CA1019441A - Non-volatile semiconductor storage device utilizing avalanche injection and extraction of stored information - Google Patents

Non-volatile semiconductor storage device utilizing avalanche injection and extraction of stored information

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CA1019441A
CA1019441A CA186,057A CA186057A CA1019441A CA 1019441 A CA1019441 A CA 1019441A CA 186057 A CA186057 A CA 186057A CA 1019441 A CA1019441 A CA 1019441A
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extraction
storage device
stored information
semiconductor storage
volatile semiconductor
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Joseph J. Chang
Benjamin Agusta
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/60—Insulated-gate field-effect transistors [IGFET]
    • H10D30/68—Floating-gate IGFETs
    • H10D30/681—Floating-gate IGFETs having only two programming levels
    • H10D30/684—Floating-gate IGFETs having only two programming levels programmed by hot carrier injection
    • H10D30/686—Floating-gate IGFETs having only two programming levels programmed by hot carrier injection using hot carriers produced by avalanche breakdown of PN junctions, e.g. floating gate avalanche injection MOS [FAMOS]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/04—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
    • G11C16/0408—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors
    • G11C16/0416—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors comprising cells containing a single floating gate transistor and no select transistor, e.g. UV EPROM

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
  • Read Only Memory (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
CA186,057A 1972-12-29 1973-11-16 Non-volatile semiconductor storage device utilizing avalanche injection and extraction of stored information Expired CA1019441A (en)

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JP (1) JPS525234B2 (enExample)
CA (1) CA1019441A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2356275C2 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2212647B1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1445450A (enExample)
IT (1) IT1001098B (enExample)

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IT1001098B (it) 1976-04-20
DE2356275A1 (de) 1974-07-04
JPS525234B2 (enExample) 1977-02-10
GB1445450A (en) 1976-08-11
FR2212647B1 (enExample) 1977-09-30
FR2212647A1 (enExample) 1974-07-26
JPS4998974A (enExample) 1974-09-19
US3797000A (en) 1974-03-12
DE2356275C2 (de) 1984-10-04

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