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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Eiji Io, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Io, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/423 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a select gate formed above the semiconductor substrate, a floating gate formed above the semiconductor substrate and an erase gate positioned lower than an upper surface of the floating gate, and opposite an edge of a lower surface of the floating gate.