Patent · US Expired

Remanent memory device

US6218700A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1998
Grant dateApr 17, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/693

Abstract

A remanent, electrically programmable and erasable, memory device comprises of a MOS type transistor whose gate insulator contains charged mobile species is disclosed. The gate insulator is comprised transversely of a sandwich comprising at least five areas. Two intermediate areas have first band-gap values, and two endmost and a central areas have band gap values greater than the first values.

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