizing atmosphere being lower than 0.1 bar.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, an impurity layer of a second conductivity type provided within the semiconductor substrate, an impurity region of the second conductivity type that is connected, within the semiconductor substrate, to the impurity layer, and separates a first region of the semiconductor substrate from a second region by surrounding the first region of the semiconductor substrate together with the impurity layer, a first well and second well of the second conductivity type that are provided on the impurity layer via at least a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, and a plurality of transistors provided to the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a first mask on a substrate; defining a first doped region through an opening of the first mask; forming a second mask on the first mask and filling in the opening of the first mask with the second mask; defining a second doped region through an opening of the second mask; and stripping the first mask and the second mask from the substrate. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate having a top surface; a first doped region having a first surface; and a second doped region having a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are coplanar with the top surface of the substrate. Either of the doped regions has a monotonically decreasing doping profile from the top surface of the substrate to a bottom of the doped region.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, a plurality of fins, an oxide layer and a gate structure. The fins protrude from the substrate and are separated from each other by the oxide layer. The surface of the oxide layer is uniform and even plane. The gate structure is disposed on the fins. The fin height is distance between the top of the fins and the oxide layer, and at least two of the fins have different fin heights.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a power metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor including a semiconductor substrate, an impurity region on the semiconductor substrate, the impurity region having a first conductivity, a drift region in the impurity region, the drift region having the first conductivity, a body region in the impurity region adjacent to the drift region, the body region having a second conductivity different from the first conductivity, a drain extension insulating layer on the drift region, a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode sequentially stacked across a portion of the body region and a portion of the drift region, a drain extension electrode on the drain extension insulating layer, a drain region contacting a side of the drift region opposite to the body region, the drain region having the first conductivity, and a source region in the body region, the source region having the second conductivity.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes the steps of depositing a magnetic layer on at least one of surfaces of a nonmagnetic substrate and injecting atoms partially in the magnetic layer, thereby demagnetizing parts having admitted the injected atoms or imparting amorphousness thereto, to form a magnetically separated magnetic recording pattern. The step of injecting includes the steps of applying resist to the at least one surface subsequent to the step of depositing, partially decreasing a thickness of the resist and irradiating a surface of the resist with atoms, thereby inducing partial injection of the atoms to the magnetic layer through portions of the resist decreased in thickness.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include external gettering provided by electronic packaging. An external gettering element for a semiconductor substrate, which may be incorporated as part of an electronic packaging for the structure, is disclosed. Semiconductor structures and stacked semiconductor structures including an external gettering element are also disclosed. An encapsulation mold compound providing external gettering is also disclosed. Methods of fabricating such devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A memory device includes an upper conductive layer, a lower layer, and a resistive, optical or magnetic matrix positioned between the upper and lower layers.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided that has semiconductor fins having variable heights without any undue topography. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first semiconductor surface and a second semiconductor surface, wherein the first semiconductor surface is vertically offset and located above the second semiconductor surface. An oxide region is located directly on the first semiconductor surface and/or the second semiconductor surface. A first set of first semiconductor fins having a first height is located above the first semiconductor surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second set of second semiconductor fins having a second height is located above the second semiconductor surface, wherein the second height is different than the first height and wherein each first semiconductor fin and each second semiconductor fin have topmost surfaces which are coplanar with each other.

