Abstract: A method for fabricating a non-volatile memory device, the method includes alternately stacking inter-layer dielectric layers and sacrificial layers over a substrate, etching the inter-layer dielectric layers and the sacrificial layers to form trenches to expose a surface of the substrate, etching the inter-layer dielectric layers exposed by the trenches to a predetermined thickness, forming junction layers over etched portions of the inter-layer dielectric layers, and burying a layer for a channel within the trenches in which the junction layers have been formed to form a channel.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional non-volatile memory device, a memory system including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same comprise vertical channel layers protruding from a substrate, a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers alternately formed along the vertical channel layers, a charge trap layer surrounding the vertical channel layers, the charge trap layer having a smaller thickness in a plurality of first regions, interposed between the plurality of conductive layers and the vertical channel layers, than in a plurality of second regions, interposed between the plurality of interlayer insulating layers and the vertical channel layers and a blocking insulating layer formed in each of the plurality of first regions, between the plurality of conductive layers and the charge trap layer.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory includes a channel layer to extend from a substrate in a vertical direction; a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of gate electrodes to be alternately stacked along the channel layer; and a memory layer to be interposed between the channel layer and each of the gate electrodes, wherein the memory layer comprises a tunnel dielectric layer to contact the channel layer, a first charge trap layer to contact the tunnel dielectric layer and formed of an insulating material, a charge storage layer to contact the first charge trap layer and formed of a semiconducting material or a conductive material, a second charge trap layer to contact the charge storage layer and formed of an insulating material, and a charge blocking layer to contact the second charge trap layer.

Abstract: A memory cell system including providing a substrate, forming a charge-storing stack having silicon-rich nitride on the substrate, and forming a gate on the charge-storing stack.

Abstract: Provided is an excellent nonvolatile storage device having advantageous in miniaturization and less variation in initial threshold value, and exhibiting a high writing efficiency, without an erasing failure and a retention failure. The nonvolatile storage device is characterized by including a film stack extending from between a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode onto at least a surface of the gate electrode lying on a first impurity diffusion region side, the film stack including a charge accumulating layer and a tunnel insulating film sequentially from a gate electrode side.

Abstract: Provided is a nonvolatile memory device including a common source. The device includes a first active region crossing a second active region, a common source disposed in the second active region, and a source conductive line disposed on the common source in parallel to the common source. The source conductive line is electrically connected to the common source.

Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of forming charge storage transistor gates and standard FET gates in which common processing is utilized for fabrication of at least some portions of the different types of gates. FET and charge storage transistor gate stacks may be formed. The gate stacks may each include a gate material, an insulative material, and a sacrificial material. The sacrificial material is removed from the FET and charge storage transistor gate stacks. The insulative material of the FET gate stacks is etched through. A conductive material is formed over the FET gate stacks and over the charge storage transistor gate stacks. The conductive material physically contacts the gate material of the FET gate stacks, and is separated from the gate material of the charge storage transistor gate stacks by the insulative material remaining in the charge storage transistor gate stacks. Some embodiments include gate structures.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing vertical semiconductor devices may include forming a mold structure including sacrificial layers and insulating interlayers with a first opening formed therethrough. The sacrificial layers and the insulating interlayers may be stacked repeatedly and alternately on a substrate. The first opening may expose the substrate. Blocking layers may be formed by oxidizing portions of the sacrificial layers exposed by the first opening. A first semiconductor layer pattern, a charge trapping layer pattern and a tunnel insulation layer pattern, respectively, may be formed on the sidewall of the first opening. A second semiconductor layer may be formed on the first polysilicon layer pattern and the bottom of the first opening. The sacrificial layers and the insulating interlayers may be partially removed to form a second opening. The sacrificial layers may be removed to form grooves between the insulating interlayers. Control gate electrodes may be formed in the grooves.

