Abstract:
A method for reducing encroachment of an impurity implant into a channel region in a non-ESD transistor in a semiconductor circuit, the non-ESD transistor receiving both first and second implant dopants, and the circuit including a plurality of ESD transistors includes forming the ESD transistors of the circuit at a predetermined angular offset from the non-ESD transistor, and performing the second dopant implant at a predetermined tilt implant angle, wherein the non-ESD transistor has reduced encroachment of the impurity implant. A plurality of transistors formed on a semiconductor wafer include a plurality of non-ESD transistors, the plurality of non-ESD transistors including spacer regions and impurity implant regions encroaching the spacer regions, and a plurality of ESD transistors, the plurality of ESD transistors formed at a predetermined angular offset from the non-ESD transistors. Further, the plurality of ESD transistors include the spacer regions and impurity implant regions encroaching the spacer regions further than the impurity implant regions of the non-ESD transistors.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a channel hot-carrier page write method including an array of stacked gate flash EEPROM memory cells operating in a very low energy programming mode permitting page writing of 1024 bits within a 20-100 mu S programming interval. Internal programming voltage levels are derived from on-chip circuits, such as charge pumps (272), operated from a single +Vcc source. In a preferred embodiment, a cache memory (262) buffers data transfers between a computer bus (264) and the page oriented storage array (252). In another embodiment, core doping is increased in the channel and drain regions to enhance hot carrier injection and to lower the programming drain voltage. The stacked floating gate structure is shown to exhibit a high programming efficiency in a range from 10 to 10 at drain voltages below 5.2VDC. In another embodiment AC components of the programming current are minimized by precharging a common source line at the start of a programming cycle.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a channel hot-carrier page write method including an array of stacked gate flash EEPROM memory cells operating in a very low energy programming mode permitting page writing of 1024 bits within a 20-100 mu S programming interval. Internal programming voltage levels are derived from on-chip circuits, such as charge pumps (272), operated from a single +Vcc source. In a preferred embodiment, a cache memory (262) buffers data transfers between a computer bus (264) and the page oriented storage array (252). In another embodiment, core doping is increased in the channel and drain regions to enhance hot carrier injection and to lower the programming drain voltage. The stacked floating gate structure is shown to exhibit a high programming efficiency in a range from 10 to 10 at drain voltages below 5.2VDC. In another embodiment AC components of the programming current are minimized by precharging a common source line at the start of a programming cycle.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a channel hot-carrier page write method including an array of stacked gate flash EEPROM memory cells operating in a very low energy programming mode permitting page writing of 1024 bits within a 20-100νS programming interval. Internal programming voltage levels are derived from on-chip circuits, such as charge pumps (272), operated from a single +Vcc source. In a preferred embodiment, a cache memory (262) buffers data transfers between a computer bus (264) and the page oriented storage array (252). In another embodiment, core doping is increased in the channel and drain regions to enhance hot carrier injection and to lower the programming drain voltage. The stacked floating gate structure is shown to exhibit a high programming efficiency in a range from 10?-6 to 10-4¿ at drain voltages below 5.2VDC. In another embodiment AC components of the programming current are minimized by precharging a common source line at the start of a programming cycle.