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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2010
Applicant:
John Power, Tainan, TW;
Inventor:
John Power, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 21/336 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One or more embodiments relate to a method for forming a memory device, the memory device including a control gate, a charge storage structure and a select gate, the method comprising: forming a gate tower, the gate tower including the control gate over the charge storage structure; forming a dummy tower laterally spaced apart from the gate tower; and forming a select gate between the gate tower and the dummy tower.