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Nonvolatile semiconductor memory having a charge accumulation layer connected to a gate

US7294881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 2005
Grant dateNov 13, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

At least either above or below a memory transistor formed on an insulating substrate, a shielding layer which has an area larger than that of the semiconductor layer of the memory transistor and has either an electromagnetic wave shielding effect or a light shielding effect or both of these is provided, and by this shielding layer, electromagnetic waves or light is prevented from entering the semiconductor layer. Or, the regional area of at least one of the gate and the charge accumulation layer of the memory transistor is made larger than the semiconductor layer to prevent electromagnetic waves or light from entering the semiconductor layer by the gate or the charge accumulation layer.

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