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C257S002000, C257S016000, C257S052000, C257S325000, C257S646000

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06959920

ABSTRACT:
A pre-metal dielectric structure of a SONOS memory structure includes a UV light-absorbing film, which prevents the ONO structure from being electronically charged in response to UV irradiation. In one embodiment, the pre-metal dielectric structure includes a first pre-metal dielectric layer located over the SONOS memory structure, a light-absorbing structure located over the first pre-metal dielectric layer, and a second pre-metal dielectric layer located over the light-absorbing structure. The light-absorbing structure can be a continuous polysilicon or amorphous silicon layer. Alternately, the light-absorbing structure can include one or more patterned polysilicon layers. In another embodiment, the SONOS transistors include UV light absorbing polysilicon spacers.

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