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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Kent Kuohua Chang, Taipei, TW;
Fuh-Cheng Jong, Tai-Nan, TW;
Macronix International Co. Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor wafer comprises a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type, a source and a drain of a second conductive type positioned in predetermined areas of the semiconductor substrate, and a channel positioned on the surface of the semiconductor substrate between the source and the drain. The memory device contains a first dielectric layer covering the surface of the channel. A conductive layer covers the surface of the first dielectric layer, the conductive layer containing an insulating region for separating the conductive layer so as to form two isolated conductive regions. A second dielectric layer covers the surface of the conductive layer. A gate covers the surface of the second dielectric layer. Each conductive region is used as a charge trapping layer so as to receive and store electrons injected into the conductive region, thus forming a twin bit cell flash memory device.