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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365187 ; 36518526 ; 365149 ; 365 72 ;
Abstract
A memory cell with a stored charge on its gate, comprising (A) a channel forming region, (B) a first gate formed on an insulation layer formed on the surface of the channel forming region, the first gate and the channel forming region facing each other through the insulation layer, (C) a second gate capacitively coupled with the first gate, (D) source/drain regions formed in contact with the channel forming region, one source/drain region being spaced from the other, and (E) a non-linear resistance element having at least two ends with one end connected to the first gate.