摘要:
In a 3-transistor random access memory for dynamic operation, the invention discloses a structure in which one of the transistors is stacked on the other transistor. A transistor for writing is disposed on a transistor for reading, and one of its terminals is used in common with the gate electrode of a transistor for judging data. The other terminal is connected to one of the terminals of the transistor for reading.A memory cell capable of extremely large scale integration can be obtained.
摘要:
In a semiconductor device which includes an insulation film through which a charge can tunnel, a gate insulation film of a material different from the material of said insulation film or having a thickness different from that of said insulation film, and a floating gate extending over said tunnelable insulation film, the improvement wherein at least two sides of said tunnelable region are bounded by a device separation oxide film.
摘要:
An LSI memory comprises a memory array including usual memory cells arranged in a matrix form, usual address transistors for selecting usual lines connected to the columns or rows of the memory array, address lines for controlling the usual address transistors, spare memory cells provided in the memory array, a spare line connected to the spare memory cells, spare address transistors connected between the address lines and the spare lines, and nonvolatile memory elements connected between the sources of the spare address transistors and the ground. By putting any one of the nonvolatile memory elements into the written state, any one of the spare address transistors are conditioned into an active state so that the spare line can be substituted for a defective usual line.
摘要:
In a semiconductor memory made up of semiconductor memory elements, each consisting of a transistor of an MOS structure which has a charge-storage layer and which is formed on a semiconductor substrate, the improvement wherein a switching element is provided so that positive or negative charge can be stored or discharged from the charge-storage layer in a mode for writing data, and the charge-storage layer can be allowed to float electrically when in a mode for reading data.
摘要:
This invention discloses EEPROM which increases an erasing voltage V.sub.pp to be applied in a data write cycle by increasing an avalanche breakdown voltage between a source region and a semiconductor substrate in order to improve erasing efficiency, and employs a structure which strengthens the electric field at the edge of a drain region in order to let hot carrier be easily generated and to improve writing efficiency.
摘要:
This invention discloses an EEPROM which increases an erasing voltage V.sub.pp to be applied during a data write cycle by increasing an avalanche breakdown voltage between a source region and a semiconductor substrate in the memory cell transistor in order to improve the erasing efficiency, and employs a structure which strengthens the electric field at the edge of a drain region in order to let hot carriers be easily generated and to thereby improve writing efficiency.
摘要:
This invention discloses EEPROM which increases an erasing voltage V.sub.pp to be applied in a data write cycle by increasing an avalanche breakdown voltage between a source region and a semiconductor substrate in order to improve erasing efficiency, and employs a structure which strengthens the electric field at the edge of a drain region in order to let hot carrier be easily generated and to improve writing efficiency.
摘要:
This invention discloses an EEPROM which increases an erasing voltage V.sub.pp to be applied during a data write cycle by increasing an avalanche breakdown voltage between a source region and a semiconductor substrate in the memory cell transistor in order to improve the erasing efficiency, and employs a structure which strengthens the electric field at the edge of a drain region in order to let hot carriers be easily generated and to thereby improve writing efficiency.
摘要:
An EEPROM in which a memory cell is constituted by a floating gate electrode, a control gate electrode, a first semiconductor region provided in a main surface portion of the semiconductor substrate on an end side of the gate electrodes to which the data line is connected, and a second semiconductor region provided in a different main surface portion of the semiconductor substrate on an opposing end side of the gate electrodes to which the grounding line is connected. The drain is used differently depending upon the operations for writing the data, reading the data and erasing the data. The impurity concentration in the first semiconductor region is selected to be lower than that of the second semiconductor region, in order to improve writing and erasing characteristics as well as to increase the reading speed.
摘要:
This invention discloses EEPROM which increases an erasing voltage V.sub.pp to be applied in a data write cycle by increasing an avalanche breakdown voltage between a source region and a semiconductor substrate in order to improve erasing efficiency, and employs a structure which strengthens the electric field at the edge of a drain region in order to let hot carrier be easily generated and to improve writing efficiency.