Abstract: Methods for etching dielectric materials in the fabrication of integrated circuits are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming a layer of a first dielectric material over a gate electrode structure formed on a semiconductor substrate. The gate electrode structure includes a horizontal top surface and sidewall vertical surfaces adjacent to the horizontal top surface. The method further includes forming a layer of a second dielectric material over the layer of the first dielectric material. The first dielectric material is different than the second dielectric material. Still further, the method includes applying an etchant to the second material that fully removes the second material from the sidewall vertical surfaces while only partially removing the second material from the horizontal top surface and while substantially not removing any of the layer of the first dielectric material.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) circuit, and a diode device therefor and a manufacturing method thereof. The TVS circuit is for coupling to a protected circuit to limit amplitude of a transient voltage which is inputted to the protected circuit. The TVS circuit includes a suppressor device and at least a diode device. The diode device is formed in a substrate, which includes: a well formed in the substrate; a separation region formed beneath the upper surface; a anode region and a cathode region, which are formed at two sides of the separation region beneath the upper surface respectively, wherein the anode region and the cathode region are separated by the separation region; and a buried layer, which is formed in the substrate below the well with a higher impurity density and a same conductive type as the well.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes (a) forming a buried diffusion layer of a first conductivity type in a semiconductor substrate of a second conductivity type, (b) forming a first impurity region by implanting an impurity of the first conductivity type, (c) diffusing the buried diffusion layer and the first impurity region to an extent that the buried diffusion layer and the first impurity region are not connected by performing a first thermal process on the semiconductor substrate, (d) forming a second impurity region by implanting an impurity of the first conductivity type at a concentration higher than that of in step (b), and (e) diffusing the buried diffusion layer, the first impurity region, and the second impurity region by performing a second thermal process on the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A low capacitance transient voltage suppressor with reduced clamping voltage includes an n+ type substrate, a first epitaxial layer on the substrate, a buried layer formed within the first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer, and an implant layer formed within the first epitaxial layer below the buried layer. The implant layer extends beyond the buried layer. A first trench is at an edge of the buried layer and an edge of the implant layer. A second trench is at another edge of the buried layer and extends into the implant layer. Each trench is lined with a dielectric layer. A set of source regions is formed within a top surface of the second epitaxial layer. The trenches and source regions alternate. A pair of implant regions is formed in the second epitaxial layer.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection clamp adapted to limit a voltage appearing across protected terminals of an integrated circuit to which the electrostatic discharge protection clamp is coupled is presented. The electrostatic discharge protection clamp includes a substrate, and a first electrostatic discharge protection device formed over the substrate. The first electrostatic discharge protection device includes a buried layer formed over the substrate, the buried layer having a first conductivity type and defining an opening located over a region of the substrate, a first transistor formed over the opening of the buried layer, the first transistor having an emitter coupled to a first cathode terminal of the electrostatic discharge protection clamp, and a second transistor formed over the buried layer, the second transistor having an emitter coupled to a first anode terminal of the electrostatic discharge protection clamp.

Abstract: A method of sealing a first wafer and a second wafer each made of semiconducting materials, including: implanting a metallic species in at least the first wafer, assembling the first wafer and the second wafer by molecular bonding, and after the molecular bonding, forming a metallic ohmic contact including alloys formed between the implanted metallic species and the semiconducting materials of the first wafer and the second wafer, the metallic ohmic contact being formed at an assembly interface between the first wafer and the second wafer, wherein the forming includes causing the implanted metallic species to diffuse towards the interface between the first wafer with the second wafer and beyond the interface.

Abstract: Methods for semiconductor fabrication include forming a well in a semiconductor substrate. A pocket is formed within the well, the pocket having an opposite doping polarity as the well to provide a p-n junction between the well and the pocket. Defects are created at the p-n junction such that a leakage resistance of the p-n junction is decreased.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) circuit, and a diode device therefor and a manufacturing method thereof. The TVS circuit is for coupling to a protected circuit to limit amplitude of a transient voltage which is inputted to the protected circuit. The TVS circuit includes a suppressor device and at least a diode device. The diode device is formed in a substrate, which includes: a well formed in the substrate; a separation region formed beneath the upper surface; a anode region and a cathode region, which are formed at two sides of the separation region beneath the upper surface respectively, wherein the anode region and the cathode region are separated by the separation region; and a buried layer, which is formed in the substrate below the well with a higher impurity density and a same conductive type as the well.

Abstract: A method of fabricating workpieces includes one or more layers on a substrate that are masked with an ion implantation mask comprising two or more layers. The mask layers include a first mask layer closer to the substrate, and a second mask layer on the first mask layer. The method also comprises ion implanting one or more of the layers on the substrate. Ion implantation may form portions with altered physical properties from the layers under the mask. The portions may form a plurality of non-magnetic regions corresponding to apertures in the mask.

