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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2010
Derek Chen, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Huilong Zhu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Derek Chen, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Huilong Zhu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A flash memory device includes a wafer; a gate oxide layer disposed upon the wafer; a floating gate disposed upon the gate oxide layer, the wafer, or a combination thereof; the floating gate including a flat floating gate portion and a generally rectangular floating gate portion disposed upon selected areas of the flat floating gate portion; a high K dielectric material disposed upon the floating gate; and a control gate disposed upon the high K dielectric material; wherein the high K dielectric material forms a zigzag pattern coupling the floating gate with the control gate.