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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:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert T Fuller, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Howard L Evans, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Michael J Morrison, Malabar, FL (US);
David A DeCrosta, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert K Lowry, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257651 ; 257410 ; 257650 ;
Abstract
A EEPROM 140 has a storage transistor 160 with a gate insulating layer 104 of BPSG and a polysilicon gate 112.2 of the same layer as the polysilicon gate 112.1 of the FET transistor 150. The BPSG layer 104 has POHC traps that capture holes injected into N well 103.2. A positive voltage applied to N well 103.2 programs the storage transistor 160 off. Applying a positive voltage to the gate 112.2 neutralizes the holes stored in layer 104 and erases the memory of transistor 160.