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Salicided gate for virtual ground arrays

  • US 6,645,801 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/2001
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of forming a virtual ground array non-volatile semiconductor memory device, comprising:

  • providing a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having a core region and a peripheral region;

    forming charge trapping layers comprising at least one dielectric layer over the core region;

    forming a poly layer over at least the charge trapping layers;

    patterning the poly layer in the core region thereby forming adjacent word lines without bit line contacts therebetween having a first spacing and forming adjacent word lines with bit line contacts therebetween having a second spacing, the second spacing being wider than the first spacing;

    providing one or more salicide protect layers over the core region;

    removing a portion of the one or more salicide protect layers to expose the word lines, without exposing the substrate in the spaces between word lines; and

    saliciding the word lines.

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