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Method for producing a nonvolatile semiconductor memory

US4295265A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 1979
Grant dateOct 20, 1981
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Expiry dateJul 18, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/683
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which comprises a source region and a drain region formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate having one conductivity type, a first insulating film formed on a channel region which is located between the source region and the drain region, a floating gate formed on at least a portion of the first insulating film and which is electrically floated, a control gate formed on the floating gate via a second insulating film, and high impurity concentration regions formed in or near a portion of the channel region and having the same conductivity type as that of the substrate, the floating gate is formed prior to the high impurity concentration regions, and the high impurity concentration regions are formed just outside the channel region by self-alignment with said floating gate using said floating gate as part of a mask.

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