Patent Publication Number: US-8525251-B2

Title: Nonvolatile programmable logic switch

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-75972 filed on Mar. 26, 2009 in Japan and PCT/JP 2010/051799 filed on Feb. 8, 2010, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     FIELD 
     Embodiments described herein relate generally to a nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A programmable logic switch is a device that controls switching on and off of a logic switch (such as a transistor) in accordance with data held in a memory. Normally, such programmable logic switches are used in an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that requires reconfigurations of logic circuits and a wiring board. 
     In a programmable logic switch used in an FPGA, a volatile memory such as an SRAM is used as the memory. Therefore, once the power supply is switched off, the data stored in the SRAM is erased, resulting in the need to re-read data from a separately-prepared memory region when the power supply is again switched on. Also, an SRAM is normally formed by six transistors. Therefore, in an FPGA using a large number of SRAMs, the proportion of the area occupied by the SRAMs in the FPGA chip is large. As a result, the chip area of the FPGA becomes large. 
     A nonvolatile programmable logic switch based on a conventional semiconductor process with high reliability has been suggested (see United States Patent Publication No. 2002/0190749, for example). In the logic switch according to United States Patent Publication No. 2002/0190749, a cell transistor that is to be a memory cell and has a floating gate is used as a pass transistor. Since data is stored in the pass transistor, the occupied area is extremely small. However, if such logic switches are incorporated into a reconfigurable circuit such as an FPGA, various kinds of problems arise due to the circuit design. For example, to use a memory cell to store data, data writing and erasing need to be performed on the cell transistor. Particularly, in an erasing operation, a high voltage is applied to the diffusion layer to be the source or the drain of the cell transistor at the time of data erasing, and the high voltage for data erasing is applied directly to the gate electrode of the transistor of the later stage. Therefore, according to United States Patent Publication No. 2002/0190749, the gate insulating film of the transistor of the later stage is made as thick as 100 to 200 nm, to prevent breaking of the transistor of the later stage. 
     A logic switch having memory cells and a pass transistor formed independently of each other has also been known (see U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137, for example). In the logic switch according to U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137, first through fourth memory cells are connected in series in this order, and the gate of the pass transistor is electrically connected to the common connection node between the second and third memory cells. In that case, the gate potential of the pass transistor is controlled by the data stored in the first and fourth memory cells, and the voltage input to each of the control gates of the first and fourth memory cells. 
     JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI) discloses yet another example of a logic switch. In the logic switch according to JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI), a resistive element and a cell transistor having a floating gate are connected in series, and the gate of a pass transistor is electrically connected to the common connection node between the resistive element and the cell transistor. The potential of the common connection node is determined by the channel resistance that varies with the data written in the memory cell, and the ratio of the potential to the resistance of the resistive element. 
     As will be described later, the above-mentioned United States Patent Publication No. 2002/0190749, U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137, and JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI) have the following problems, which were first recognized by the inventors. 
     According to United States Patent Publication No. 2002/0190749, the gate insulating film is thick. Therefore, to prevent short channel effects, the gate length of the transistor needs to be made larger. As a result, large-size devices need to be used, and the response speed of the entire reconfigurable circuit becomes lower. According to U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137, at least four memory cells need to be used, and the effect to reduce the area becomes very small. According to JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI), it is difficult to form a highly-reliable resistive element in a small area, and efficient data erasing cannot be performed. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a circuit diagram of a nonvolatile programmable logic switch according to a first embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of the nonvolatile programmable logic switch according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram for explaining the bias condition in an erasing operation in the nonvolatile programmable logic switch according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of a nonvolatile programmable logic switch according to a comparative example. 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram showing the potential distribution in the depth direction in the center portion of the pass transistor at the time when an erasing operation is performed. 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram showing the electrical field distribution in the depth direction in the center portion of the pass transistor at the time when an erasing operation is performed. 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram for explaining an operation performed when the pass transistor is operated in an overerased state. 
         FIG. 8  is a diagram showing the bias condition in a writing operation. 
         FIG. 9  is a diagram for explaining an operation performed when the pass transistor is operated after a writing operation. 
         FIG. 10  is a diagram showing the results of a simulation of writing into the memory cell transistor. 
         FIG. 11  is a diagram showing the switching characteristics of the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
         FIGS. 12(   a ) to  12 ( c ) are cross-sectional views showing procedures for manufacturing the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
         FIGS. 13(   a ) to  13 ( c ) are cross-sectional views showing procedures for manufacturing the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
         FIGS. 14(   a ) to  14 ( c ) are cross-sectional views showing procedures for manufacturing the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
         FIGS. 15(   a ) to  15 ( c ) are cross-sectional views showing procedures for manufacturing the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
         FIGS. 16(   a ) and  16 ( b ) are cross-sectional views showing procedures for manufacturing the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
         FIGS. 17(   a ) and  17 ( b ) are cross-sectional views showing procedures for manufacturing the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. 
         FIG. 18  is an equivalent circuit diagram for explaining that the gate potential of the pass transistor is determined by the capacitive coupling with the potential V DD  of the source region of the memory cell transistor, the potential V FG  of the floating gate, and the substrate potential. 
         FIG. 19  is a diagram showing the dependence of the gate potential of the pass transistor on the gate length of the pass transistor. 
         FIG. 20  is a circuit diagram of a logic switch according to a second embodiment. 
         FIG. 21  is a cross-sectional view of the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 22  is a diagram showing a written state of a logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 23  is a diagram showing a written state of a logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 24  is a circuit diagram of a logic switch according to a modification of the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 25  is a cross-sectional view showing a method for manufacturing the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 26  is a cross-sectional view showing a method for manufacturing the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 27  is a cross-sectional view showing a method for manufacturing the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 28  is a cross-sectional view showing a method for manufacturing the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 29  is a cross-sectional view showing a method for manufacturing the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 30  is a cross-sectional view showing a method for manufacturing the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 31  is a cross-sectional view showing a method for manufacturing the logic switch according to the second embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The findings made by the inventors about United States Patent Publication No. 2002/0190749, U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137 and JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI) are now described before a description of embodiments of the present invention is given. 
     According to United States Patent Publication No. 2002/0190749, the gate insulating film is thick. Therefore, to prevent short channel effects, the gate length of the transistor needs to be made larger. As a result, large-size devices need to be used, and the response speed of the entire reconfigurable circuit becomes lower. Also, the tunnel insulating film of the cell transistor needs to be made as thick as almost 8 nm to store data. In that case, the gate length of the cell transistor needs to be made larger, for the same reason as above. As described above, where a pass transistor having a large gate length is used, a high parasitic resistance exists between circuits, and signals are not easily transmitted with precision. Therefore, the memory cell and the pass transistor are provided independently of each other, so that the entire circuit can correctly operate at a high speed, though the number of transistors becomes somewhat larger. 
     According to U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137, as well as the first and fourth memory cells that determine the voltage of the common connection node between the second and third memory cells, the second and third memory cells need to be prepared. This is to prevent the write and erase voltages applied to the first and fourth memory cells from breaking the gate insulating film of the pass transistor. Therefore, according to U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137, at least four memory cells need to be used, and the effect to reduce the area becomes very small. 
