DE3687108T2 - Halbleiterzellen fuer integrierte schaltungen. - Google Patents

Halbleiterzellen fuer integrierte schaltungen.

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DE3687108T2
DE3687108T2 DE8686306399T DE3687108T DE3687108T2 DE 3687108 T2 DE3687108 T2 DE 3687108T2 DE 8686306399 T DE8686306399 T DE 8686306399T DE 3687108 T DE3687108 T DE 3687108T DE 3687108 T2 DE3687108 T2 DE 3687108T2
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integrated circuits
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floating gate
semiconductor cells
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Mong Song Liang
Tien-Chiun Lee
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Vantis Corp
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/14—Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits
    • G11C16/16—Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits for erasing blocks, e.g. arrays, words, groups
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/04—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS
    • G11C16/0408—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors
    • G11C16/0416—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells containing floating gate transistors comprising cells containing a single floating gate transistor and no select transistor, e.g. UV EPROM
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
    • G11C16/02—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable
    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
    • G11C16/10—Programming or data input circuits
    • G11C16/14—Circuits for erasing electrically, e.g. erase voltage switching circuits
DE8686306399T 1985-09-26 1986-08-19 Halbleiterzellen fuer integrierte schaltungen. Expired - Fee Related DE3687108T2 (de)

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US06/780,482 US4742491A (en) 1985-09-26 1985-09-26 Memory cell having hot-hole injection erase mode

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EP (1) EP0218342B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2545511B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE82430T1 (de)
DE (1) DE3687108T2 (de)

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US4742491A (en) 1988-05-03
JP2545511B2 (ja) 1996-10-23
DE3687108D1 (de) 1992-12-17
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