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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Albert Bergemont, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric Braun, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joel M. McGregor, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
CHENGDU MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Chengdu, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 29/788 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/1095 (2013.01); H01L 29/66825 (2013.01); H01L 29/7883 (2013.01); H01L 29/7887 (2013.01);
Abstract
An EEPROM memory cell with a coupler region is disclosed. The coupler region has a well and at least one feeder region formed in the well. The at least one feeder region is configured to provide majority carriers to a channel region defined in the well so that a portion of the channel region adjoining the top surface of the coupler region is inverted during an erase operation.