Abstract: A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. In the semiconductor body, a dopant region is formed by a dopant composed of an oxygen complex. The dopant region extends over a section L having a length of at least 10 ?m along a direction from the first side to the second side. The dopant region has an oxygen concentration in a range of 1×1017 cm?3 to 5×1017 cm?3 over the section L.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes (a) forming a buried diffusion layer of a first conductivity type in a semiconductor substrate of a second conductivity type, (b) forming a first impurity region by implanting an impurity of the first conductivity type, (c) diffusing the buried diffusion layer and the first impurity region to an extent that the buried diffusion layer and the first impurity region are not connected by performing a first thermal process on the semiconductor substrate, (d) forming a second impurity region by implanting an impurity of the first conductivity type at a concentration higher than that of in step (b), and (e) diffusing the buried diffusion layer, the first impurity region, and the second impurity region by performing a second thermal process on the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A method for forming a multi-material thin film includes providing a multi-material donor substrate comprising single crystal silicon and an overlying film comprising GaN. Energetic particles are introduced through a surface of the multi-material donor substrate to a selected depth within the single crystal silicon. The method includes providing energy to a selected region of the donor substrate to initiate a controlled cleaving action in the donor substrate. Then, a cleaving action is made using a propagating cleave front to free a multi-material film from a remaining portion of the donor substrate, the multi-material film comprising single crystal silicon and the overlying film.

Abstract: A wafer and a fabrication method include a base structure including a substrate for fabricating semiconductor devices. The base structure includes a front side where the semiconductor devices are formed and a back side opposite the front side. An integrated layer is formed in the back side of the base structure including impurities configured to alter etch selectivity relative to the base structure such that the integrated layer is selectively removable from the base structure to remove defects incurred during fabrication of the semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for doping a semiconductor substrate. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a carbon free layer of phosphoric acid on a semiconductor substrate, and diffusing phosphorous from the layer of phosphoric acid in the substrate to form an activated phosphorous dopant therein. In an embodiment, the semiconductor substrate is immersed in a solution of a phosphorous compound to form a layer of the phosphorous compound on the substrate, and this layer of phosphorous is processed to form the layer of phosphoric acid. In an embodiment, this processing may include hydrolyzing the layer of the phosphorous compound to form the layer of phosphoric acid. In one embodiment, an oxide cap layer is formed on the phosphoric acid layer to form a capped substrate. The capped substrate may be annealed to diffuse the phosphorous in the substrate and to form the activated dopant.

Abstract: A low capacitance transient voltage suppressor with reduced clamping voltage includes an n+ type substrate, a first epitaxial layer on the substrate, a buried layer formed within the first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer, and an implant layer formed within the first epitaxial layer below the buried layer. The implant layer extends beyond the buried layer. A first trench is at an edge of the buried layer and an edge of the implant layer. A second trench is at another edge of the buried layer and extends into the implant layer. A third trench is at another edge of the implant layer. Each trench is lined with a dielectric layer. A set of source regions is formed within a top surface of the second epitaxial layer. The trenches and source regions alternate. A pair of implant regions is formed in the second epitaxial layer.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a semiconductor substrate defined by a generally planar first face, a generally planar second face and side faces extending between the generally planar second face and the generally planar first face. The semiconductor substrate has a curved contour between the generally planar second face and the side faces.

Abstract: A cavity is etched from a front surface into a semiconductor substrate. After providing an etch stop structure at the bottom of the cavity, the cavity is closed. From a back surface opposite to the front surface the semiconductor substrate is grinded at least up to an edge of the etch stop structure oriented to the back surface. Providing the etch stop structure at the bottom of an etched cavity allows for precisely adjusting a thickness of a semiconductor body of a semiconductor device.

Abstract: In a method for fabricating a field effect transistor, a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region are formed in a substrate. A channel region is formed between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. A gate region is formed on the channel region. Micro-cavities are formed in the substrate at least below the channel region, and the micro-cavities are oxidized.

