Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of shared contact scheme

Details Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of shared contact scheme Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device of shared contact scheme

1991-10-25

1993-04-20

James, Andrew J.

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Field effect device

Having insulated electrode

257390, 257401, H01L 2968

Patent

active

052045420

ABSTRACT:
A read-only semiconductor memory device including memory elements arranged in a principal surface of the semiconductor substrate in a matrix to form MOS transistors. Each of the memory elements has first and second electrode regions formed in the principal surface so as to respectively constitute the first and second electrodes, insulative layers formed on the principal surface, and a control electrode layer formed via the insulative layers on the principal surface to constitute the control electrode. The control electrode layer is commonly connected to memory elements in the lateral direction of the matrix. The first and second electrode regions are respectively arranged such that any adjacent two in the vertical direction of the memory elements electrically share the first and second electrodes, respectively. Each of the first electrode regions is interconnected to the first electrode region of one of the elements adjacent thereto in the lateral direction. The second electrode regions are also interconnected similarly. The device further includes first and second conductor members each formed on the insulative layers so as to electrically interconnect the first and second electrode regions, respectively, of the elements in the vertical direction. The boundaries between the control electrode layer and the first and second electrodes are defined in the lateral direction substantantially in parallel thereto.

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