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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:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles Smith, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Cavendish Kinetics Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/9788 ; H01L 2/982 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/9788 ; H01L 2/982 ;
Abstract
A memory element for a flash memory including a first element made from electrically conductive material and having a stable position, an electrically conductive floating gate for storing charge, and means for urging the element from the stable position towards a position enabling a transfer of charge to the floating gate.