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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ching-Shi Jeng, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Memory Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518514 ; 36518515 ; 36518529 ; 257316 ; 257319 ;
Abstract
A scalable flash EEPROM cell has a semiconductor substrate with a drain and a source and a channel therebetween. A select gate is positioned over a portion of the channel and is insulated therefrom. A floating gate has a first portion over the select gate and insulated therefrom, and a second portion over a second portion of the channel and over the source, and is between the select gate and the source. A control gate is over the floating gate and is insulated therefrom. A memory array using this memory cell is also disclosed.