IP Library Granted Patent US 5,962,889
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US 5,962,889 · App. 08/690,621

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory with a floating gate that has a bottom surface that is smaller than the upper surface

Inventors: Yoshimitsu Yamauchi, Masanori Yoshimi, Shinichi Sato, Keizo Sakiyama
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Granted: Oct 5, 1999 Filed: Jul 31, 1996
Inventors
Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
Masanori Yoshimi
Shinichi Sato
Keizo Sakiyama
Assignee (at issue)
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Patent No.
US 5,962,889
App. No.
08/690,621
Filed
1996-07-31
Granted
1999-10-05
Kind
A