GB2004414A

GB2004414A – Insulated gate field-effect transistor read-only memory array
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GB2004414A – Insulated gate field-effect transistor read-only memory array
– Google Patents
Insulated gate field-effect transistor read-only memory array

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Publication number
GB2004414A

GB2004414A
GB7830247A
GB7830247A
GB2004414A
GB 2004414 A
GB2004414 A
GB 2004414A
GB 7830247 A
GB7830247 A
GB 7830247A
GB 7830247 A
GB7830247 A
GB 7830247A
GB 2004414 A
GB2004414 A
GB 2004414A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
effect transistor
memory array
insulated gate
gate field
transistor read
Prior art date
1977-09-16
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GB7830247A
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GB2004414B
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Fairchild Semiconductor Corp

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Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp
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1977-09-16
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1978-07-18
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1979-03-28

1978-07-18
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Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp

1979-03-28
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patent/GB2004414A/en

1982-10-20
Application granted
granted
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1982-10-20
Publication of GB2004414B
publication
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patent/GB2004414B/en

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Classifications

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

G11C16/0466—Erasable programmable read-only memories electrically programmable using variable threshold transistors, e.g. FAMOS comprising cells with charge storage in an insulating layer, e.g. metal-nitride-oxide-silicon [MNOS], silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon [SONOS]

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

G11C16/0491—Virtual ground arrays

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof  ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor

H01L29/66—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor

H01L29/68—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched

H01L29/76—Unipolar devices, e.g. field effect transistors

H01L29/772—Field effect transistors

H01L29/78—Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate

H01L29/792—Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate with charge trapping gate insulator, e.g. MNOS-memory transistors

GB7830247A
1977-09-16
1978-07-18
Insulated gate field-effect transistor read-only memory array

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GB2004414B
(en)

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Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US05/834,016

US4173791A
(en)

1977-09-16
1977-09-16
Insulated gate field-effect transistor read-only memory array

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GB2004414A
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1979-03-28

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GB2004414B
(en)

1982-10-20

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GB2004414B
(en)

1977-09-16
1978-07-18
Insulated gate field-effect transistor read-only memory array

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US
(1)

US4173791A
(en)

JP
(1)

JPS5453929A
(en)

CA
(1)

CA1067208A
(en)

DE
(1)

DE2838937A1
(en)

FR
(1)

FR2403623A1
(en)

GB
(1)

GB2004414B
(en)

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Expired – Lifetime

1978

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CA
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not_active
Expired

1978-07-18
GB
GB7830247A
patent/GB2004414B/en
not_active
Expired

1978-09-07
DE
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patent/DE2838937A1/en
not_active
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Publication date
Assignee
Title

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(en)

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1980-10-17
1981-04-30
Intel Corp
Programmable read only memory mfr. – forming two groups of conductive strips, mutually perpendicular and insulated and doped zones for memory cells using mos techniques

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FR2403623A1
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1979-04-13

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(en)

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1980-12-26

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(en)

1979-11-06

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1979-04-27

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1979-03-29

CA1067208A
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1979-11-27

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