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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Ki Seog Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Ki Seog Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/788 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flash memory device includes control gates that are formed to completely surround the top and sides of floating gates. The control gates are located between the floating gates that are adjacent in the word line direction as well as the floating gates that are adjacent in the bit line direction. The present flash memory device reduces a shift in a threshold voltage resulting from interference among floating gates and increases an overlapping area of the floating gate and the control gates. Thus, there is an effect in that the coupling ratio can be increased.