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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:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steve K Hsia, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chan-Sui Pang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365185 ; 365182 ; 357 235 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory cell which utilizes a tunnel window to discharge the floating gate at a location spacially displaced from the program path for the cell. Also disclosed is a process for making such a memory cell.