Abstract: Provided are methods of forming semiconductor devices. A method may include preparing a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent the first region. The method may also include forming sacrificial pattern covering the second region and exposing the first region. The method may further include forming a capping layer including a faceted sidewall on the first region using selective epitaxial growth (SEG). The faceted sidewall may be separate from the sacrificial pattern. The sacrificial pattern may be removed. Impurity ions may be implanted into the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a high-voltage semiconductor device. The method includes designating first, second, and third regions in a substrate. The first and second regions are regions where a source and a drain of the semiconductor device will be formed, respectively. The third region separates the first and second regions. The method further includes forming a slotted implant mask layer at least partially over the third region. The method also includes implanting dopants into the first, second, and third regions. The slotted implant mask layer protects portions of the third region therebelow during the implanting. The method further includes annealing the substrate in a manner to cause diffusion of the dopants in the third region.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps. At first, a semiconductor substrate is provided. A gate stack layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and the gate stack layer further includes a cap layer disposed thereon. Furthermore, two first spacers surrounding sidewalls of the gate stack layer is further formed. Subsequently, the cap layer is removed, and two second spacers are formed on a part of the gate stack layer. Afterwards, a part of the first spacers and the gate stack layer not overlapped with the two second spacers are removed to form two gate stack structures.

Abstract: According to example embodiments of inventive concepts, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a sacrificial pattern having SiGe on a crystalline silicon substrate. A body having crystalline silicon is formed on the sacrificial pattern. At least one active element is formed on the body. An insulating layer is formed to cover the sacrificial pattern, the body, and the active element. A contact hole is formed to expose the sacrificial pattern through the insulating layer. A void space is formed by removing the sacrificial pattern. An amorphous silicon layer is formed in the contact hole and the void space. The amorphous silicon layer is transformed into a metal silicide layer.

Abstract: A method for forming an image sensing device is disclosed. An epitaxy layer having the first conductivity type is formed on a substrate, wherein the epitaxy layer comprises a first pixel area corresponding to a first incident light, a second pixel area corresponding to a second incident light, and a third pixel area corresponding to a third incident light. A first deep well is formed in a lower portion of the epitaxy layer for reducing pixel-to-pixel talk of the image sensing device. A second deep well is formed in a lower portion of the epitaxy layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of a high voltage device. The high voltage device is formed in a first conductive type substrate. The high-voltage device includes: a second conductive type buried layer; a first conductive type high voltage well; and a second conductive type body. The high voltage well is formed by the same step for forming a first conductive type well or a first conductive type channel stop layer of a low voltage device formed in the same substrate. The body is formed by the same step for forming a second conductive type well of the low voltage device.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a high voltage transistor includes the following steps. Firstly, a substrate is provided. A first sacrificial oxide layer and a hard mask layer are sequentially formed over the substrate. The hard mask layer is removed, thereby exposing the first sacrificial oxide layer. Then, a second sacrificial oxide layer is formed on the first sacrificial oxide layer. Afterwards, an ion-implanting process is performed to introduce a dopant into the substrate through the second sacrificial oxide layer and the first sacrificial oxide layer, thereby producing a high voltage first-type field region of the high voltage transistor.

Abstract: A wafer and a fabrication method include a base structure including a substrate for fabricating semiconductor devices. The base structure includes a front side where the semiconductor devices are formed and a back side opposite the front side. An integrated layer is formed in the back side of the base structure including impurities configured to alter etch selectivity relative to the base structure such that the integrated layer is selectively removable from the base structure to remove defects incurred during fabrication of the semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for doping a semiconductor substrate. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a carbon free layer of phosphoric acid on a semiconductor substrate, and diffusing phosphorous from the layer of phosphoric acid in the substrate to form an activated phosphorous dopant therein. In an embodiment, the semiconductor substrate is immersed in a solution of a phosphorous compound to form a layer of the phosphorous compound on the substrate, and this layer of phosphorous is processed to form the layer of phosphoric acid. In an embodiment, this processing may include hydrolyzing the layer of the phosphorous compound to form the layer of phosphoric acid. In one embodiment, an oxide cap layer is formed on the phosphoric acid layer to form a capped substrate. The capped substrate may be annealed to diffuse the phosphorous in the substrate and to form the activated dopant.

