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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:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Tien Fan Ou, Taipei, TW;
Wen Jer Tsai, Hualien, TW;
Erh-kun Lai, Longjing Shiang, TW;
Hsuan Ling Kao, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Tien Fan Ou, Taipei, TW;
Wen Jer Tsai, Hualien, TW;
Erh-Kun Lai, Longjing Shiang, TW;
Hsuan Ling Kao, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8234 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gated diode nonvolatile memory cell with a charge storage structure includes a diode structure with an additional gate terminal. Various embodiments may include or exclude a diffusion barrier structure between the diode nodes. Example embodiments include the individual memory cell, an array of such memory cells, methods of operating the memory cell or array of memory cells, and methods of manufacturing the same.