Non-volatile memory element having a cascoded transistor scheme to reduce oxide field stress
FIG. 3 shows a memory cell in accordance with the present invention. The memory cell includes two cascode connected select transistors 301 and 302 and a floating gate storage transistor 303. The tran... Read More
Inventors: Rowlandson, Michael; Horch, Andrew;, Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (Hillsboro, CA) |
Memory device with row and column decoder circuits arranged in a checkerboard pattern under a plurality of memory arrays
OF THE PRESENTLY PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Turning now to the drawings, FIG. 1 is an illustration of a memory circuit arrangement of a preferred embodiment. In this preferred embodiment, a plurality of m... Read More
Inventors: Scheuerlein, Roy E.;, Assignee: Matrix Semiconductor, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Pixel array with indirectly associated memory
1. An electronic device comprising: an array of pixels provided on a substrate and arranged in rows and columns and comprising pixel drive circuitry; a plurality of pixel row and column address lines ... Read More
Inventors: Edwards, Martin J.; Ayres, John R. A.;, Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, NL) |
Carbon nanotube sensor and method of producing the same
AND ADVANTAGES A carbon nanotube sensor and a method of producing the carbon nanotube sensor are disclosed. The sensor detects a small particle or molecule. To accomplish this, the sensor includes a g... Read More
Inventors: Schlaf, Rudiger; Bhansali, Shekhar;, Assignee: University of South Flordia (Tampa, FL) |
Solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device having a plurality of photosesitive regions and a semiconductor substrate which includes at least scanning means for selecting the photosensitive regions in succession, th... Read More
Inventors: Tsukada, Toshihisa; Maruyama, Eiichi; Baji, Toru; Ataka, Saburo; Imamura, Yoshinori; Sasano, Akira; Kubo, Masaharu; Koike, Norio; Nagahara, Shusaku;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Photoelectric conversion device
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a novel photoelectric conversion device which is able to achieve a far higher photoelectric conversion efficiency than that obtainable wit... Read More
Inventors: Yamazaki, Shunpei;, Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Bipolar transistor with ultra-thin epitaxial base and method of fabricating same
The principle object of the present invention is to provide new and improved bipolar transistors and methods of fabricating the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide new and impr... Read More
Inventors: Harame, David L.; Stork, Johannes M. C.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Printed circuit board and heat sink arrangement
What is claimed is: 1. A method of making a printed circuit board and heat sink structure assembly comprising: providing a structure comprising a printed circuit board and an electronic component moun... Read More
Inventors: Katchmar, Roman;, Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited (Montreal, CA) |
Routing program method for positioning unit pins in a hierarchically designed VLSI chip
An object of the invention is to provide a method of determining whether or not unit pin placements in the initial design provide minimal net lengths. Another object of the invention is to identify an... Read More
Inventors: Camporese, Peter J.; Dansky, Allan H.; Smith, Howard H.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Electrical and thermal contact for use in semiconductor devices
OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises an electrical and thermal contact for a contacted structure of a semiconductor device. With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, in a preferred embodiment, the... Read More
Inventors: Reinberg, Alan R.;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Small electrode for chalcogenide memories
OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS A method of fabricating ultra-small electrodes for chalcogenide memories is presented that provides electrode sizes smaller than that presently provided using conventional ph... Read More
Inventors: Zahorik, Russell C.;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Radiation image read-out apparatus and stimulating light cut filter
What is claimed is: 1. A stimulating light cut filter which is disposed between a radiation image convertor panel, which emits stimulated emission upon exposure to stimulating light beam, and a detect... Read More
Inventors: Yasuda, Hiroaki;, Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, JP) |
Grid metal design for large density CMOS image sensor
It is a primary objective of the invention to provide grid metal designs that alleviate the loading effects that occur during metal etch. It is another primary objective of the invention to provide a ... Read More
Inventors: Yaung, Dun-Nian; Wuu, Shou-Gwo; Tseng, Chien-Hsien;, Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Hsin-Chu, TW) |
Process for producing a layer containing silicon and photoelectric conversion device utilizing this process
What is claimed is: 1. A process for producing a layer containing silicon, comprising depositing silicon by thermal decomposition of a gaseous mixture containing silane at a temperature (T) which is b... Read More
Inventors: Kaplan, Daniel; Sol, Nicole; Landouar, Pierre;, Assignee: Thomson-CSF (Paris, FR) |
Static random access type semiconductor memory device
An object of the present invention is to reduce the size of a memory cell in an SRAM. Another object of the present invention is to reduce an area of an element isolation region in an SRAM. Still anot... Read More
Inventors: Kuriyama, Hirotada;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Semiconductor device provided having a programmable element with a high-conductivity buried contact region
