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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Ming-hsiang Hsueh, Hsinchu, TW;
Yen-hao Shih, Taipei County, TW;
Erh-kun Lai, Taichung County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MACRONIX International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8239 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device having a floating gate with a non-rectangular cross-section is disclosed. The non-rectangular cross-section may be an inverted T shape, a trapezoid shape, or a double inverted T shape. Methods are disclosed for producing a floating gate memory device having an improved coupling ratio due to an increased surface area of the floating gate. The memory device has a floating gate having a cross-sectional shape, such as an inverted T shape, such that a top contour is not a flat line segment.