Nonvolatile memory and semiconductor device

Details Nonvolatile memory and semiconductor device Nonvolatile memory and semiconductor device

2005-04-26

2005-04-26

Flynn, Nathan J. (Department: 2826)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Field effect device

Having insulated electrode

C257S314000, C257S315000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06885059

ABSTRACT:
A nonvolatile memory transistor with multi values being capable of suppressing a short channel effect is provided. In an active region of a memory transistor, stripe-shaped impurity regions (pinning regions) are formed in a channel length direction. The pinning regions suppress the spread of a depletion layer of a drain region, and a short channel effect caused by fine processing. Furthermore, in a memory transistor using pinning regions, by assigning one value or one bit of data to each channel forming region, the memory transistor is allowed to have multi values. More specifically, the present invention has a configuration in which a floating gate electrode is provided on each of a plurality of channel forming regions via a first gate insulating film, and an electric potential can be applied independently to a plurality of pinning regions.

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