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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:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Zhizheng Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Satoshi Torii, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Randolph, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi He, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhizheng Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Satoshi Torii, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Randolph, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi He, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Spansion L.L.C., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method erases a memory cell of a semiconductor device that includes a group of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a group of storage regions. The method includes determining that each storage region of the group of storage regions of a first memory cell is to be erased and erasing the group of storage regions of the first memory cell via a single hot hole injection process.