     According to JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI), the number of transistors is advantageously smaller than that according to U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137. However, there are at least three technical problems with JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI). The first problem is that it is difficult to form a highly-reliable resistive element in a small area. According to JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI), undoped polysilicon with a high resistance value is used to form a resistive element on the diffusion layer of a memory cell. However, even if a small amount of impurities is mixed therein, the resistance value increases or decreases by several digits. Therefore, it is difficult to restrain performance variations. If a resistive element is formed from polysilicon containing a small amount of impurities, the tolerance to variations becomes higher, but formation of a resistive element in a small area becomes difficult. Secondly, JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI) discloses a further example of a logic switch. However, in this further example of a logic switch, a transistor needs to be provided between a memory cell and a pass transistor, as in the logic switch according to U.S. Pat. No. 7,430,137. Therefore, the effect to reduce the area becomes very small. Thirdly, according to JP-A 7-183385 (KOKAI), a voltage is applied to the diffusion layer to pull out electrons at the time of erasing. However, the overlap between the floating gate and the diffusion layer is small, and efficient data erasing cannot be performed. 
     By taking the above findings into consideration, the inventors succeeded to obtain nonvolatile programmable logic switches each having the smallest possible size. Those nonvolatile programmable logic switches are described below as embodiments. 
     The following is a detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention. 
     A nonvolatile programmable logic switch according to an embodiment includes: a device isolation region formed in a semiconductor substrate; first and second semiconductor regions of a first conductivity type, the first and second semiconductor regions being formed in the semiconductor substrate and being separated from each other by the device isolation region; a memory cell transistor including: a first source region and a first drain region of a second conductivity type, the first source region and the first drain region being formed at a distance from each other in the first semiconductor region; a first insulating film formed on a portion of the first semiconductor region, the portion being located between the first source region and the first drain region; a charge storage film formed on the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed on the charge storage film; and a control gate formed on the second insulating film; a pass transistor including: a second source region and a second drain region of a second conductivity type, the second source region and the second drain region being formed at a distance from each other in the second semiconductor region; a third insulating film formed on a portion of the second semiconductor region, the portion being located between the second source region and the second drain region; and a gate electrode formed on the third insulating film, the gate electrode being electrically connected to the first drain region; and an electrode for applying a substrate bias to the first and second semiconductor regions, the electrode being formed in the semiconductor substrate. 
     (First Embodiment) 
       FIG. 1  is a circuit diagram of a nonvolatile programmable logic switch (hereinafter also referred to simply as a logic switch) according to a first embodiment.  FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of the nonvolatile programmable logic switch. The logic switch  1  of this embodiment includes a memory cell transistor  10 , a diode  15 , and a pass transistor  20 . The memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  are formed in p-type semiconductor regions  101   a  and  101   c  of the same semiconductor substrate  100 , respectively. A p + -type impurity region  8  is formed in a p-type semiconductor region  101   b , and the p + -type impurity region  8  serves as a terminal used for applying a substrate bias to the semiconductor substrate  100 . That is, the p + -type impurity region  8  only has to function as an electrode, and therefore, a metal compound such as Ni silicide may be used, instead. 
     The semiconductor regions  101   a ,  101   b , and  101   c  are separated from one another by device isolation regions  102  made of an insulating material. Here, the semiconductor regions may be part of the semiconductor substrate or may be well regions formed in the semiconductor substrate. Alternatively, the semiconductor regions may be SOI layers of a SOI (Silicon On Insulator) substrate. The memory cell transistor  10  includes an n + -type source region  10   a  and drain region  10   b  that are formed at a distance from each other in the semiconductor region  101   a . A gate  10   c  having a stacked structure formed by stacking a tunnel insulating film  10   c   1 , a charge storage film  10   c   2 , a block insulating film  10   c   3 , and a control gate  10   c   4  in this order is provided on the portion of the semiconductor region  101   a  to be the channel between the source region  10   a  and the drain region  10   b . In this embodiment, the charge storage film  10   c   2  includes a polysilicon film, and is also called a floating gate in this case. It should be noted that the charge storage film  10   c   2  may be a charge trap film that includes an insulating material such as a silicon nitride film that can trap charges. A diode is formed by the p-type semiconductor region  101   a  and the n + -type drain region  10   b.    
     The pass transistor  20  includes an n + -type source region  20   a  and drain region  20   b  that are formed at a distance from each other in the semiconductor region  101   c . Further, a gate  20   c  having a stacked structure formed by stacking a gate insulating film  20   c   1  and a gate electrode  20   c   2  in this order is provided on the portion of the semiconductor region  101   c  to be the channel between the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b.    
     The drain region  10   b  of the memory cell transistor  10  is electrically connected to the gate electrode  20   c   2  of the pass transistor  20  through an interconnect  30 . A substrate bias is then applied to the memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  through the impurity region  8 . 
     A drive voltage V DD  is applied to the source region  10   a  of the memory cell transistor  10  in operations of the pass transistor  20 , or in operations other than writing and erasing operations performed on the memory cell transistor  10 . 
     Writing data into the memory cell transistor  10  (a writing operation) is performed by applying a high positive voltage to the control gate  10   c   4  with respect to the semiconductor substrate  100  and injecting electrons into the floating gate  10   c   2  (applying a FN (Fowler-Nordheim) current from the semiconductor substrate  100  to the floating gate  10   c   2 ). 
     Erasing data from the memory cell transistor  10  (an erasing operation) is performed by applying a high positive voltage to the semiconductor substrate  100  with respect to the control gate  10   c   4  and drawing electrons out of the floating gate (applying a FN current from the floating gate to the substrate). 
     In the logic switch of this embodiment, the gate length of each of the memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  is 40 nm, the thickness of the tunnel insulating film  10   c   1  of the memory cell transistor  10  is 8 nm, and the thickness of the gate insulating film  20   c   1  of the pass transistor  20  is 1.5 nm. In this description, the floating gate and the control gate are made of polysilicon, and the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film are silicon oxide films or silicon oxynitride films. However, the floating gate and the control gate can be metal gates (made of an nitride or carbide of Ti, Ta, Mo, W, or Rn), and the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film can be high-k films (insulating films having higher dielectric constants (silicon nitride films, or metal oxide films or metal oxynitride films containing a metal such as Hf or Zr)). With this structure, the EOT (Equivalent Oxide Thickness) can be made smaller, and accordingly, a more sophisticated nonvolatile programmable logic switch can be realized. 
     In the logic switch of this embodiment, after the memory cell transistor  10  is put into an overerased state, electrons are written into the memory cell transistor  10  as needed, so that the memory cell transistor  10  is put into a written state. The ON/OFF state (the conducting/nonconducting state) of the memory cell transistor  10  is determined by the written state of the memory cell transistor  10  (a charge stored state of the floating gate). Accordingly, the pass transistor  20  can be controlled by applying the drive voltage V DD  to the source region  10   a  as described later. 
