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US5101248A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Semiconductor device

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1991-02-21
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Granted: 1992-03-31
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Expires: 2011-02-21
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Abstract

Abstract An electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile semiconductor having a selection transistor, a memory transistor, and a logic transistor. The selection transistor has a first gate insulating film of a first film thickness and is made operative by a gate voltage of about 20V. The memory transistor has a second gate insulating film comprising a first portion whose film thickness is the same as the first film thickness and a second portion of a second film thickness smaller than the first film thickness. The memory transistor also has an electrically floating gate arranged on the second gate insulating film. The logic transistor has a third gate insulating film of a third film thickness smaller than the first film thickness but larger than the second film thickness and is made operative by a gate voltage of about 5V. When the second film thickness is represented by A, the third film thickness by B, and the first film thickness by C, A:B:C=1:2.1:4.2.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masataka Takebuchi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 03:54
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B41/00; H10B41/40; H10B41/42; H10B41/49; H10D; H10D64/00; H10D64/01; H10D64/031; H10D64/035

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 156 words
A semiconductor device comprising a first MOS transistor having a first gate insulating film, said first gate insulating film having a first film thickness; a second MOS transistor having a second gate insulating film, said second gate insulating film comprising a first portion whose film thickness is the same as said first film thickness, and a second portion having a second film thickness which is less than said first film thickness; and a third MOS transistor having a third gate insulating film, said third gate insulating film having a film thickness which is less than said first film thickness and greater than said second film thickness; wherein said first through third MOS transistors are on the same substrate and electrically connected together, and said first MOS transistor is made operative by a first gate voltage and said third MOs transistor is made operative by a second gate voltage which is less than said first gate voltage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 156 words
A semiconductor device comprising a first MOS transistor having a first gate insulating film, said first gate insulating film having a first film thickness; a second MOS transistor having a second gate insulating film, said second gate insulating film comprising a first portion whose film thickness is the same as said first film thickness, and a second portion having a second film thickness which is less than said first film thickness; and a third MOS transistor having a third gate insulating film, said third gate insulating film having a film thickness which is less than said first film thickness and greater than said second film thickness; wherein said first through third MOS transistors are on the same substrate and electrically connected together, and said first MOS transistor is made operative by a first gate voltage and said third MOs transistor is made operative by a second gate voltage which is less than said first gate voltage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 78 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor device is of the non-volatile type enabling information to be electrically erased and programmed, said second MOS transistor is of the memory type having an electrically floating gate arranged on said second gate insulating film, said first MOS transistor is of the selection type for the memory transistor, and said third MOS transistor is of the logic type which is a component for forming a large-scale logic circuit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 40 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein when said second film thickness is denoted by A, said third film thickness by B, and said first film thickness by C, A : B : C =1×(1±0.25) : 2.1×(1±0.25) : 4.2×(1±0.25).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 40 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein when said second film thickness is denoted by A, said third film thickness by B, and said first film thickness by C, A : B : C=1×(1±0.25) : 2.1×(1±0.25) : 4.2 (1±0.25).

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