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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Jozef Mitros, Richardson, TX (US);
Weidong Tian, Dallas, TX (US);
Pinghai Hao, Plano, TX (US);
Victor Ivanov, Richardson, TX (US);
Jozef Mitros, Richardson, TX (US);
Weidong Tian, Dallas, TX (US);
Pinghai Hao, Plano, TX (US);
Victor Ivanov, Richardson, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a semiconductor device (), a method of manufacture therefor and an integrated circuit including the same. In one embodiment of the invention, the semiconductor device () includes a floating gate () located over a semiconductor substrate (), wherein the floating gate () has a metal control gate () located thereover. The semiconductor device (), in the same embodiment, further includes a dielectric layer () located between the floating gateand the metal control gate (), the dielectric layer () having a gettering material located therein.