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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Ramachandran Muralidhar, Austin, TX (US);
Sucharita Madhukar, Austin, TX (US);
Bo Jiang, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce E. White, Round Rock, TX (US);
Srikanth B. Samavedam, Austin, TX (US);
David L. O'Meara, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Alan Sadd, Austin, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A memory cell (,), its method of formation, and operation are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, the memory cell (,) comprises a first and second current carrying electrode (,) a control electrode (,), and doped discontinuous storage elements (,). In accordance with an alternative embodiment, memory cell programming is accomplished by removing or adding an average of approximately at least a first charge (,), which can be electron(s) or hole(s) from each of the doped discontinuous storage elements (,).