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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Gregory James Scott, Inkom, ID (US);
Mark Michael Nelson, Pocatello, ID (US);
Thierry Coffi Herve Yao, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Gregory James Scott, Inkom, ID (US);
Mark Michael Nelson, Pocatello, ID (US);
Thierry Coffi Herve Yao, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell, of a nonvolatile memory array. The first memory cell includes a body region, a gate structure, a source region, and a drain region. The second memory cell includes a body region, a gate structure, a source region, and a drain region. In one embodiment, the body of the second memory cell is physically isolated from the body region of the first memory cell. A bitline segment is electrically connected to the drain region of the first memory cell and to the drain region of the second memory cell.