High density integrated read-only memory (rom) with reduced access time

Abstract

An integrated circuit memory of the read-only memory type includes at least one memory cell. Each memory cell includes a storage transistor realized in a semiconductor substrate and presenting a source connected to a reference potential, a gate connected to an electrically conductive word line, and a drain connected to an electrically conductive bit line by an optional connection depending on whether the memory cell is assigned the value 0 or 1. The storage transistor of each memory cell includes a gate formed on the substrate, in the form of a window whose inner contour delimits a central drain region in the substrate, and whose outer contour delimits at least one source region in the substrate.