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Semiconductor non-volatile memory

US6849895B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 2001
Grant dateFeb 1, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2216/06
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For providing a cheap semiconductor memory device with improving reliability by level of a cell, in the place of escaping from defects on memory cells electrically, through such as ECC, and further for providing a cell structure enabling scaling-down in the vertical direction with maintaining the reliability, in a semiconductor memory device, upon which high-speeded read-out operation is required, a charge storage region is constructed with particles made from a large number of semiconductor charge storage small regions, each being independent, thereby increasing the reliability by the cell level.

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