Abstract: A graphene-on-oxide substrate according to the present invention includes: a substrate having a metal oxide layer formed on its surface; and, formed on the metal oxide layer, a graphene layer including at least one atomic layer of the graphene. The graphene layer is grown generally parallel to the surface of the metal oxide layer, and the inter-atomic-layer distance between the graphene atomic layer adjacent to the surface of the metal oxide layer and the surface atomic layer of the metal oxide layer is 0.34 nm or less. Preferably, the arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of the metal oxide layer is 1 nm or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer has a die area and a scribe area. A first dummy pad is formed in a first test line area of the scribe area and filled with a first material as part of a first metal layer. A first interlayer dielectric is formed over the first metal layer. A first interconnect pattern is formed in the die area and above the first interlayer dielectric, and a first trench pattern is formed in the first test line area of the scribe area and above the interlayer dielectric. The first interconnect pattern and the first trench pattern are filled with a second metal layer, and the first trench pattern is aligned above the first dummy pad. An enhanced test line structure including the first trench pattern and the first dummy pad is formed and probed in a back end of line (BEOL) process.

Abstract: Provided are a method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a semiconductor integrated circuit device fabricated using the method. The method includes: forming a mask film, which exposes a portion of a substrate, on the substrate; forming a first buried impurity layer, which contains impurities of a first conductivity type and of a first concentration, in a surface of the exposed portion of the substrate by using the mask film; removing the mask film; forming a second buried impurity layer, which contains impurities of a second conductivity type and of a second concentration, using blank implantation; and forming an epitaxial layer on the substrate having the first and second buried impurity layers, wherein the first concentration is higher than the second concentration.

Abstract: In the substrate and the epitaxial layer, isolation regions are formed to divide the substrate and the epitaxial layer into a plurality of element formation regions. Each of the isolation regions is formed by connecting first and second P type buried diffusion layers with a P type diffusion layer. By disposing the second P type buried diffusion layer between the first P type buried diffusion layer and the P type diffusion layer, a lateral diffusion width of the first P type buried diffusion layer is reduced. This structure allows a formation region of the isolation region to be reduced in size.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an SOI substrate including a semiconductor layer which is efficiently planarized. A method for manufacturing an SOI substrate includes a step of irradiating a bond substrate with an accelerated ion to form an embrittlement region; a step of bonding the bond substrate and the base substrate with an insulating layer positioned therebetween; a step of splitting the bond substrate at the embrittlement region to leave a semiconductor layer bonded to the base substrate; a step of disposing the semiconductor layer in front of a semiconductor target containing the same semiconductor material as the semiconductor layer; and a step of alternately irradiating the surface of the semiconductor layer and the semiconductor target with a rare gas ion, so that the surface of the semiconductor layer is planarized.

Abstract: This invention generally relates to a process for making a multi-layered crystalline structure. The process includes implanting ions into a donor structure, bonding the implanted donor structure to a second structure to form a bonded structure, cleaving the bonded structure, and removing any residual portion of the donor structure from the finished multi-layered crystalline structure.

Abstract: One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming first and second FinFET devices in and above a first region and a second region of a semiconducting substrate, respectively, performing a first ion implantation process through a patterned mask layer to implant nitrogen into the second region, removing the patterned mask layer, performing a second ion implantation process to implant oxygen atoms into both the first and second regions, performing a heating process to form a layer of insulating material at least in the first region and performing at least one etching process to define at least one first fin in the first region and to define at least one second fin in the second region, the second fin being taller than the first fin.

Abstract: First of all, a semiconductor substrate is provided, and then a first/second wells with a first conductivity are formed therein so as to individually form a first part of the floating gate of single-level EEPROM and a low-voltage device thereon, wherein the first and the second wells are used to separate the high-voltage device, and the depth of the first well is the same as the second well. Furthermore, the high-voltage device and the second part of the floating gate of single-level EEPROM are individually formed on the semiconductor substrate between the first and the second wells, and the control gate of the floating gate of single-level EEPROM is formed in the third well located under the second part of the floating gate of single-level EEPROM, wherein the high-voltage device can be operated in the opposite electric field about 18V, such as ?6V˜12V, ?12V˜6V, ?9V˜9V etc.