Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of programming a memory cell
- Patent Title (中): 编程存储器单元的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14570577Application Date: 2014-12-15
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Publication No.: US09373412B2Publication Date: 2016-06-21
- Inventor: Xia Li , Bin Yang
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Toler Law Group, PC
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14 ; G11C16/30 ; G11C16/04 ; G11C5/06 ; G11C17/18 ; G11C7/12 ; G06F17/50 ; G11C11/40 ; G11C17/16 ; G11C11/404

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a semiconductor transistor structure. The semiconductor transistor structure includes dielectric material, a channel region, a gate, a source overlap region, and a drain overlap region. The source overlap region is biasable to cause a first voltage difference between the source overlap region and the gate to exceed a breakdown voltage of the dielectric material. The drain overlap region is biasable to cause a second voltage difference between the drain overlap region and the gate to exceed the breakdown voltage. The apparatus includes a well line coupled to a body of the semiconductor transistor. The apparatus includes circuitry configured to apply a voltage to the well line to prevent a breakdown condition between the channel region and the gate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150098270A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A MEMORY CELL Public/Granted day:2015-04-09
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