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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:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bert R Riemenschneider, Murphy, TX (US);
Howard L Tigelaar, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 235 ; 357 54 ; 365185 ;
Abstract
A non-volatile memory is provided which provides a floating gate (42) disposed over control gate (38) in order to increase the coupling therebetween. The degree of coupling may be varied by adjusting the area of the floating gate formed over the control gate relative to the area of the floating gate over the substrate.