       FIG. 3  shows the bias condition in an erasing operation of the logic switch of this embodiment. A voltage V CG  of 0 V is applied to the control gate  10   c   4 , and an erase voltage V ER  is applied to the semiconductor substrate  100  through the p + -type impurity region  8 , to put the source region  10   a  into a floating state. Accordingly, the intensity of the electrical field in the tunnel insulating film  10   c   1  between the memory cell transistor  10  and the semiconductor substrate  100  becomes higher, and electrons can be pulled out of the floating gate  10   c   2 . When erasing is performed, the potential of the floating gate  10   c   2  becomes positive, and the memory cell transistor  10  is put into an ON state. At this point, it is preferable to put the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  of the pass transistor  20  into a floating state, or put the substrate potentials of external circuits electrically connected to the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  into a floating state. In this manner, adverse influence of the erase voltage V ER  on the external circuits can be prevented. 
     As described in Background, according to Patent Documents, a transistor is interposed between a memory cell transistor and a pass transistor, or the gate insulating film of the later-stage transistor is made thicker, to prevent breakdown of surrounding transistors due to the voltage applied in an erasing operation. In the logic switch of this embodiment, however, there is no need to take any special measures. This is because the drain region  10   b  of the memory cell transistor is electrically connected to the gate electrode  20   c   2  of the pass transistor  20 , while the semiconductor regions in which the memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  are formed are the same p-type semiconductor regions. With this arrangement, even when the erase voltage V ER  is applied only to the p + -type impurity region  8 , the erase voltage V ER  is transmitted to both the gate electrode  20   c   2  of the pass transistor  20  and the semiconductor substrate  100 , and the intensity of the electrical field in the gate insulating film  20   c   1  of the pass transistor  20  can be lowered. 
     Generally, in a case where the memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  are formed in the same chip, the memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  are formed in blocks independent of each other. Such a structure is described below as a comparative example of a logic switch. In this comparative example of a logic switch, the memory cell transistor is formed in a memory formation region  104 , and the pass transistor  20  is formed in a logic circuit formation region  105 , as shown in  FIG. 4 . The memory formation region  104  and the logic circuit formation region  105  are separated by an n-well  106 , for example. Although the n-well region  106  is shown as a narrow region, the n-well region  106  is a very wide region in reality. In the comparative example having such a structure, even if the erase voltage V ER  is applied to the substrate of the memory cell transistor  10 , the substrate potential remains grounded. Therefore, the intensity of the electrical field in the gate insulating film of the pass transistor  20  becomes extremely high. 
       FIGS. 5 and 6  show the distributions of the potentials and field intensities in the depth direction in the center portion of the pass transistor at the time when erasing operations are performed in the logic switch of this embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 2  and the logic switch of the comparative example illustrated in  FIG. 4 . As can be seen from  FIG. 5 , in both this embodiment and the comparative example, the erase voltage V ER  is transmitted to the gate electrode. However, the substrate is grounded in the comparative example. Therefore, the intensity of the electrical field in the gate insulating film becomes higher in the comparative example than in this embodiment, as can be seen from  FIG. 6 . In the comparative example, such a high electrical field is induced in each erasing operation, and the gate insulating film of the pass transistor may be broken. In this embodiment, on the other hand, the intensity of the electrical field induced in the gate insulating film of the pass transistor is low. 
       FIG. 7  illustrates a case where the pass transistor  20  is operated while the memory cell transistor  10  is in an overerased state in the logic switch  1  of this embodiment. A ground potential GND is applied to the p + -type impurity region  8  serving as the terminal to which the substrate bias is applied. The drive voltage V DD  is applied to the source region  10   a  of the memory cell transistor  10 . External circuits that are different from each other are electrically connected to the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  of the pass transistor  20 . The voltage V CG  to be applied to the control gate  10   c   4  of the memory cell transistor  10  may be arbitrarily set, but is 0 V in this example. Since the memory cell transistor  10  is in an overerased state, the drive voltage V DD  of the source region  10   a  is transmitted to the gate electrode  20   c   2  of the pass transistor  20  through the drain region  10   b  of the memory cell transistor  10 , and the pass transistor  20  is put into an ON state. As a result, the external circuits electrically connected to the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  of the pass transistor  20  are electrically connected to each other. 
     To put the pass transistor  20  into an OFF state, electrons should be injected into the floating gate  10   c   2  of the memory cell transistor  10 , to negatively charge the floating gate  10   c   2 . 
       FIG. 8  shows the bias condition in a writing operation in the memory cell transistor  10 . Here, a write voltage (a program voltage) V prgm  is applied to the control gate  10   c   4 , and the impurity region  8  and the source region  10   a  of the memory cell transistor  10  are electrically connected to GND. The source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  of the pass transistor  20  may be in a floating state, or may be electrically connected to external circuits. Since the intensity of the electrical field in the tunnel insulating film  10   c   1  of the memory cell transistor  10  is made higher by applying the write voltage V prgm  to the control gate  10   c   4 , electrons are injected from the substrate  100  into the floating gate  10   c   2 . 
       FIG. 9  illustrates a situation where the pass transistor  20  is operated after a write operation is performed in the memory cell transistor  10 . In this situation, the control gate  10   c   4  is a potential of 0 V. Since electrons have been written into the memory cell transistor  10 , the potential V FG  of the floating gate  10   c   2  becomes negative, and the memory cell transistor  10  is put into an OFF state. As a result, the drive voltage V DD  of the source region  10   a  is not transmitted to the gate electrode  20   c   2  of the pass transistor  20 . Therefore, the external circuits electrically connected to the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  of the pass transistor  20  are in an electrically cutoff state. 
     To put the pass transistor  20  into a cutoff state, the potential variation caused in the floating gate  10   c   2  by a write operation becomes important.  FIG. 10  shows the results of a simulation of writing performed in the memory cell transistor  10  in the logic switch of this embodiment. In this simulation, calculations are made about a case where writing is performed at a write voltage V prgm  of 20 V from an overerased state. In this case, the potential V FG  of the floating gate  10   c   2  at the time when time t is 0 is 1 V, for example. Since there is strong capacitive coupling between the control gate  10   c   4  and the floating gate  10   c   2  of the memory cell transistor  10  through the block insulating film  10   c   3 , the potential V FG  of the floating gate  10   c   2  varies with the variation of the potential V CG  of the control gate  10   c   4 . Therefore, if there is no FN injection (injection of a FN current) into the floating gate  10   c   2 , the potential V FG  becomes a value that is determined by the potential V CG  and the coupling ratio. However, there is FN injection into the floating gate  10   c   2  in reality, the potential V FG  becomes lower with time even if the potential V CG  is maintained at a constant value. This is because of the influence of the injected electrons, and as shown in  FIG. 10 , the potential V FG  varies by −5.4 V with respect to a write time of 100 μs in this embodiment. If the potential V CG  of the control gate  10   c   4  is changed from V prgm  to 0 V, the injected electrons remain stored in the floating gate  10   c   2 , and the potential V FG  of the floating gate  10   c   2  becomes lower. Accordingly, the potential V FG  that is 1 V at the time when time t is 0 becomes −4.4 V after the writing ( FIG. 10 ). 
