Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making field effect device having pair of active regions... – Having insulated gate
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-13
2007-11-13
Lebentritt, Michael (Department: 2812)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making field effect device having pair of active regions...
Having insulated gate
C257SE21584, C257SE29165
Reexamination Certificate
active
11128392
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor memory device may include an intergate dielectric layer of high-K dielectric materials interposed between a charge storing layer and a control gate. The high-K materials may be deposited in such a manner that the materials are gradually graded with respect to one another.
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Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/008,233, filed Dec. 10, 2004; entitled: “Memory Cell Having Enhanced High-K Dielectric”, by Joong Jeon et al., 30 pages.
Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/049,855, filed Feb. 4, 2005; entitled: “Non-Volatile Memory Device With Improved Erase Speed”, by Joong Jeon et al., 22 pages.
Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/086,310, filed Mar. 23, 2005; entitled: “High K Stack For Non-Volatile Memory”, by Wei Zheng et al., 21 pages.
Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/196,434, filed Aug. 4, 2005; entitled: “SONOS Memory Cell Having High-K Dielectric”, by Takashi Whitney Orimoto et al., 27 pages.
Jeon Joong
Orimoto Takashi Whitney
Advanced Micro Devices , Inc.
Dinh Thu-Huong
Harrity & Snyder LLP
Lebentritt Michael
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