EEPROM CELL USING P-WELL FOR TUNNELING ACROSS A CHANNEL

摘要

An EEPROM cell is described that is programmed and erased by electron tunneling across an entire portion of separate transistor channels. The EEPROM cell has three transistors formed in a P-well of a semiconductor substrate. The three transistors are a tunneling transistor (NMOS), a sense transistor (NMOS) and a read transistor (NMOS). Electron tunneling occurs to program the EEPROM cell through a sense tunnel oxide layer upon incurrence of a sufficient voltage potential between a floating gate and the sense channel. Electron tunneling also occurs to erase the EEPROM cell through a tunnel oxide layer upon incurrence of a sufficient voltage potential between the floating gate and the tunneling channel.