       FIG. 11  shows the switching characteristics of the nonvolatile programmable logic switch of this embodiment. In  FIG. 11 , the abscissa axis indicates the potential V FG  of the floating gate  10   c   2  at a potential V CG  of 0 V, and the ordinate axis indicates the drain current flowing in the pass transistor  20  when the potentials of the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  of the pass transistor  10  are a potential V DD  of 1 V and GND. As shown in  FIG. 10 , in this embodiment, through a writing operation from an overerased state, the potential V FG  of the floating gate  10   c   2  changes from 1 V to −4.4 V. At this point, the ON/OFF ratio of the pass transistor  20  is represented by a four-digit number, and, from that, it is apparent that the pass transistor  20  functions properly. 
     As described above, in this embodiment, a nonvolatile programmable logic switch can be realized with two transistors: a memory cell transistor and a pass transistor. Since the number of transistors that are used is smaller than in the conventional arts, higher integration of chips can be realized, and the power consumption per chip can be reduced. Also, the nonvolatile programmable logic switch can be formed with transistors that are smaller in gate length. Accordingly, the entire circuit can be operated at a higher speed than in the conventional arts. 
     It is well known that, when devices are miniaturized, the device speed is increased, and the costs per chip are lowered. In addition to that, the pass transistor can be more easily switched off as the device becomes smaller in this embodiment. This can be understood where an electron written state (the memory cell transistor  10  being in an OFF state) is represented by an equivalent circuit.  FIG. 18  is an equivalent circuit diagram for explaining that the gate potential of the pass transistor is determined by the capacitive coupling with the potential V DD  of the source region  10   a  of the memory cell transistor  10 , the potential V FG  of the floating gate, and the substrate potential, or by the capacitance C 1  between the source region  10   a  of the memory cell transistor  10  and the source region  20   a  of the pass transistor  20 , the capacitance C 2  between the source region  20   a  of the pass transistor  20  and the floating gate, the capacitance C 3  between the source region  20   a  of the pass transistor  20  and the substrate, and the gate capacitance C 4  of the pass transistor  20 . Where the gate lengths are sufficiently long, the influence of the gate capacitance C 4  of the pass transistor  20  is dominant, the gate potential of the pass transistor  20  is almost 0 V due to capacitive coupling. Where the gate lengths are small, the capacitive coupling with the capacitance C 4  becomes weaker, and the influence of the capacitive coupling between the floating gate and the source region  10   a  of the memory cell transistor  10  (or the gate of the pass transistor) starts to appear. As a result, the gate potential of the pass transistor  20  shifts in the negative direction, and, even if the potential of the floating gate is the same, the cutoff characteristics of the pass transistor  20  can be improved. 
       FIG. 19  shows graphs plotting the gate potential of the pass transistor  20  against the gate length of the pass transistor where the potential V FG  is −4.5 V. It should be noted that the gate length of the memory cell transistor  10  is the same as that of the pass transistor  20 . Process conditions  1  are the results obtained where an impurity concentration in the channel is 2×10 18  cm −3  in the logic switch of this embodiment, and process conditions  2  are the results obtained where the impurity concentration in the channel is 1×10 18  cm −3 . As can be seen from the results, the gate potential of the pass transistor  20  becomes lower as the gate lengths are made shorter, and is minimized where the gate lengths are 40 nm to 80 nm. 
     Under the process conditions  1  and the process conditions  2 , the gate potential becomes higher where the gate lengths are made 30 to 40 nm or lower. This is because the potential V DD  from the source region  10   a  of the memory cell transistor  10  is transmitted to the gate electrode of the pass transistor  10  due to a short channel effect of memory cells. However, if different LSA (Laser Spike Anneal) (process conditions  3 ) from the thermal treatment performed under the process conditions  1  and the process conditions  2  is used, the junction depth can be reduced from 70-100 nm, which is a conventional length, to 20 nm or lower, even if the impurity concentration in the channel is 1×10 18  cm −3 , which is the same as that under the process conditions  2 . Accordingly, short channel effects can be prevented. With this arrangement, a nonvolatile programmable logic switch in which short channel effects are prevented can be realized, and more preferable characteristics can be achieved with a gate length of 40 nm or smaller as shown in  FIG. 19 . 
     Although the memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  are n-channel transistors in the above description, the memory cell transistor  10  and the pass transistor  20  can be p-channel transistors. In such a case, the semiconductor substrate  100  is of the n-type, the source region  10   a  and the drain region  10   b  of the memory cell transistor  10  are of the p-type, the source region  20   a  and the drain region  20   b  of the pass transistor  20  are of the p-type, and the impurity region  8  for terminals is an n + -impurity region. However, the present invention cannot be applied in cases where the channel conductivity types of the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor are different from each other. 
     In the structure according to this embodiment, the gate lengths of the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor are the same. However, even if the gate length of the memory cell transistor is made longer than that of the pass transistor, more preferable characteristics than those of a conventional SRAM can be maintained in terms of area as long as the gate length of the memory cell transistor is three or less times longer than the gate length of the pass transistor. This is because, a SRAM is normally formed by six transistors, and the transistors are arranged in two rows and three columns. 
     Referring now to  FIGS. 12(   a ) through  17 ( b ), a method of manufacturing the nonvolatile programmable logic switch of the first embodiment is described. In the following description, a p-type Si substrate of a plane orientation (100) having an impurity concentration of approximately 5×10 15  cm −3  is used. However, the logic switch may be manufactured with the use of a different plane orientation. 
     First, as shown in  FIG. 12(   a ), a thermal oxide film  202  is formed on a Si substrate  200 , and a Si 3 N 4  film  204  and a TEOS (Tetra Ethyl Ortho Silicate) film  206  are formed in this order. To form STIs (Shallow Trench Isolation) to serve as the device isolation regions, a resist is applied, followed by patterning of the resist to form a mask  208  made of the resist. With the use of the mask  208 , etching is performed sequentially on the TEOS film  206 , the Si 3 N 4  film  204 , and the SiO 2  film  202 , and the Si substrate  200 , to form grooves  210  having a depth of approximately 200 nm in the Si substrate  200  as shown in  FIG. 12(   b ). After the resist mask  208  is removed, the TEOS film  206  is again deposited, and is then flattened by CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing). As a result, the grooves  210  formed in the Si substrate  200  are filled with the TEOS film  206 , as shown in  FIG. 12(   c ). 
     Next, the Si 3 N 4  film  204  and the SiO 2  film  202  are removed by etching, to form STIs  206   a , as shown in  FIG. 13(   a ). By the STIs  206   a , the Si substrate  200  is divided into a memory cell transistor formation region  201   a , a pass transistor formation region  201   b , and a terminal formation region  201   c  for substrate bias application. A sacrifice oxide film  212  is then formed on the surface of the Si substrate  200 , and B ions or the like are implanted to form channel impurity profiles, followed by a heat treatment, as shown in  FIG. 13(   b ). If possible, the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor preferably have the same impurity profiles. In some cases, however, different impurity profiles need to be used for the two transistors. In such a case, ions need to be implanted under different conditions in the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a  and the pass transistor formation region  201   b  with the use of a mask. According to the manufacturing method of this embodiment, the optimum thicknesses of the gate insulating films of the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor differ from each other. Therefore, a thermal oxide film having a different thickness needs to be formed for each of the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a  and the pass transistor formation region  201   b . After the sacrifice oxide film  212  is removed, a gate insulating film  214  having a film thickness of several nanometers for the pass transistor is first formed ( FIG. 13(   c )). 
