Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Flash memory fabrication method
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate comprising an active region, and successive layers of a tunnel oxide layer, a floating gate, a gate dielectric layer, a control gate overlying each other. A first portion of the tunnel oxide layer disposed on an edge of the active region has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of a second portion of the tunnel oxide layer disposed away from the edge of the active region. Such features ensure efficient reduction of read disturb errors of a Flash memory device.
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