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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takuya Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa-Pref., JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1336 ;
Abstract
In a non-volatile semiconductor memory device that has a floating gate that is formed on a semiconductor substrate with an intervening first gate insulation film, a second gate insulation film that is formed on the floating gate electrode, and a control gate that is provided over this second gate insulation film, at least two trenches are formed in the floating gate.