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US08014200B2 Semiconductor memory having volatile and multi-bit, non-volatile functionality and methods of operating 有权
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
  • Application No.: US12420659
    Application Date: 2009-04-08
  • Publication No.: US08014200B2
    Publication 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
Semiconductor memory having volatile and multi-bit, non-volatile functionality and methods of operating
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.
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