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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257316 ; 257314 ; 257315 ;
Abstract
A floating gate is formed via a first gate insulating film over the channel region between source and drain regions which are formed in a semiconductor substrate. A control gate is formed via a second gate insulating film over the floating gate. A low impurity concentration semiconductor region is formed on the side of the control gate which faces the floating gate. When erasing, a depletion layer is produced in this low impurity concentration region and further saturates the erase characteristic for the erasure time by decreasing the capacitance between the control gate and the floating gate.