     A Si 3 N 4  film  216  is then formed to cover the entire surface, and a resist  218  is applied onto the Si 3 N 4  film  216 , as shown in  FIG. 14(   a ). Patterning is then performed on the resist  218 , to form an opening  218   a  in the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a  ( FIG. 14(   a )). Etching is then performed on the Si 3 N 4  film  216  and the SiO 2  film  214 , to remove the resist  218 . In this manner, only the portions of the Si 3 N 4  film  216  and the gate insulating film  214  located in the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a  are removed as shown in  FIG. 14(   b ). A gate insulating film  220  having a thickness of approximately 8 nm is then formed in the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a , and after that, the resist  218  and the Si 3 N 4  film  216  are removed by etching. Through such a process, a different gate insulating film for each of the formation regions  201   a  and  201   b  can be formed as shown in  FIG. 14(   c ). Although the gate insulating films are assumed to be SiO 2  films in this description, the gate insulating films may be high-k films such as silicon nitride films nitrided with NO or NH 3 , metal oxide films, or metal oxynitride films. 
     In this embodiment, the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor have different gate electrode structures. That is, the memory cell transistor has a floating gate as well as a control gate, while the pass transistor has only a gate electrode made of polysilicon, for example. Where the following process is used for such a structure, transistors with different gate electrode structures can be formed in a semiconductor region, and the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor do not need to be formed in regions independent of one another. Therefore, the n-well region  106  shown in  FIG. 4  becomes unnecessary. 
     First, a polysilicon film  222  having P (phosphorus) ions or the like implanted therein and an insulating film  224  to be an interelectrode insulating film (a block insulating film) of the memory cell transistor are formed ( FIG. 15(   a )). The ion-implanted polysilicon film  222  may be formed by implanting ions such as P ions after a polysilicon film is formed. The portion of the interelectrode insulating film  224  on which the gate electrode of the pass transistor is to be formed is removed by etching, to form a groove  224   a , as shown in  FIG. 15(   b ). The width of the groove  224   a  is smaller than the width of the gate of the pass transistor. After that, a polysilicon film  226  having ions such as P ions implanted therein is formed on the entire surface ( FIG. 15(   c )). As a result, the groove  224   a  is filled with the polysilicon film  226 , and the polysilicon film  226  is connected to the polysilicon film  222  ( FIG. 15(   c )). 
     A resist is then applied to the entire surface, and patterning is performed on the resist, to form a pattern  228  for gate formation ( FIG. 16(   a )). With the pattern  228  serving as a mask, etching is performed on the polysilicon film  226 , the insulating film  224 , and the polysilicon film  222  in this order. As a result, a gate  230  having a stacked structure in which a tunnel insulating film  230   1 , a floating gate  230   2 , an interelectrode insulating film  230   3 , and a control gate  230   4  are stacked in this order is formed in the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a , and a gate  232  having a stacked structure in which a gate insulating film  232   1  and a gate electrode  232   2  are stacked in this order is formed in the pass transistor formation region  201   b , as shown in  FIG. 16(   b ). After that, a post-oxidation process is performed. An oxide film region formed as a result of the post-oxidation process is not shown in the drawing. Although the control gate is a polysilicon film according to the above described manufacturing method, the control gate can be a metal film. 
     Implantations of ions such as arsenic ions or phosphorus ions and a heat treatment are then performed to form n-type impurity regions  234   a  and  234   b  in the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a  and n-type impurity regions  236   a  and  236   b  in the pass transistor formation region  201   b , as shown in  FIG. 17(   a ). The n-type impurity regions  234   a ,  234   b ,  236   a , and  236   b  have impurity concentration peaks in the substrate surface. In some cases, after the n-type impurity regions  234   a ,  234   b ,  236   a , and  236   b  are formed, ions of p-type impurities may be implanted into lower portions of the n-type impurity regions  234   a ,  234   b ,  236   a , and  236   b , to form halo regions, so as to prevent short channel effects. 
     In this embodiment, the width of each STI  102  between the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor shown in  FIG. 2  can be made smaller than that in the comparative example illustrated in  FIG. 4 . In such a structure as that of the comparative example, the width of each STI cannot normally be adjusted to a certain value or smaller to prevent interference between devices. Specifically, the width of each STI needs to be equal to or greater than the sum of the width of the depletion layer formed between the semiconductor region  101   a  in which the memory cell transistor is formed and the n-well  106 , and the width of the depletion layer formed between the semiconductor region  101   c  in which the pass transistor is formed and the n-well  106 . Otherwise, the n-well  106  is completely depleted. 
     Where Na represents the acceptor concentration in the p-type region, and Nd represents the donor concentration in the n-type region, the width Wdep of each depletion layer formed in the pn junction is expressed as: 
     
       
         
           
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     Here, ∈ Si  represents the dielectric constant of Si, q represents the elementary charge, and ψ m  represents the sum (16 V) of the junction potential (1 V, for example) in the pn junction and the erase voltage 15 V. In the comparative example, even if depletion layers extend from the STIs on both sides, the depletion layers should not be in contact with each other. Therefore, the width Wsti of each STI is required to satisfy the following relationship:
 
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The coefficient “3” of the right-hand side is a coefficient for preventing contact between depletion layers even if the depletion layers extend from both sides. The coefficient needs to be at least larger than 2, and is 3 in this example for safety reasons. The acceptor and donor concentrations in the vicinities of STIs are normally 1×10 17  cm −3  to 1×10 18  cm −3 . Therefore, Wsti is calculated to be 2 μm in the comparative example.
 
     On the other hand, the STIs between the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor in this embodiment are expected to electrically insulate the diffusion layer  10   b  of the memory cell transistor and the diffusion layer  20   a  of the pass transistor from each other. Therefore, the width of each STI should be the minimum processing size or greater (100 nm or greater, for example). To make the entire logic switch compact and reduce the size of the entire logic switch, the width of each STI is preferably 500 nm or smaller. 
     An insulating film such as a TEOS film is then deposited, and RIE is performed on the insulating film, to form gate sidewalls  238  from the TEOS film on the side portions of the gates  230  and  232  ( FIG. 17(   a )). The gate sidewalls may not be made from the TEOS film, but may be formed from another insulating film such as a Si 3 N 4  film. Also, each of the gate sidewalls  238  may not be a single-layer structure, but may be formed with two or more insulating films such as a TEOS film and a Si 3 N 4  film. 
