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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Lin, Milpitas, CA (US);
Radu Barsan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518517 ; 36518529 ;
Abstract
An improved control gate-addressed CMOS memory cell is provided which allows for programming and erasing by tunneling through the gate oxides of the PMOS and NMOS transistors. The CMOS memory cell (400) includes a PMOS transistor (402), an NMOS transistor (403), and an NMOS pass transistor (405). A capacitor (430) has a first terminal coupled to a common floating gate (416) of the PMOS and NMOS transistors and has a second terminal coupled to a control gate node.