CA1070427A - N-channel storage field effect transistors - Google Patents

N-channel storage field effect transistors

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CA1070427A
CA1070427A CA235,230A CA235230A CA1070427A CA 1070427 A CA1070427 A CA 1070427A CA 235230 A CA235230 A CA 235230A CA 1070427 A CA1070427 A CA 1070427A
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storage
gate
channel
fet
drain
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French (fr)
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Bernward Rossler
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Siemens AG
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Siemens AG
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Priority claimed from DE2445137A external-priority patent/DE2445137C3/de
Priority claimed from DE19752505816 external-priority patent/DE2505816C3/de
Priority claimed from DE2513207A external-priority patent/DE2513207C2/de
Priority claimed from DE19752525062 external-priority patent/DE2525062C2/de
Priority claimed from DE19752525097 external-priority patent/DE2525097C3/de
Application filed by Siemens AG filed Critical Siemens AG
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Publication of CA1070427A publication Critical patent/CA1070427A/en
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    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/76Unipolar devices, e.g. field effect transistors
    • H01L29/772Field effect transistors
    • H01L29/78Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate
    • H01L29/788Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate with floating gate
    • H01L29/7881Programmable transistors with only two possible levels of programmation
    • H01L29/7884Programmable transistors with only two possible levels of programmation charging by hot carrier injection
    • H01L29/7885Hot carrier injection from the channel
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    • G11C11/403Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells with charge regeneration common to a multiplicity of memory cells, i.e. external refresh
    • G11C11/404Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells with charge regeneration common to a multiplicity of memory cells, i.e. external refresh with one charge-transfer gate, e.g. MOS transistor, per cell
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    • G11C16/00Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/04Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
    • G11C16/0408Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors
    • G11C16/0416Erasable 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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    • G11C16/00Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/04Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
    • G11C16/0408Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors
    • G11C16/0425Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors comprising cells containing a merged floating gate and select transistor
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    • G11C16/00Erasable programmable read-only memories
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    • G11C16/06Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
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    • G11C16/14Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits
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    • G11C16/00Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/14Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits
    • G11C16/16Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits for erasing blocks, e.g. arrays, words, groups
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    • G11C17/00Read-only memories programmable only once; Semi-permanent stores, e.g. manually-replaceable information cards
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    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor

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CA235,230A 1974-09-20 1975-09-11 N-channel storage field effect transistors Expired CA1070427A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE2445137A DE2445137C3 (de) 1974-09-20 1974-09-20 Verfahren zum Betrieb eines n-Kanal-Speicher-FET, n-Kanal-Speicher-FET zur Ausübung des Verfahrens und Anwendung des Verfahrens auf die n-Kanal-Speicher-FETs einer Speichermatrix
DE19752505816 DE2505816C3 (de) 1974-09-20 1975-02-12 Verfahren zum Betrieb eines n-Kanal-Speicher-FET, n-Kanal-Speicher-FET zur Ausübung des Verfahrens und Anwendung des Verfahrens auf die n-Kanal-Speicher-FETs einer Speichermatrix
DE2513207A DE2513207C2 (de) 1974-09-20 1975-03-25 n-Kanal-Speicher-FET
DE19752525062 DE2525062C2 (de) 1975-06-05 1975-06-05 Matrixanordnung aus n-Kanal-Speicher-FET
DE19752525097 DE2525097C3 (de) 1975-06-05 1975-06-05 Verfahren zum Betrieb eines n-Kanal-Speicher-FET

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AT (1) AT365000B (da)
AU (1) AU498494B2 (da)
BE (1) BE833633A (da)
CA (1) CA1070427A (da)
CH (1) CH607233A5 (da)
DK (1) DK143923C (da)
FR (1) FR2285677A1 (da)
GB (1) GB1517927A (da)
IT (1) IT1042632B (da)
NL (1) NL175561C (da)

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US4173766A (en) * 1977-09-16 1979-11-06 Fairchild Camera And Instrument Corporation Insulated gate field-effect transistor read-only memory cell
SE7907193L (sv) * 1978-09-28 1980-03-29 Rca Corp Bestendigt minne
JPS5560469U (da) * 1978-10-20 1980-04-24
JPS5571072A (en) * 1978-11-24 1980-05-28 Hitachi Ltd Semiconductor nonvolatile memory
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JPS5864068A (ja) * 1981-10-14 1983-04-16 Agency Of Ind Science & Technol 不揮発性半導体メモリの書き込み方法
JPH04307974A (ja) * 1991-04-05 1992-10-30 Sharp Corp 電気的消去可能不揮発性半導体記憶装置
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IT1042632B (it) 1980-01-30
ATA646575A (de) 1981-04-15
GB1517927A (en) 1978-07-19
AU8479775A (en) 1977-03-17
FR2285677A1 (fr) 1976-04-16
NL7511017A (nl) 1976-03-23
CH607233A5 (da) 1978-11-30
FR2285677B1 (da) 1981-05-29
NL175561B (nl) 1984-06-18
AT365000B (de) 1981-11-25
AU498494B2 (en) 1979-03-15
JPS5157255A (da) 1976-05-19
DK143923C (da) 1982-04-19

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