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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Fumihiko Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiko Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a semiconductor device which is operable with a small occupied area, high reliability, and low power consumption, a nonvolatile semiconductor storage apparatus using the device and a manufacture method of the device. A semiconductor device of the present invention comprises a first gate insulating film, floating gate, second gate insulating film, and control gate on a semiconductor substrate, and a source area and a drain area formed in the semiconductor substrate on opposite sides of the floating gate, the floating gate comprises a first floating gate and a second floating gate disposed to cover the first floating gate, and an isolating gate is formed on the second floating gate on the side of the semiconductor substrate, and parallel to the first floating gate via an isolating insulating film