Abstract: Non-volatile semiconductor memories and methods of fabricating the same to improve performance thereof are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: (i) forming a gate for a non-volatile memory transistor on a surface of a substrate overlaying a channel region formed therein, the gate including a charge trapping layer; and (ii) forming a strain inducing structure over the gate of the non-volatile memory transistor to increase charge retention of the charge trapping layer. Preferably, the memory transistor is a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) transistor comprising a SONOS gate stack. More preferably, the memory also includes a logic transistor on the substrate, and the step of forming a strain inducing structure comprises the step of forming the strain inducing structure over the logic transistor. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: A nonvolatile charge trap memory device is described. The device includes a substrate having a channel region and a pair of source/drain regions. A gate stack is above the substrate over the channel region and between the pair of source/drain regions. The gate stack includes a multi-layer charge-trapping region having a first deuterated layer. The multi-layer charge-trapping region may further include a deuterium-free charge-trapping layer.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate with a trench; a tunnel insulating film covering an inner surface of the trench; a trap layer in contact with the tunnel insulating film on an inner surface of an upper portion of the trench; a top insulating film in contact with the trap layer; a gate electrode embedded in the trench, and in contact with the tunnel insulating film at a lower portion of the trench and in contact with the top insulating film at the upper portion of the trench, in which the trap layer and the top insulating film, in between the lower portion of the trench and the upper portion of the trench, extend and protrude from both sides of the trench so as to be embedded in the gate electrode, and a method for manufacturing thereof.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor device includes a memory cell in a first area of a substrate, a low voltage transistor in a second area of the substrate, and a high voltage transistor in a third area of the substrate. The memory cell includes a tunnel insulation layer formed on the substrate, a charge trapping layer pattern formed on the tunnel insulation layer in the first area of the substrate, a blocking layer pattern formed on the charge trapping layer pattern and a control gate formed on the blocking layer pattern. The control gate has a width substantially smaller than a width of the blocking layer pattern and the width of the control gate is substantially smaller than a width of the charge trapping layer pattern. In addition, an offset is formed between the control gate and the blocking layer pattern such that a spacer is not formed on a sidewall of the control gate.

Abstract: An insulating pattern is disposed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate and includes a silicon oxynitride film. A conductive pattern is disposed on the insulating pattern. A data storage pattern and a vertical channel pattern are disposed within a channel hole formed to vertically penetrate the insulating pattern and the conductive pattern. The data storage pattern and the vertical channel pattern are conformally stacked along sidewalls of the insulating pattern and the conductive pattern. A concave portion is formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the insulating pattern. The concave portion is recessed relative to a bottom surface of the insulating pattern.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor member; a memory film provided on a surface of the semiconductor member and being capable of storing charge; and a plurality of control gate electrodes provided on the memory film, spaced from each other, and arranged along a direction parallel to the surface. Average dielectric constant of a material interposed between one of the control gate electrodes and a portion of the semiconductor member located immediately below the control gate electrode adjacent to the one control gate electrode is lower than average dielectric constant of a material interposed between the one control gate electrode and a portion of the semiconductor member located immediately below the one control gate electrode.

Abstract: In a vertical-type memory device and a method of manufacturing the vertical-type memory device, the vertical memory device includes an insulation layer pattern of a linear shape provided on a substrate, pillar-shaped single-crystalline semiconductor patterns provided on both sidewalls of the insulation layer pattern and transistors provided on a sidewall of each of the single-crystalline semiconductor patterns. The transistors are arranged in a vertical direction of the single-crystalline semiconductor pattern, and thus the memory device may be highly integrated.

Abstract: There is provided a nonvolatile memory device having a tunnel dielectric layer formed over a substrate, the charge capturing layer formed over the tunnel dielectric layer and including a combination of at least one charge storage layer and at least one charge trap layer, a charge blocking layer formed over the charge capturing layer, and a gate electrode formed over the charge blocking layer.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate having an upper portion being partitioned into a plurality of semiconductor portions extending in a first direction; a charge storage film provided on the semiconductor portion; a word-line electrode provided on the semiconductor substrate and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a pair of selection gate electrodes provided on both sides of the word-line electrode in the first direction on the semiconductor substrate and extending in the second direction, a shortest distance between a corner portion of each of the semiconductor portions and each of the selection gate electrodes being longer than a shortest distance between the corner portion of the semiconductor portion and the word-line electrode in a cross section parallel to the second direction.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a first channel comprising a pair of first pillars vertically extending from a substrate and a first coupling portion positioned under the pair of first pillars and coupling the pair of first pillars, a second channel adjacent to the first channel comprising a pair of second pillars vertically extending from the substrate and a second coupling portion positioned under the pair of second pillars and coupling the pair of second pillars, a plurality of gate electrode layers and interlayer dielectric layers alternately stacked along the first and second pillar portions, and first and second trenches isolating the plurality of gate electrode layers between the pair of first pillar portions and between the pair of second pillar portions, respectively.

