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US08014200B2 Semiconductor memory having volatile and multi-bit, non-volatile functionality and methods of operating
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具有易失性和多位,非易失性功能和操作方法的半导体存储器
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory having volatile and multi-bit, non-volatile functionality and methods of operating
- Patent Title (中): 具有易失性和多位,非易失性功能和操作方法的半导体存储器
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Application No.: US12420659Application Date: 2009-04-08
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Publication No.: US08014200B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Yuniarto Widjaja
- Applicant: Yuniarto Widjaja
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: ZENO Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ZENO Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Alan W. Cannon
- Main IPC: G11C11/34
- IPC: G11C11/34 ; G11C14/00

Abstract:
A semiconductor memory cell, semiconductor memory devices comprising a plurality of the semiconductor memory cells, and methods of using the semiconductor memory cell and devices are described. A semiconductor memory cell includes a substrate having a first conductivity type; a first region embedded in the substrate at a first location of the substrate and having a second conductivity type; a second region embedded in the substrate at a second location of the substrate and have the second conductivity type, such that at least a portion of the substrate having the first conductivity type is located between the first and second locations and functions as a floating body to store data in volatile memory; a trapping layer positioned in between the first and second locations and above a surface of the substrate; the trapping layer comprising first and second storage locations being configured to store data as nonvolatile memory independently of one another; and a control gate positioned above the trapping layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090251966A1 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY HAVING VOLATILE AND MULTI-BIT, NON-VOLATILE FUNCTIONALITY AND METHODS OF OPERATING Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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