Method for making an EEPROM cell with isolation transistor

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437 52, 437 50, H01L 218247

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ABSTRACT:
An EEPROM cell (40) includes a floating gate transistor (47) and an isolation transistor (45). Both a floating gate (48) and an isolation gate (46) are formed on a tunnel dielectric (44) within the cell. The isolation gate is coupled to a doped source region (52) of the floating gate transistor. The isolation transistor is not biased during a program operation of the cell, enabling a thin tunnel dielectric (less than 120 angstroms) to be used beneath all portions of both gates within the cell. Thus, the need for both a conventional tunnel dielectric and a gate dielectric is eliminated. The cell tolerates over-erasure, can be programmed at low programming voltages, and has good current drive due to the thin tunnel dielectric throughout the cell.

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