Abstract: A floating trap type non-volatile memory device and fabrication method thereof are provided. The floating trap type device comprises a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the substrate. A charge storage layer is interposed between the substrate and the gate electrode. A tunneling layer is interposed between the substrate and charge storage layer. The charge storage layer comprises a material having a narrower band gap than silicon nitride. The charge storage layer preferably formed of tetrahedral amorphous carbon. The potential barrier between the charge storage layer and the tunneling layer is increased by using the tetrahedral amorphous carbon as the charge storage layer. Therefore, the charge retention characteristic of the floating trap type device is improved.

Abstract: A NAND-type flash memory device for preventing punchthrough and a method for forming the same are provided. The NAND-type flash memory device includes a string selection transistor, a plurality of cell memory transistors, and a ground selection transistor being sequentially connected in series. The device further includes a bitline contact connected to a drain region of the string selection transistor, and a common source line connected to a source region of the ground selection transistor. Impurities are heavily doped to a drain-to-channel interface in the string selection transistor and a channel-to-source interface in the ground selection transistor, forming pockets for preventing punchthrough. The pockets are preferably formed using a tilted ion implantation using the vertical gate structures as masks.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device having a MONOS (Metal-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor) gate structure and a fabrication method thereof are provided. This device includes a selection transistor and a cell transistor including a cell gate insulation layer formed in a cell array area and a low-voltage MOS transistor having a low-voltage gate insulation layer and a high-voltage MOS transistor having a high-voltage gate insulation layer formed in a peripheral circuit area. The low-voltage gate insulation layer is thinner than the high-voltage gate insulation layer. The low-voltage gate insulation layer can be also thinner than the equivalent thickness of the cell gate insulation layer.

Abstract: A NAND-type flash memory device for preventing punchthrough and a method for forming the same are provided. The NAND-type flash memory device includes a string selection transistor, a plurality of cell memory transistors, and a ground selection transistor being sequentially connected in series. The device further includes a bitline contact connected to a drain region of the string selection transistor, and a common source line connected to a source region of the ground selection transistor. Impurities are heavily doped to a drain-to-channel interface in the string selection transistor and a channel-to-source interface in the ground selection transistor, forming pockets for preventing punchthrough. The pockets are preferably formed using a tilted ion implantation using the vertical gate structures as masks.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device and fabrication methods thereof are provided. A first inter-gate insulating layer is formed to intervene between control gate electrodes and floating gate electrodes in a cell array area. A second inter-gate insulating layer is formed to intervene between a gate electrode and a dummy gate electrode in a peripheral circuit area. The second inter-gate insulating layer has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first inter-gate insulating layer on a top surface of the floating gate electrodes. By reducing the difference between the lo thickness of the first inter-gate insulating layer on sidewalls of floating gate patterns and the thickness of the second inter-gate insulating layer on a gate electrode pattern, in accordance with the invention, any etching damage to the substrate in the peripheral circuit area can be considerably reduced or prevented during the fabrication process.