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Semiconductor device with a floating gate electrode that includes a plurality of particles

US7504663B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 2005
Grant dateMar 17, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/6721
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of being mass-produced and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. The present invention also provides a semiconductor device using an extreme thin integrated circuit and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. Further, the present invention provides a low power consumption semiconductor device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. According to one aspect of the present invention, a semiconductor device that has a semiconductor nonvolatile memory element transistor over an insulating surface in which a floating gate electrode of the memory transistor is formed by a plurality of conductive particles or semiconductor particles is provided.

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