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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Mandana Tadayoni, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nhan DO, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mandana Tadayoni, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nhan Do, Saratoga, CA (US);
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory device, and method of make same, having a substrate of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, first and second spaced-apart regions in the substrate of a second conductivity type, with a channel region in the substrate therebetween, a conductive floating gate over and insulated from the substrate, wherein the floating gate is disposed at least partially over the first region and a first portion of the channel region, a conductive second gate laterally adjacent to and insulated from the floating gate, wherein the second gate is disposed at least partially over and insulated from a second portion of the channel region, and a stressor region of embedded silicon carbide formed in the substrate underneath the second gate.