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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M. Aitken, South Burlington, VT (US);
Steven W. Mittl, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Alvin W. Strong, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/9788 ; H01L 2/976 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/9788 ; H01L 2/976 ;
Abstract
A non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) structure comprising an injector element in a single crystal silicon substrate; an insulator layer over the substrate; a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) layer over the insulator layer; and a sensing element in the SOI layer overlying the injector element. The NVRAM structure may further comprise a gate above the SOI layer, a floating gate in the insulator layer, or both.