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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GlobalFoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/41725 (2013.01); H01L 21/823475 (2013.01); H01L 27/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to semiconductor devices having memory cells for multi-bit programming and methods of forming the same. The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including an isolation region disposed on a substrate, a pair of diffusion structures disposed upon the isolation region, a dielectric layer that covers side surfaces of the diffusion structures, and a gate structure disposed on the dielectric layer and between the diffusion structures, where the gate structure is electrically coupled to the diffusion structures.