Abstract: A memory structure having a memory cell including a first dielectric layer, a gate, a semiconductor layer, a first doped region, a second doped region and a charge storage layer is provided. The first dielectric layer is on the substrate. The gate includes a base portion on the first dielectric layer and a protruding portion disposed on the base portion and partially exposing the base portion. The semiconductor layer is conformally disposed on the gate, and includes a top portion over the protruding portion, a bottom portion over the base portion exposed by the protruding portion and a side portion located at a sidewall of the protruding portion and connecting the top and bottom portions. The first and second doped regions are respectively in the top and bottom portions. The side portion serves as a channel region. The charge storage layer is between the gate and the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided, a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device including: a substrate; a stacked portion that includes a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of insulation layers alternately stacked on the substrate, at least one layer of the plurality of conductor layers and the plurality of insulation layers forming a marker layer; a charge accumulation film that is formed on an inner surface of a memory plug hole that is formed in the stacked portion from a top surface to a bottom surface thereof; and a semiconductor pillar that is formed inside the memory plug hole through the charge accumulation film.

Abstract: A mold stack including alternating insulation layers and sacrificial layers is formed on a substrate. Vertical channel regions extending through the insulation layers and sacrificial layers of the mold stack are formed. Gate electrodes are formed between adjacent ones of the insulation layers and surrounding the vertical channel regions. The gate electrodes have a greater thickness at a first location near sidewalls of the insulation layers than at a second location further away from the sidewalls of the insulation layers.

Abstract: A technique capable of improving the reliability of a non-volatile memory semiconductor device is provided and, in particular, a technique capable of supplying electricity without fail to a memory gate electrode of split gate transistor is provided. One end of an electricity supply line ESL is arranged over a terminal end TE1 and the other end thereof is arranged over a terminal end TE2, and further, the central portion of the electricity supply line ESL is arranged over a dummy part DMY. That is, the terminal end TE1, the terminal end TE2, and the dummy part DMY have substantially the same height, and therefore, most of the electricity supply line ESL arranged from over the terminal end TE1 to over the terminal end TE2 via the dummy part DMY is formed so as to have the same height.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first insulating layer, charge storage layers, element isolation insulating films, and a second insulating layer formed on the charge storage layers and the element isolation insulating films and including a stacked structure of a first silicon nitride film, first silicon oxide film, intermediate insulating film and second silicon oxide film. The first silicon nitride film has a nitrogen concentration of not less than 21×1015 atoms/cm2. Each element isolation insulating film includes a high-temperature oxide film formed along lower side surfaces of the charge storage layers between the charge storage layers and a coating type insulating film. The first silicon nitride film is formed on an upper surface of the high-temperature oxide film in upper surfaces of the element isolation insulating films and not on the upper surface of the coating type insulating film.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method of integration of a non-volatile memory device into a MOS flow are described. Generally, the method includes: forming a dielectric stack on a surface of a substrate, the dielectric stack including a tunneling dielectric overlying the surface of the substrate and a charge-trapping layer overlying the tunneling dielectric; forming a cap layer overlying the dielectric stack; patterning the cap layer and the dielectric stack to form a gate stack of a memory device in a first region of the substrate and to remove the cap layer and the charge-trapping layer from a second region of the substrate; and performing an oxidation process to form a gate oxide of a MOS device overlying the surface of the substrate in the second region while simultaneously oxidizing the cap layer to form a blocking oxide overlying the charge-trapping layer. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: A FinFET device and method for fabricating a FinFET device is disclosed. An exemplary FinFET device includes a semiconductor substrate; an insulator layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate; a fin structure disposed over the insulator layer, the fin structure having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region disposed between the source region and the drain region; a gate structure disposed adjacent to the channel region of the fin structure; and a doped region disposed in the semiconductor substrate below the channel region of the fin structure. The gate structure includes a first gate dielectric layer disposed adjacent to the fin structure, a second gate dielectric layer, a charge storing layer disposed between the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer, and a gate electrode layer disposed adjacent to the second gate dielectric layer.

Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate having an upper portion being partitioned into a plurality of semiconductor portions extending in a first direction; a charge storage film provided on the semiconductor portion; a word-line electrode provided on the semiconductor substrate and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a pair of selection gate electrodes provided on both sides of the word-line electrode in the first direction on the semiconductor substrate and extending in the second direction, a shortest distance between a corner portion of each of the semiconductor portions and each of the selection gate electrodes being longer than a shortest distance between the corner portion of the semiconductor portion and the word-line electrode in a cross section parallel to the second direction.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional non-volatile memory device, a memory system including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same comprise vertical channel layers protruding from a substrate, a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of conductive layers alternately formed along the vertical channel layers, a charge trap layer surrounding the vertical channel layers, the charge trap layer having a smaller thickness in a plurality of first regions, interposed between the plurality of conductive layers and the vertical channel layers, than in a plurality of second regions, interposed between the plurality of interlayer insulating layers and the vertical channel layers and a blocking insulating layer formed in each of the plurality of first regions, between the plurality of conductive layers and the charge trap layer.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region therebetween. The channel region has a length extending from the source region to the drain region and a channel width in the direction perpendicular to the channel length direction. The device includes a floating gate positioned between the source and the drain in the channel length direction. The width of the floating gate is less than the channel width. A control gate covers a top surface and a side surface of the floating gate. The control gate also overlies an entirety of the channel region. Erasure of the cell is accomplished by Fowler-Nordheim tunneling from the floating gate to the control gate. Programming is accomplished by electrons migrating through an electron concentration gradient from a channel region underneath the control gate into a channel region underneath the floating gate and then injecting into the floating gate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a gate insulating film formed above the semiconductor substrate; a charge storage layer formed above the gate insulating film; a multilayered interelectrode insulating film formed in a first region above an upper surface portion of the element isolation insulating film, a second region above a sidewall portion of the charge storage layer and a third region above an upper surface portion of the charge storage layer, the interelectrode insulating film including a stack of an upper silicon oxide film, a middle silicon nitride film, and a lower silicon oxide film; a control gate electrode formed above the interelectrode insulating film; wherein the middle silicon nitride film is thinner in the third region than in the second region and the upper silicon oxide film is thicker in the third region than in the second region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming first auxiliary patterns, alternately forming first material layers and second material layers on the sidewalls of the first auxiliary patterns so that a gap region between the first auxiliary patterns adjacent to each other is filled, removing the second material layers, and forming charge storage layers in respective regions from which the second material layers have been removed.

Abstract: A memory device is described, including a tunnel dielectric layer over a substrate, a gate over the tunnel dielectric layer, at least one charge storage layer between the gate and the tunnel dielectric layer, two doped regions in the substrate beside the gate, and a word line that is disposed on and electrically connected to the gate and has a thickness greater than that of the gate.

Abstract: A method for forming an integrated circuit system is provided including forming a semi-conducting layer over a substrate, forming a spacer stack having a gap filler adjacent to the semi-conducting layer and a inter-layer dielectric over the gap filler, forming a transition layer having a recess over the semi-conducting layer and adjacent to the spacer stack, and forming a metal layer in the recess.

Abstract: A memory array includes a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of word lines, a gate region, and a charge trapping layer. The charge trapping layer is wider than a word line; the charge trapping layer is extended beyond the edge of the gate region to facilitate capturing and removing charges.

Abstract: Methods of forming vertical nonvolatile memory devices utilize carbon-blocking sacrificial capping layers to increase device yield by reducing the likelihood that one or more vertically-stacked layers of materials will lift-off during fabrication. These capping layers may be provided to cover carbon-containing sacrificial layers that are highly polymerized.

