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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
Applicant:
Mariko Takayanagi, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Inventor:
Mariko Takayanagi, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/108 (2006.01); H01L 29/76 (2006.01); H01L 29/94 (2006.01); H01L 31/119 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a programmable element, may include a semiconductor substrate, source/drain layers formed apart from each other in the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film including a charge-trapping film containing Hf and formed on a portion between the source/drain layers of the semiconductor substrate, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film with a program voltage applied to the gate electrode.