Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jung-Wook Han

Sung-Taeg Kang

Hyun-Khe Yoo

Seung-Gyun Kim

A non-volatile memory cell able to be written in a first direction and read in a second direction is described. The memory cell includes one or two charge trapping regions located near either the source or the drain, or both the source and the drain. During a programming operation, electrons can be injected into the charge trapping region by hot electron injection. During an erasing operation, holes can be injected into the charge trapping region. Embodiments of the invention include a charge trapping region that is overlapped by the control gate only to an extent where the electrons that were injected during a programming operation can be erased later by injecting holes in the charge trapping region.

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Gyengki-Do, South Korea

Jung-Wook Han