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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Ronald John Kuse, Dublin, CA (US);
Monica Sawkar Mathur, San Jose, CA (US);
Wen Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ronald John Kuse, Dublin, CA (US);
Monica Sawkar Mathur, San Jose, CA (US);
Wen Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory element is described, including a substrate including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, a tunnel oxide over the channel region of the substrate, a charge storage layer over the tunnel oxide, a charge blocking layer over the charge storage layer, and a control gate over the charge blocking layer. The charge blocking layer further includes a first layer including a transition metal oxide, a second layer including a metal silicate, a third layer including the transition metal oxide of the first layer.