A thin SiGe layer is provided as an additional lower gate electrode layer
and is arranged between a thin gate oxide and a gate electrode layer,
preferably of polysilicon. The SiGe layer can be etched selectively to
the gate electrode and the gate oxide and is laterally removed adjacent
the source/drain regions in order to form recesses, which are
subsequently filled with a material that is appropriate for
charge-trapping. The device structure and production method are
appropriate for an integration scheme comprising local interconnects of
memory cells, a CMOS logic periphery and means to compensate differences
of the layer levels in the array and the periphery.