Patent ID: 7550349
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for forming gate dielectric layers having different thicknesses, comprising: forming a lower oxide layer, a nitride layer, and an upper oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate including a first region in which a SONOS transistor is to be formed, a second region in which a high voltage logic transistor for the SONOS transistor is to be formed, a third region in which a high voltage logic transistor is to be formed, and a fourth region in which a low voltage logic transistor is to be formed; performing a first deglaze process on the semiconductor substrate keeping the lower oxide layer, the nitride layer, and the upper oxide layer in the first region, while removing the nitride layer and the upper oxide layer in the second, third, and fourth regions to expose the lower oxide layer in the second, third, and fourth regions; growing a first gate dielectric layer having a first thickness on the exposed lower oxide layer in the second, third, and fourth regions; performing a second deglaze process on the first gate dielectric layer in the third region, thereby forming a second gate dielectric layer having a second thickness; and performing a third deglaze process on the first gate dielectric layer in the fourth region, thereby forming a third gate dielectric layer having a third thickness.