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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Rustom Irani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Boaz Eitan, Ra'anana, IL;
Ilan Bloom, Haifa, IL;
Assaf Shappir, Kiryat Ono, IL;
Inventors:
Rustom Irani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Boaz Eitan, Ra'anana, IL;
Ilan Bloom, Haifa, IL;
Assaf Shappir, Kiryat Ono, IL;
Assignee:
Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/792 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An NVM cell such as an NROM cell is formed using a portion of one ONO stack and an adjacent portion of a neighboring NROM stack. A gate structure is formed between (and atop) the two ONO portions, or 'strips' (or 'stripes'). This provides having two physically separated charge storage regions (nitride “strips”, or “stripes”) in each memory cell.