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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glen L Miles, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert K Leidy, Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438260 ; 438593 ;
Abstract
Floating gates with field enhancement features are produced by a technique that makes possible structures smaller than the lithographically defined image. The floating gates produced having sharp tips for source-side injection flash memory cells. Moreover, the process provides an insulator cap over the floating gate that is self-aligned.