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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hsing T. Tuan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vei-Han Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Chung Wai Leung, Milpitas, CA (US);
Chia-Shun Hsiao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Assignee:
Mosel Vitelic, Inc., Hsin Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/362 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/362 ;
Abstract
In a nonvolatile memory, a floating gate includes a portion of a conductive layer ( ), and also includes conductive spacers ( ). The spacers increase the capacitive coupling between the floating gate and the control gate ( ).