Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Specified wide band gap semiconductor material other than... – Diamond or silicon carbide
Patent
1998-08-20
2000-12-26
Wojciechowicz, Edward
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Specified wide band gap semiconductor material other than...
Diamond or silicon carbide
257314, 257321, 257407, 257412, 257741, H01L 2972
Patent
active
061664014
ABSTRACT:
A memory is described which has memory cells that store data using hot electron injection. The data is erased through electron tunneling. The memory cells are described as floating gate transistors wherein the floating gate is fabricated using a conductive layer of microcrystalline silicon carbide particles. The microcrystalline silicon carbide particles are in contact such that a charge stored on the floating gate is shared between the particles. The floating gate has a reduced electron affinity to allow for data erase operations using lower voltages.
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