Patent ID: 8208299
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A programmable non-volatile device situated on a substrate, the programmable device comprising: a floating gate overlying an n-type diffusion region; a source region coupled to a first terminal; and a drain region coupled to a plurality of second terminals; and wherein the drain region overlaps a sufficient portion of said gate such that a programming voltage for the device applied to said drain region can be imparted to said floating gate through areal capacitive coupling applied to said first terminal and at least a first one or more of said plurality of second terminals; an n-channel coupling said source region and said drain region; wherein the device is adapted so that data stored therein can be read by a read signal applied to different ones of said plurality of second terminals than is/are used for said programming voltage, such that different source/drain regions are used for read and write operations.