REDUCTION OF CHARGE LOSS IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY CELLS BY PHOSPHOROUS IMPLANTATION INTO PECVD NITRIDE/OXYNITRIDE FILMS

摘要

A semiconductor device formed in a semiconductor substrate with a low hydrogen content barrier layer formed over the semiconductor device. The barrier layer is implanted with phosphorus ions. The semiconductor device may have a hydrogen getter layer formed under the barrier layer. The barrier layer is a high temperature PECVD nitride film, a high temperature PECVD oxynitride film or a high temperature LPCVD nitride film. The hydrogen getter layer is P-doped film having a thickness between 1000 and 2000 Angstroms and is a PSG, BPSG, PTEOS deposited oxide film, or BPTEOS deposited oxide film. Interconnects are made by a tungsten damascene process.