     A mask material such as a resist then masks only the terminal formation region  201   c , and impurity ions such as arsenic ions or phosphorus ions are implanted, to form n + -impurity regions  240   a  and  240   b  having an impurity concentration of 1×10 19  cm −3  to 1×10 20  cm −3  in the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a , and n + -impurity regions  242   a  and  242   b  having an impurity concentration of 1×10 19  cm −3  to 1×10 20  cm −3  in the pass transistor formation region  201   b . After that, the memory cell transistor formation region  201   a  and the pass transistor formation region  201   b  are masked, and p-type impurities such as B (boron) are implanted into the terminal formation region  201   c , to form a p + -impurity region  244  to be a terminal for applying a substrate bias. An interlayer insulating film  250  is then formed on the entire surface, and interconnects (not shown) are formed, to complete the logic switch  1  of this embodiment as shown in  FIG. 17(   b ). 
     It should be noted that, in the logic switch of this embodiment manufactured as described above, the substrate profiles and diffusion layer profiles of the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor are basically the same. However, as long as the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor are formed with the same p-wells, ion implantation may be performed separately with different masks, and no problems arise if the profiles differ. 
     As described above, according to this embodiment, a logic switch is formed with a memory cell transistor and a pass transistor, and accordingly, the size can be minimized. Also, the memory cell transistor and the pass transistor can be formed on the same semiconductor substrate or in the same semiconductor region through a conventional semiconductor process. 
     (Second Embodiment) 
     Next, a logic switch according to a second embodiment of the present invention is described.  FIG. 20  is a circuit diagram of the logic switch of this embodiment, and  FIG. 21  is a cross-sectional view of the logic switch. The logic switch  2  of this embodiment is formed on a semiconductor layer that includes an n-well region  301  and a p-well region  302 . In  FIG. 20 , the p-well region  302  is adjacent to the n-well region  301 , and is separated from the n-well region  301  by a device isolation region  304   a . The logic switch  2  of this embodiment includes an electrode  208 , a memory cell transistor  200 , an n-channel MOS transistor  201 , and an n-type pass transistor  203  that are formed in the p-well region  302 , and a p-channel MOS transistor  202  and an electrode  218  that are formed in the n-well region  301 . The electrode  208 , the memory cell transistor  200 , the n-channel MOS transistor  201 , and the n-type pass transistor  203  are separated from one another by device isolation regions  304   b . The p-channel MOS transistor  202  and the electrode  218  are separated from each other by a device isolation region  304   c . Explanation of aspects that are the same as those of the first embodiment will not be repeated herein. The n-channel MOS transistor  201  and the p-channel MOS transistor  202  are connected in series. 
     As shown in  FIG. 20 , a drain electrode  200   b  of the memory cell transistor  200  is electrically connected to a gate electrode  201   c  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and a gate electrode  202   c  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 . A drain electrode  201   b  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and a source electrode  202   a  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202  are both electrically connected to a gate electrode  203   c  of the pass transistor  203 . 
     The electrode  208  formed with a p + -diffusion layer is formed in the p-well region  302 , and a substrate bias can be applied to the p-well region  302  through the electrode  208 . The n-well region  301  and the p-well region  302  that are adjacent to each other form a pn junction  217 . Meanwhile, the electrode  218  formed with an n + -diffusion layer is formed in the n-well region  301 , and the substrate bias can be applied to the n-well region  301 . When a positive bias is applied to the electrode  218 , the pn junction  217  is in a reverse bias condition. Therefore, the potential is not transmitted to the p-well region  302 , and the positive bias can be applied only to the n-well region  301 . The gate electrode  201   c  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and the gate electrode  202   c  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202  are electrically connected to the electrode  208  through a pn junction  215  formed by the drain electrode  200   b  of the memory cell transistor  200  and the p-well region  302 . Likewise, the gate electrode  203   c  of the pass transistor  203  is electrically connected to the electrode  208  through a pn junction  216 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 21 , the memory cell transistor  200  includes an n + -type source region  200   a  and a drain region  200   b  that are formed at a distance from each other in a semiconductor region  310  in the p-well region  302 . The memory cell transistor  200  further includes a gate  200   c  having a stacked structure in which a tunnel insulating film  200   c   1 , a charge storage film  200   c   2 , a block insulating film  200   c   3 , and a control gate  200   c   4  are stacked in this order on the semiconductor region  310  to be the channel between the source region  200   a  and the drain region  200   b . This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the charge storage film  200   c   2  includes a charge trapping film including a nitride film, for example. That is, the memory cell transistor  200  has a MONOS (Metal-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Semiconductor) gate structure. Sidewalls  200   d  made of an insulating material are formed on the side portions of the gate  200   c . The semiconductor region  310  and the drain region  200   b  form the pn junction  215 . 
     The n-channel MOS transistor  201  includes an n + -type source region  201   a  and a drain region  201   b  that are formed at a distance from each other in a semiconductor region  311  in the p-well region  302 . The n-channel MOS transistor  201  further includes a gate  201   c  having a stacked structure in which a gate insulating film  201   c   1  and a gate electrode  201   c   2  are stacked in this order on the semiconductor region  311  to be the channel between the source region  201   a  and the drain region  201   b . Sidewalls  201   d  made of an insulating material are formed on the side portions of the gate  201   c . The semiconductor region  311  and the drain region  201   b  form the pn junction  216 . 
     The p-channel MOS transistor  202  includes a p + -type source region  202   a  and a drain region  202   b  that are formed at a distance from each other in a semiconductor region  312  in the n-well region  301 . The p-channel MOS transistor  202  further includes a gate  202   c  having a stacked structure in which a gate insulating film  202   c   1  and a gate electrode  202   c   2  are stacked in this order on the semiconductor region  312  to be the channel between the source region  202   a  and the drain region  202   b . Sidewalls  202   d  made of an insulating material are formed on the side portions of the gate  202   c . The n-well region  301  and the p-well region  302  form the pn junction  217  below the device isolation region  304   a.    
     The n-channel MOS transistor  203  includes an n + -type source region  203   a  and a drain region  203   b  that are formed at a distance from each other in a semiconductor region  313  in the p-well region  302 . The n-channel MOS transistor  203  further includes a gate  203   c  having a stacked structure in which a gate insulating film  203   c   1  and a gate electrode  203   c   2  are stacked in this order on the semiconductor region  313  to be the channel between the source region  203   a  and the drain region  203   b . Sidewalls  203   d  made of an insulating material are formed on the side portions of the gate  203   c . It should be noted that the electrode  208  has the same structure as the electrode  8  of the first embodiment. 
     Next, a switching operation in the logic switch  2  of this embodiment is described. First, a source voltage Vdd is applied to the source electrode  200   a  of the memory cell transistor  200 , and 0 V (the ground voltage) and the source voltage Vdd are applied to the drain electrode  201   b  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and the source electrode  202   b  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 , respectively. The electrode  208  for applying the substrate bias to the p-well region  302  is grounded. A positive bias (such as Vdd) is applied to the electrode  218 , so that the p-channel MOS transistor  202  performs a switching operation within a voltage range of 0 to Vdd. 