Abstract: A memory and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A plurality of stacked structures extending along a first direction is formed on a substrate. Each of the stacked structures includes a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of second insulating layers. The first insulating layers are stacked on the substrate and the second insulating layers are respectively disposed between the adjacent first insulating layers. A plurality of trenches extending along the first direction is formed in each of the stacked structures. The trenches are respectively located at two opposite sides of each of the second insulating layers. A first conductive layer is filled in the trenches. A plurality of charge storage structures extending along a second direction is formed on the stacked structures and a second conductive layer is formed on each of the charge storage structures.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor storage device has a plurality of memory strings with a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells connected in series. Each of the memory strings includes: a columnar semiconductor layer extending in a direction perpendicular to a substrate; a plurality of conductive layers formed at a sidewall of the columnar semiconductor layer via memory layers; and interlayer insulation layers formed above of below the conductive layers. A sidewall of the conductive layers facing the columnar semiconductor layer is formed to be inclined such that the distance thereof from a central axis of the columnar semiconductor layer becomes larger at lower position thereof than at upper position thereof. While, a sidewall of the interlayer insulation layers facing the columnar semiconductor layer is formed to be inclined such that the distance thereof from a central axis of the columnar semiconductor layer becomes smaller at lower position thereof than at upper position thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment, includes: forming a stack structure by alternately stacking control gate electrodes and interlayer insulating films; forming a through-hole that penetrates through the stack structure in a stacking direction of the control gate electrodes and the interlayer insulating films; forming a first insulating film that covers an inner surface of the through-hole; forming a charge storage layer that covers an inner surface of the first insulating film; forming a second insulating film that covers an inner surface of the charge storage layer; forming a semiconductor layer that covers an inner surface of the second insulating film; and oxidizing an interface between the semiconductor layer and the second insulating film by performing a heat treatment in an atmosphere containing O2 gas at a temperature of 600° C. or lower.

Abstract: A method for forming a split gate device includes forming a first sidewall of a first conductive gate layer, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a tunnel region laterally adjacent the first sidewall, forming a dielectric layer along the first sidewall to provide for increased thickness of a gap spacer, forming a charge storage layer over a portion of a top surface of the first conductive layer and over the tunnel region, and forming a second conductive gate layer over the charge storage layer.

Abstract: In a non-volatile memory in which writing/erasing is performed by changing a total charge amount by injecting electrons and holes into a silicon nitride film serving as a charge accumulation layer, in order to realize a high efficiency of a hole injection from a gate electrode, the gate electrode of a memory cell comprises a laminated structure made of a plurality of polysilicon films with different impurity concentrations, for example, a two-layered structure comprising a p-type polysilicon film with a low impurity concentration and a p+-type polysilicon film with a high impurity concentration deposited thereon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing spacer to reduce coupling interference in MOSFET, which includes the steps of: forming a gate oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a gate on the gate oxide layer; and depositing a low-K dielectric material on the gate and the semiconductor substrate, and doping with carbon during deposition to form a carbon-containing low-K dielectric layer and then forming the spacer by an etching process.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of gate electrode structures formed on a semiconductor substrate and an insulating film which covers the gate electrode structures and has an air gap in it. Each of the gate electrode structures includes a gate insulting film, a charge storage layer, an intermediary insulating film, and a control gate electrode. The control gate electrode includes a first control gate and a second control gate whose width is greater than that of the first control gate. The air gap is formed so as to be higher than a space between the control gate electrodes and than the control gate electrodes.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of the present invention has a first interconnect layer formed over the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor element; the first interconnect layer has an insulating layer, and a first interconnect filled in a surficial portion of the insulating layer; the semiconductor element has a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode; the semiconductor layer is positioned over the first interconnect layer; the gate insulating film is positioned over or below semiconductor layer; and the gate electrode is positioned on the opposite side of the semiconductor layer while placing the gate insulating film in between.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first semiconductor layer over a substrate, forming a first photoresist layer over the first semiconductor layer, and using only a first single mask patterning the first photoresist layer to form a first patterned photoresist layer. The method further includes using the first patterned photoresist layer etching the first semiconductor layer to form a select gate and forming a charge storage layer over the select gate and a portion of the substrate. The method further includes forming a second semiconductor layer over the charge storage layer, forming a second photoresist layer over the second semiconductor layer, and using only a second single mask patterning the second photoresist layer to form a second patterned photoresist layer. The method further includes forming a control gate by anisotropically etching the second semiconductor layer and then subsequently isotropically etching the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a non-volatile memory device includes repeatedly stacking interlayer dielectric layers and gate conductive layers on a substrate; etching the interlayer dielectric layers and the gate conductive layers to form cell channel holes that expose the substrate, forming a protective layer along a resultant structure, forming a capping layer on the protective layer to fill the cell channel holes, planarizing the protective layer and the capping layer until an uppermost one of the interlayer dielectric layers is exposed, forming a gate conductive layer for select transistors and an interlayer dielectric layer for select transistors on a resultant structure, etching the interlayer dielectric layer and the gate conductive layer, to form select transistor channel holes that expose the capping layer while removing the capping layer buried in the cell channel holes, and removing the protective layer.

