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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. 28, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257321 ; 257322 ; 257298 ;
Abstract
A non-volatile memory includes a single transistor having a semiconductor substrate, source and drain diffusion layers formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode provided on the semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating film interposed between them. The non-volatile memory further includes a programmable insulating film provided in self-alignment between the gate electrode and at least one of the source and drain diffusion layers and the programmable insulating film is broken down by a voltage applied to the gate electrode so as to execute programming.