     Where electrons have been written into the charge storage layer of the memory cell transistor  200  ( FIG. 22 ), the memory cell transistor  200  is in an OFF state. Therefore, the gate electrode  201   c  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and the gate electrode  202   c  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202  are electrically cut off from the source region  200   a  of the memory cell transistor  200 , and the source voltage Vdd is not applied to those gate electrodes  201   c  and  202   c . In this situation, the potentials of the gate electrodes  201   c  and  202   c  in an equilibrium state becomes 0 V, which is the same as the potential of the substrate. The n-channel MOS transistor  201  is put into an OFF state, and the p-channel MOS transistor  202  is put into an ON state. As the p-channel MOS transistor  202  is put into an ON state, the source voltage Vdd is applied to the gate electrode  203   c  of the pass transistor  203 , as well as to the drain electrode  202   b  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 , and the pass transistor  203  is put into an ON state. The potential of the gate electrode  203   c  of the n-channel MOS transistor  203  is stabilized at the source voltage Vdd through the drain electrode  202   b  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 . As a result, the influence of high-frequency signals from external circuits on the pass transistor  203  can be made smaller than in the first embodiment, and the reliability of the circuit operation becomes higher. 
     Where the charge storage layer of the memory cell transistor  200  is in an overerased state ( FIG. 23 ), the memory cell transistor  200  is in an ON state. Therefore, the gate electrode  201   c  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and the gate electrode  202   c  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202  are electrically connected to the source electrode  200   a  of the memory cell transistor  200 , and the source voltage Vdd is applied to those gate electrodes. Accordingly, the n-channel MOS transistor  201  is put into an ON state, and the p-channel MOS transistor  202  is put into an OFF state. Like the source electrode  201   a  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201 , the gate electrode  203   c  of the pass transistor  203  is grounded, and the pass transistor  203  is put into an OFF state. 
     In the above description, the source electrode  201   a  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  is grounded, and the source voltage Vdd is electrically connected to the drain electrode  202   b  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 . This is a so-called inverter structure. Therefore, the ON/OFF state of the memory cell transistor  200  is the opposite of the ON/OFF state of the pass transistor  203 . However, the source electrode  201   a  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  can be electrically connected to the source voltage Vdd, and the drain electrode  202   b  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202  may be grounded, as shown in  FIG. 24 . This is a so-called repeater structure. With this structure, the ON/OFF state of the memory cell transistor  200  can be the same as the ON/OFF state of the pass transistor  203 . 
     Next, a write or erase method is described. When writing is performed on the memory cell transistor  200 , the source electrode  200   a  of the memory cell transistor  200  and the substrate bias electrode  208  are grounded as in the first embodiment, and a high voltage (20 V, for example) is applied to the gate electrode  200   c  of the memory cell transistor  200 , to inject electrons from a channel  310  into the charge storage layer  200   c   2  of the memory cell transistor  200 . Where writing is performed on another memory cell transistor that shares a voltage source with the gate electrode  200   c  of the memory cell transistor  200  (or where writing is not to be performed on the memory cell transistor  200 ), the source electrode  200   a  of the memory cell transistor  200 , the source electrode  201   a  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201 , the drain electrode  202   b  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 , and the substrate bias electrode  208  are put into a floating state. When a high voltage is input to the drain electrode  200   c  of the memory cell transistor  200 , the potential of the p-well region  302  is increased by the gate-substrate capacitance. Since the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and the pass transistor  203  share the p-well region, the substrate potentials of those transistors also become higher. However, the gate electrode  201   c  of the n-channel MOS transistor  201  and the gate electrode  203   c  of the pass transistor  203  are electrically connected to the p-well region by the pn junctions  215  and  216 , respectively. Since a forward voltage is applied to the pn junctions  215  and  216  (the p-side having the higher potential), the gate electrode  201   c  and the gate electrode  203   c  have the same potentials as that of the substrate, and the gate insulating films are protected. 
     As for the p-channel MOS transistor  202 , a high voltage is applied to the gate electrode  202   c  through the pn junction  215 , but the n-well region  301  is made to have the same potential by the pn junction  217 . As a result, the gate insulating film is protected. In a case where the p-well region and the n-well region are not adjacent to each other, and the pn junction  217  does not exist, the same high potential as that applied to the gate electrode  200   c  of the memory cell transistor  200  may be applied to the drain electrode  202   b  of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 , to protect the gate insulating film of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 . Alternatively, a high potential may be applied to the substrate bias electrode  218  on the n-well region  301 , to protect the gate insulating film of the p-channel MOS transistor  202 . 
     To perform erasing on the memory cell transistor  200 , the gate electrode  200   c  is grounded at 0 V. After the other electrodes are put into a floating state, a high voltage is applied to the substrate bias electrode  208 , to pull out electrons from the charge storage layer of the memory cell transistor  200 . At this point, erasing is performed on all the memory cells that share the same well (collective block erasing). 
     Referring now to  FIGS. 25 through 31 , a method of manufacturing the logic switch of the second embodiment is described. A p-type Si substrate  300  is prepared as in the first embodiment, and the device isolation regions  304   a ,  304   b , and  304   c  having STI structures for separating devices from one another are formed as in the first embodiment. Accordingly, the six regions of first through sixth device regions  305   1  through  305   6  that are separated from one another are formed on the substrate  300  ( FIG. 25 ). After a sacrifice oxide film (not shown) is formed on the surface of the substrate  300 , the fifth and sixth device regions  305   5  and  305   6  are covered with a mask such as a resist, and p-type impurities such as B are implanted into the first through fourth device regions  305   1  through  305   4 . As a result, the p-well  302  and the channel profile of the p-channel MOS transistor are formed. By using a lithography technique or the like as needed, impurities can be implanted into the first device region  305   1  to form the substrate contact, the second device region  305   2  to form the pass transistor, the third device region  305   3  to form the memory cell transistor, and the fourth device region  305   4  to form the NMOS transistor under different injection conditions from one another ( FIG. 25 ). 
     The first through fourth device regions  305   1  through  305   4  are then covered with a mask such as a resist (not shown), and donor ions such as P ions or As ions are implanted into the fifth and sixth device regions  305   5  and  305   6 , to form the n-well region  301  ( FIG. 25 ). Donor ions such as As ions or P ions are then implanted, to form the channel profile of the p-channel MOS transistor ( FIG. 25 ). After the mask and the sacrifice oxide film are removed, a SiO 2  film having a film thickness of approximately several nanometers is formed as the tunnel insulating film  200   c   1 , and a SiN film having a film thickness of approximately several nanometers is further formed as the charge trap film  200   c   2  ( FIG. 25 ). 
     Only the third device region  305   3  is then covered with a mask such as a resist (not shown), and the SiN film  200   c   2  and the SiO 2  film  200   c   1  on the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth device regions  305   1 ,  305   2 ,  350   4 ,  305   5 , and  305   6  are removed by RIE, for example ( FIG. 26 ). As a result of this, only the tunnel insulating film  200   c   1  and the charge trap film  200   c   2  remain only on the third device region  305   3 . 
     After the mask (not shown) on the third device region  305   2  is removed, an insulating film (such as a SiO 2  film)  306  of approximately several nanometers is formed as the gate insulating film or the block insulating film on the entire surface ( FIG. 27 ). That is, a stacked structure formed by the SiO 2  film  306 , the SiN film  200   c   2 , and the SiO 2  film  200   c   1 , which are to be the block film  306 , the charge trap film  200   c   2 , and the tunnel insulating film  200   c   1 , is formed on the third device region  305   3 , and only the SiO 2  film  306  to be the gate insulating film is formed on the second, fourth, and fifth device regions  305   2 ,  305   4 , and  305   5 . 