Abstract: In a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, a stacked body is provided on a silicon substrate by alternately stacking pluralities of isolation dielectric films and electrode films, a through-hole is formed in the stacked body to extend in the stacking direction, a memory film is formed by stacking a block layer, a charge layer and a tunnel layer in this order at an inner face of the through-hole, and thereby a silicon pillar is buried in the through-hole. At this time, the electrode film is protruded further than the isolation dielectric film toward the silicon pillar at the inner face of the through-hole, and an end face of the isolation dielectric film has a curved shape displacing toward the silicon pillar side as the electrode film is approached.

Abstract: An integrated circuit method for manufacturing an integrated circuit system including loading a wafer into a processing chamber and pre-purging the processing chamber with a first ammonia gas. Depositing a first nitride layer over the wafer and purging the processing chamber with a second ammonia gas. Depositing a second nitride layer over the first nitride layer that is misaligned with the first nitride layer. Post-purging the processing chamber with a third ammonia gas and purging the processing chamber with a nitrogen gas.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body, a semiconductor pillar, and a plurality of memory cells. The stacked body includes a plurality of stacked gate electrodes and inter-electrode insulating layers provided between the gate electrodes. The semiconductor pillar punches through the stacked body. The plurality of memory cells is provided in stacking direction. The memory cell includes a charge trap layer provided between the semiconductor pillar and the gate electrode via an air gap. The block insulating layer is provided between the charge trap layer and the gate electrode. Each of the plurality of memory cells is provided with a support portion configured to keep air gap distance between the charge trap layer and the semiconductor pillar.

Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of forming charge storage transistor gates and standard FET gates in which common processing is utilized for fabrication of at least some portions of the different types of gates. FET and charge storage transistor gate stacks may be formed. The gate stacks may each include a gate material, an insulative material, and a sacrificial material. The sacrificial material is removed from the FET and charge storage transistor gate stacks. The insulative material of the FET gate stacks is etched through. A conductive material is formed over the FET gate stacks and over the charge storage transistor gate stacks. The conductive material physically contacts the gate material of the FET gate stacks, and is separated from the gate material of the charge storage transistor gate stacks by the insulative material remaining in the charge storage transistor gate stacks. Some embodiments include gate structures.

Abstract: Modulation-doped multi-gate devices are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface, one or more buffer films coupled to the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first barrier film coupled to the one or more buffer films, a multi-gate fin coupled to the first barrier film, the multi-gate fin comprising a source region, a drain region, and a channel region of a multi-gate device wherein the channel region is disposed between the source region and the drain region, a spacer film coupled to the multi-gate fin, and a doped film coupled to the spacer film.

Abstract: Provided is an excellent nonvolatile storage device having advantageous in miniaturization and less variation in initial threshold value, and exhibiting a high writing efficiency, without an erasing failure and a retention failure. The nonvolatile storage device is characterized by including a film stack extending from between a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode onto at least a surface of the gate electrode lying on a first impurity diffusion region side, the film stack including a charge accumulating layer and a tunnel insulating film sequentially from a gate electrode side.