We claim: 1. A semiconductor device with a semiconductor body and a programmable memory element comprising a doped semiconductor region and a conductor region which are everywhere separated from one a... Read More
Inventors: Slotboom, Jan W.; Woerlee, Pierre H.; Woltjer, Reinout;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Array substrate for use in LCD device and method of fabricating same
To overcome the problems described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of preventing a short-circuit between a pixel electrode and a active layer when forming the pixel el... Read More
Inventors: Yoo, Soon-Sung; Kwak, Dong-Yeung; Kim, Hu-Sung; Jung, Yu-Ho; Kim, Yong-Wan; Park, Duk-Jin; Lee, Woo-Chae;, Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Semiconductor device with a metal layer for supplying a predetermined potential to a memory cell section
In view of these problems, an object of the present invention is making more effective use of a free space existing over a memory section of a semiconductor device having the memory section and a logi... Read More
Inventors: Aoyama, Yasuhiro; Oota, Kiyoto; Shimakawa, Kazuhiko;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Optical switching device
It is an object of the present invention to provide, inter alia, an optical switching device, which can be switched more readily and at a higher rate between both states. In addition, it must be possi... Read More
Inventors: Den Broeder, Friedrich J. A.; Hanzen, Ralph M. N.; Duine, Peter A.; Jungblut, Reiner M.; Draijer, Cornelis; Roozeboom, Freddy; Van Der Sluis, Paul;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Method of producing layered aluminum fine particles and use thereof
The present invention provides a method for producing layered aluminum fine particles, and applications to single electron tunneling quantum devices. The present invention further relates to a method ... Read More
Inventors: Murakami, Junichi; Tai, Yutaka; Yoshimura, Kazuki; Igarashi, Kazuo; Tanemura, Sakae; Goto, Masahiro;, Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (Tokyo, JP) |
Projection display device
What is claimed is: 1. A projection display device comprising an illumination system having a light source and an optical guiding means for providing an illumination beam, color filter means comprisin... Read More
Inventors: De Vaan, Adrianus Johannes Stephanes Maria;, Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, NL) |
Method for making, parallel preprogramming or field programming of electronic matrix arrays
The invention provides a method of making a parallel programmed electronic matrix array comprising the steps of forming at least one layer of phase changeable material on a conductive substrate, where... Read More
Inventors: Johnson, Robert R.;, Assignee: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (Troy, MI) |
Semiconductor memory device
Therefore, a principal object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor memory device in which occurrence of an error in reading can be prevented effectively at the time of reading the co... Read More
Inventors: Miyamoto, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Memory cell structure having nitride layer with reduced charge loss and method for fabricating same
OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a memory cell structure having nitride layer with reduced charge loss and method for fabricating same. The following description contains specifi... Read More
Inventors: Kluth, George J.; Clark-Phelps, Robert B.; Jeon, Joong S.; Zhong, Huicai; Halliyal, Arvind; Ramsbey, Mark T.; Ogle, Jr., Robert B.; Chang, Kuo T.; Li, Wenmei;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Dual pulse method of writing amorphous memory devices
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of writing amorphous materials such that successive switching always occurs in the same geometric channel. Another object of the present inven... Read More
Inventors: Patel, Vipin N.; Raby, Joseph S.;, Assignee: Harris Corporation (Melbourne, FL) |
Alignment of lithographic system
Although for pedagogic reasons the invention is described in terms of a deep ultraviolet exposure system, the invention is not limited to this spectral range. Indeed the invention is suitable for any... Read More
Inventors: White, Donald L.;, Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company (New York, NY) |
Method of manufacturing porous anodized alumina film
What is claimed is: 1. A method of forming a porous anodized alumina film, characterized by comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of recesses in a surface of a smooth aluminum plate in a predet... Read More
Inventors: Masuda, Hideki; Nakao, Masashi; Tamamura, Toshiaki;, Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Liquid crystal alignment using photo-crosslinkable low molecular weight materials
The present invention provides a method for forming an alignment layer for aligning liquid crystals comprising: dissolving a photo-crosslinkable material in a solvent, wherein said photo-crosslinkable... Read More
Inventors: Chien, Liang-Chy; Yaroshchuk, Oleg;, Assignee: Rolic AG (Zug, CH) |
Mask programmable read-only memory stacked above a semiconductor substrate
These and other objectives are accomplished by a stacked digital read-only memory comprised of address decode means being fabricated into a substrate and being disposed for addressing information in t... Read More
Inventors: Roesner, Bruce B.;, Assignee: Burroughs Corporation (Detroit, MI) |
Semiconductor memory with improved sense amplifier layout
It is accordingly an object of the present invention to achieve a more compact semiconductor memory layout. Another object of the invention is to increase the speed of semiconductor memory devices. Th... Read More
Inventors: Uesugi, Masaru;, Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Active Solid-state 
