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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:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
George E. Harris, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7108 ;
Abstract
A robust reference sensing cell for FLASH memory is formed. The cell utilizes floating gate transistors with a drain transition region concentration gradient that is less than the drain transition region concentration gradient of the floating gate transistors used to form the FLASH memory cell array.