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Non-volatile storage device
Assignee: Rohm Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-05-19
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Granted: 1994-06-07
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Expires: 2012-05-19
Abstract
Abstract A non-volatile storage device such as a PROM (Programmable Read Only Memory). To obtain an adequate sum of captured charges by a low storing voltage and to prevent charges from being injected from a gate electrode, a silicon oxide film, a composite silicon oxide/nitride film and a silicon oxide film are formed in order on a gate region of a silicon substrate on which a source region and a drain region are formed. Since the composite silicon oxide/nitride film has many interfaces between the silicon oxide region and the silicon nitride region, it accumulates a lot of charges from the silicon substrates.
Inventors
- 👤 Hironobu Nakao
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 15:44
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D64/00; H10D64/01; H10D64/013; H10D64/01302; H10D64/01332; H10D64/01336; H10D64/01344; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; H10D30/69; H10D64/01346; H10D64/60; H10D64/66; H10D64/68; H10D64/681; H10D64/685; H10D64/693
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A non-volatile storage device comprising: (a) a semiconductor substrate having a source region and a drain region; (b) a first oxide film formed on a gate region between said source region and said drain region of said semiconductor substrate; (c) a composite oxide/nitride film formed on said first oxide film and having a non-homogeneous mixture of oxide regions and nitride regions; and (d) a second oxide film formed on said composite oxide/nitride film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A non-volatile storage device comprising: (a) a semiconductor substrate having a source region and a drain region; (b) a first oxide film formed on a gate region between said source region and said drain region of said semiconductor substrate; (c) a composite oxide/nitride film formed on said first oxide film and having a non-homogeneous mixture of oxide regions and nitride regions; and (d) a second oxide film formed on said composite oxide/nitride film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A non-volatile storage device according to claim 1, wherein said oxide films are silicon oxide films, said oxide regions are silicon oxide regions and said nitride regions are silicon nitride regions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A non-volatile storage device according to claim 1, wherein an electrode is formed on each of said source region, said drain region and said second oxide film.
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