CA1142646A - Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device - Google Patents

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device

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Publication number
CA1142646A
CA1142646A CA000359378A CA359378A CA1142646A CA 1142646 A CA1142646 A CA 1142646A CA 000359378 A CA000359378 A CA 000359378A CA 359378 A CA359378 A CA 359378A CA 1142646 A CA1142646 A CA 1142646A
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insulating layer
substrate
set forth
gate
floating
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French (fr)
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Shinpei Hijiya
Takao Nozaki
Takashi Ito
Hajime Ishikawa
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Fujitsu Ltd
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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]

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  • Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
CA000359378A 1979-08-31 1980-08-29 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device Expired CA1142646A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP11116479A JPS5642375A (en) 1979-08-31 1979-08-31 Semiconductor nonvolatile memory
JP111164/79 1979-08-31

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CA1142646A true CA1142646A (en) 1983-03-08

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US (1) US5101249A (OSRAM)
EP (1) EP0025311A3 (OSRAM)
JP (1) JPS5642375A (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1142646A (OSRAM)

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JPS57669B2 (OSRAM) 1982-01-07
JPS5642375A (en) 1981-04-20
EP0025311A2 (en) 1981-03-18
EP0025311A3 (en) 1982-07-14
US5101249A (en) 1992-03-31

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