Patent ID: 6770932
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device having a memory region and a peripheral region, comprising:a memory cell configured to store data, the memory cell formed in the memory region of a semiconductor substrate and having a first gate electrode, first and second diffusion layers, the first gate electrode having a first top surface and a first side surface; a peripheral transistor formed in the peripheral region in the semiconductor substrate having a second gate electrode, third and fourth diffusion layers, the second gate electrode having a second top surface and a second side surface; a first contact layer connected to the second top surface of the second gate electrode in the peripheral transistor; and a silicon nitride layer formed above the first side surface of the first gate electrode in the memory cell and the second side surface of the second gate electrode in the peripheral transistor, the silicon nitride layer not being contact with the first contact layer, a thickness of the silicon nitride layer that is formed above the first and second side surfaces of the first and second gate electrodes being unique approximately.