| CPC H10B 12/0387 (2023.02) [H10D 1/047 (2025.01); H10D 1/665 (2025.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising:
a charge-storing device comprising:
a first charge-storing stack extending into a substrate; and
a second charge-storing stack extending into the substrate and adjacent to the first charge-storing stack along a first direction,
wherein:
the first charge-storing stack and the second charge-storing stack comprise:
a liner layer over the substrate; and
a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers over the liner layer in an alternating manner;
the first charge-storing stack and the second charge-storing stack extend lengthwise along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
the first charge-storing stack has a length along the second direction;
a spacing between the first charge-storing stack and the second charge-storing stack is no more than about 10% of the length along the first direction;
the first charge-storing stack and the second charge-storing stack have an offset along the second direction; and
the offset is between about ⅓ of the length and about ⅔ of the length.
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