Patent · US Expired

Semiconductor device

US4668970A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 1985
Grant dateMay 26, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/683

Abstract

In a semiconductor device which includes an insulation film through which a charge can tunnel, a gate insulation film of a material different from the material of said insulation film or having a thickness different from that of said insulation film, and a floating gate extending over said tunnelable insulation film, the improvement wherein at least two sides of said tunnelable region are bounded by a device separation oxide film.

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