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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:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Emilio Camerlenghi, Bergamo, IT;
Giulio Albini, Milan, IT;
Inventors:
Emilio Camerlenghi, Bergamo, IT;
Giulio Albini, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 21/336 (2006.01); H01L 21/4763 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Briefly, embodiments of non-volatile memory and embodiments of fabrication thereof are disclosed. For example, a non-volatile memory device having a gate assembly with a floating gate and a control gate assembly is described. The control gate assembly includes a non-metal conductive control gate and a metal control gate in one embodiment. Additional embodiments are described, including use of a sacrificial nitride layer and forming contact recesses to create source or drain contacts, as other examples.