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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Gerben Doornbos, Heverlee, BE;
Pierre Goarin, Etterbeek, BE;
Gerben Doornbos, Heverlee, BE;
Pierre Goarin, Etterbeek, BE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a non-volatile memory device on a substrate layer comprising semiconductor source and drain regions, a semiconductor channel region, a charge storage stack and a control gate; the channel region being fin-shaped having two sidewall portions and a top portion, and extending between the source region and the drain region; the charge storage stack being positioned between the source and drain regions and extending over the fin-shaped channel, substantially perpendicularly to the length direction of the fin-shaped channel; the control gate being in contact with the charge storage stack, wherein—an access gate is provided adjacent to one sidewall portion and separated therefrom by an intermediate gate oxide layer, and—the charge storage stack contacts the fin-shaped channel on the other sidewall portion and is separated from the channel by the intermediate gate oxide layer.