Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making field effect device having pair of active regions... – Having insulated gate
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-25
2006-07-25
Smith, Zandra V. (Department: 2822)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making field effect device having pair of active regions...
Having insulated gate
C438S197000, C438S257000, C438S264000, C438S294000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07081386
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, and a non-volatile memory cell provided on the semiconductor substrate, the non-volatile memory cell comprising a tunnel insulating film having a film thickness periodically and continuously changing in a channel width direction of the non-volatile memory cell, a floating gate electrode provided on the tunnel insulating film, a control gate electrode provided above the floating gate electrode, and an interelectrode insulating film provided between the control gate electrode and the floating gate electrode.
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Ozawa Yoshio
Saida Shigehiko
Saito Masanobu
Takeuchi Yuji
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Smith Zandra V.
Tran Thanh Y.
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