US Patent 7214983 Non-volatile memory and fabricating method thereof

A method of fabricating a non-volatile memory is provided. A plurality of stack gate strips is formed on a substrate and a plurality of source/drain regions is formed in the substrate beside the stack gate strips. A plurality of dielectric strips is formed on the source/drain regions. A plurality of word lines is formed on the stack gate strips and the dielectric strips. Thereafter, the stack gate strips exposed by the word lines are removed to form a plurality of openings. A plurality of spacers is formed on the sidewalls of the openings and the word lines. A dielectric layer is formed over the substrate. A plurality of contacts is formed in the dielectric layer and the dielectric strips between two adjacent word lines.