     A polysilicon film  308  is then formed as a gate electrode material, for example ( FIG. 28 ). The gate electrode material may be a metal thin film other than a polysilicon film, for example. A resist is applied to the entire surface, and patterning is performed on the polysilicon film  308  and the SiO 2  film  306  by a lithography technique and a RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) technique. Patterning is further performed on the SiN film  200   c   2  and the SiO 2  film  200   c   1 . In this manner, the gates  203   c ,  200   c ,  201   c , and  202   c  are formed on the second through fifth device regions  305   2  through  305   5  ( FIG. 29 ). That is, the gate  203   c  is formed on the second device region  305   2 , and has a stacked structure formed by the gate insulating film  203   c   1  and the polysilicon gate electrode  203   c   2 . The gate  200   c  is formed on the third device region  305   3 , and has a stacked structure formed by the SiO 2  tunnel insulating film  200   c   1 , the SiN charge trap film  200   c   2 , the SiO 2  block insulating film  200   c   3 , and the polysilicon gate electrode  200   c   4 . The gate  201   c  is formed on the fourth device region  305   4 , and has a stacked structure formed by the SiO 2  gate insulating film  201   c   1  and the polysilicon gate electrode  201   c   2 . The gate  202   c  is formed on the fifth device region  305   5 , and has a stacked structure formed by the SiO 2  gate insulating film  202   c   1  and the polysilicon gate electrode  202   c   2 . 
     The first and fifth device regions  305   1  and  305   5  are then covered with a mask (not shown) such as a resist, and a donor such as As is implanted into the polysilicon films, the source/drain regions, and the electrodes for bias application on the second through fourth device regions  305   2  through  305   4  and the sixth device region  305   6 . As a result of this, n-type impurity regions  203   a   1  and  203   b   1  having a small junction depth are formed in the second device region  305   2 , n-type impurity regions  200   a   1  and  200   b   1  having a small junction depth are formed in the third device region  305   3 , n-type impurity regions  201   a   1  and  201   b   1  having a small junction depth are formed in the fourth device region  305   4 , and an n-type impurity region  218   1  having a small junction depth is formed in the sixth device region  305   6  ( FIG. 30 ). At this point, halos can be formed to prevent short channel effects. Halo formation is a known technique to form impurity regions of different conductivity type from the source and the drain inside and under source/drain diffusion regions. Also, by using a lithography technique or the like, ions can be implanted into the second through fourth device regions  305   2  through  305   4  and the sixth device region  305   6  under different conditions from each other. 
     The mask on the first and fifth device regions  305   1  and  305   5  is then removed, and the second through fourth device regions  305   2  through  305   4  and the sixth device region  305   6  are covered with a mask such as a resist. An acceptor such as B is then implanted into the substrate contact region of the first device region  305   1  and the polysilicon film and the source/drain regions of the fifth device region  305   5 . As a result of this, a p-type impurity region  208   1  having a small junction depth is formed in the first device region  305   1 , and p-type impurity regions  202   a   1  and  202   b   1  having a small junction depth are formed in the fifth device region  305   5  ( FIG. 30 ). At this point, acceptor implantation can be performed on the first device region  305   1  and the fifth device region  305   5  separately from each other by a lithography technique or the like, and a halo can be formed in the fifth device region  305   5  to prevent short channel effects. 
     The mask on the second through fourth device regions  305   2  through  305   4  and the sixth device region  305   6  are then removed, and the gate sidewalls  203   d ,  200   d ,  201   d , and  202   d  made of an insulating material are formed on the side portions of the gates  203   c ,  200   c ,  201   c , and  202   c  ( FIG. 30 ). 
     After that, the first and fifth device regions  305   1  and  305   5  are covered with a mask (not shown) such as a resist, and deep donor ions are implanted into the terminal formation regions of the second through fourth device regions  305   2  through  305   4  and the sixth device region  305   6 . As a result of this, n-type impurity regions  203   a   2  and  203   b   2  having a large junction depth are formed in the second device region  305   2 , n-type impurity regions  200   a   2  and  200   b   2  having a large junction depth are formed in the third device region  305   3 , n-type impurity regions  201   a   2  and  201   b   2  having a large junction depth are formed in the fourth device region  305   4 , and an n-type impurity region  218   2  having a large junction depth is formed in the sixth device region  305   6  ( FIG. 31 ). The impurity regions  203   a   1  and  203   a   2  become the source region  203   a  of the n-channel transistor  203 , and the impurity regions  203   b   1  and  203   b   2  become the drain region  203   b  of the n-channel transistor  203 . Also, the impurity regions  200   a   1  and  200   a   2  become the source region  200   a  of the n-channel transistor  200 , and the impurity regions  200   b   1  and  200   b   2  become the drain region  200   b  of the n-channel transistor  200 . Further, the impurity regions  201   a   1  and  201   a   2  become the source region  201   a  of the n-channel transistor  201 , and the impurity regions  201   b   1  and  201   b   2  become the drain region  201   b  of the n-channel transistor  201 . The n-type impurity regions  218   1  and  218   2  become the electrode  218  ( FIG. 31 ). After that, the mask covering the first and fifth device regions  305   1  and  305   5  is removed. 
     The second through fourth device regions  305   2  through  305   4  and the sixth device region  305   6  are then covered with a mask (not shown) such as a resist, and deep acceptor ions are implanted into the terminal formation regions of the first and fifth device regions  305   1  and  305   5 . As a result of this, an p-type impurity region  208   2  having a large junction depth is formed in the first device region  305   1 , and p-type impurity regions  202   a   2  and  202   b   2  having a large junction depth are formed in the fifth device region  305   5  ( FIG. 31 ). The p-type impurity regions  208   1  and  208   2  become the terminal  208 , the impurity regions  202   a   1  and  202   a   2  become the source region  202   a  of the p-channel transistor  202 , and the impurity regions  202   b   1  and  202   b   2  become the drain region  202   b  of the p-channel transistor  202  ( FIG. 31 ). After that, the mask is removed, and a heat treatment for impurity activation is performed as needed ( FIG. 31 ). A nickel thin film of approximately 10 nm in thickness, for example, is then formed on the entire surface as needed, and a heat treatment for silicidation may be performed to form a silicide electrode in each terminal formation region. An interlayer insulating film is then formed on the entire surface, and interconnects are formed, to complete the logic switch of the second embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 21 . 
     According to the manufacturing method of the second embodiment, the MONOS memory cell transistor and the other transistors can be collectively manufactured, and the processing steps can be reduced. 
     Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far through specific examples, those specific examples are merely examples and do not limit the present invention. Also, the embodiments can be applied to one another. For example, each memory cell is of a FG type in the first embodiment, and is of a MONOS type in the second embodiment. However, a MONOS type may be used in the first embodiment, and a FG type may also be used in the second embodiment. Other than that, any logic switches that contain the components of the present invention and can be arbitrarily modified by those skilled in the art are included within the scope of the invention.