Patents by Inventor Arnaud Regnier

Arnaud Regnier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180145183
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a memory cell that includes a vertical selection gate, a floating gate extending above the substrate, wherein the floating gate also extends above a portion of the vertical selection gate, over a non-zero overlap distance, the memory cell comprising a doped region implanted at the intersection of a vertical channel region extending opposite the selection gate and a horizontal channel region extending opposite the floating gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Marc MANTELLI, Stephan NIEL, Arnaud REGNIER, Francesco LA ROSA, Julien DELALLEAU
  • Patent number: 9941369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a memory cell comprising a vertical selection gate extending in a trench made in a substrate, a floating gate extending above the substrate, and a horizontal control gate extending above the floating gate, wherein the floating gate also extends above a portion of the vertical selection gate over a non-zero overlap distance. Application mainly to the production of a split gate memory cell programmable by hot-electron injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Julien Delalleau, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9941012
    Abstract: Non-volatile memory including rows and columns of memory cells, the columns of memory cells including pairs of twin memory cells including a common selection gate. According to the disclosure, two bitlines are provided per column of memory cells. The adjacent twin memory cells of the same column are not connected to the same bitline while the adjacent non-twin memory cells of the same column are connected to the same bitline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9876122
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a memory cell that includes a vertical selection gate, a floating gate extending above the substrate, wherein the floating gate also extends above a portion of the vertical selection gate, over a non-zero overlap distance, the memory cell comprising a doped region implanted at the intersection of a vertical channel region extending opposite the selection gate and a horizontal channel region extending opposite the floating gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Marc Mantelli, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier, Francesco La Rosa, Julien Delalleau
  • Publication number: 20170352703
    Abstract: The array of diodes comprises a matrix plane of diodes arranged according to columns in a first direction and according to rows in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The said diodes comprise a cathode region of a first type of conductivity and an anode region of a second type of conductivity, the said cathode and anode regions being superposed and disposed on an insulating layer situated on top of a semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Publication number: 20170345836
    Abstract: A method can be used to make a semiconductor device. A number of projecting regions are formed over a first semiconductor layer that has a first conductivity type. The first semiconductor layer is located on an insulating layer that overlies a semiconductor substrate. The projecting regions are spaced apart from each other. Using the projecting regions as an implantation mask, dopants having a second conductivity type are implanted into the first semiconductor layer, so as to form a sequence of PN junctions forming diodes in the first semiconductor layer. The diodes vertically extend from an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer to the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9825186
    Abstract: The non-volatile memory device comprises memory cells each comprising a selectable state transistor having a floating gate and a control gate. The state transistor is of the depletion-mode type and is advantageously configured so as to have a threshold voltage that is preferably negative when the memory cell is in a virgin state. When the memory cell is read, a read voltage of zero may then be applied to the control gate and also to the control gates of the state transistors of all the memory cells of the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Publication number: 20170278577
    Abstract: The non-volatile memory device comprises memory cells each comprising a selectable state transistor having a floating gate and a control gate. The state transistor is of the depletion-mode type and is advantageously configured so as to have a threshold voltage that is preferably negative when the memory cell is in a virgin state. When the memory cell is read, a read voltage of zero may then be applied to the control gate and also to the control gates of the state transistors of all the memory cells of the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9691866
    Abstract: A memory cell formed in a semiconductor substrate, includes a selection gate extending vertically in a trench made in the substrate, and isolated from the substrate by a first layer of gate oxide, a horizontal floating gate extending above the substrate and isolated from the substrate by a second layer of gate oxide, and a horizontal control gate extending above the floating gate. The selection gate covers a lateral face of the floating gate. The floating gate is separated from the selection gate only by the first layer of gate oxide, and separated from a vertical channel region, extending in the substrate along the selection gate, only by the second layer of gate oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud Regnier, Jean-Michel Mirabel, Stephan Niel, Francesco La Rosa
  • Publication number: 20170178733
    Abstract: Non-volatile memory including rows and columns of memory cells, the columns of memory cells including pairs of twin memory cells including a common selection gate. According to the disclosure, two bitlines are provided per column of memory cells. The adjacent twin memory cells of the same column are not connected to the same bitline while the adjacent non-twin memory cells of the same column are connected to the same bitline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Francesco LA ROSA, Stephan NIEL, Arnaud REGNIER
  • Patent number: 9666484
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is formed on a semiconductor substrate and includes a trench conductor and a first transistor formed on the surface of the substrate. The transistor includes: a transistor gate structure, a first doped region extending in the substrate between a first edge of the gate structure and an upper edge of the trench conductor, and a first spacer formed on the first edge of the gate structure and above the first doped region. The first spacer completely covers the first doped region and a silicide is present on the trench conductor but is not present on the surface of the first doped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud Regnier, Stephan Niel, Francesco La Rosa
  • Patent number: 9653470
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-volatile memory on a semiconductor substrate, comprising: a first memory cell comprising a floating-gate transistor and a select transistor having an embedded vertical control gate, a second memory cell comprising a floating-gate transistor and a select transistor having the same control gate as the select transistor of the first memory cell, a first bit line coupled to the floating-gate transistor of the first memory cell, and a second bit line coupled to the floating-gate transistor of the second memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9627068
    Abstract: Non-volatile memory including rows and columns of memory cells, the columns of memory cells including pairs of twin memory cells including a common selection gate. According to the disclosure, two bitlines are provided per column of memory cells. The adjacent twin memory cells of the same column are not connected to the same bitline while the adjacent non-twin memory cells of the same column are connected to the same bitline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9613709
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-volatile memory cell on a semiconductor substrate, comprising a first transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, a second transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, in which the floating gates of the first and second transistors are electrically coupled, and the second transistor comprises a conducting region electrically coupled to its drain region and extending opposite its floating gate through a tunnel dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Publication number: 20170084749
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a memory cell that includes a vertical selection gate, a floating gate extending above the substrate, wherein the floating gate also extends above a portion of the vertical selection gate, over a non-zero overlap distance, the memory cell comprising a doped region implanted at the intersection of a vertical channel region extending opposite the selection gate and a horizontal channel region extending opposite the floating gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Marc MANTELLI, Stephan NIEL, Arnaud REGNIER, Francesco LA ROSA, Julien DELALLEAU
  • Publication number: 20170011804
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-volatile memory cell on a semiconductor substrate, comprising a first transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, a second transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, in which the floating gates of the first and second transistors are electrically coupled, and the second transistor comprises a conducting region electrically coupled to its drain region and extending opposite its floating gate through a tunnel dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9543311
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a memory cell that includes a vertical selection gate, a floating gate extending above the substrate, wherein the floating gate also extends above a portion of the vertical selection gate, over a non-zero overlap distance, the memory cell comprising a doped region implanted at the intersection of a vertical channel region extending opposite the selection gate and a horizontal channel region extending opposite the floating gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Marc Mantelli, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier, Francesco La Rosa, Julien Delalleau
  • Publication number: 20160372561
    Abstract: A memory cell formed in a semiconductor substrate, includes a selection gate extending vertically in a trench made in the substrate, and isolated from the substrate by a first layer of gate oxide, a horizontal floating gate extending above the substrate and isolated from the substrate by a second layer of gate oxide, and a horizontal control gate extending above the floating gate. The selection gate covers a lateral face of the floating gate. The floating gate is separated from the selection gate only by the first layer of gate oxide, and separated from a vertical channel region, extending in the substrate along the selection gate, only by the second layer of gate oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Arnaud Regnier, Jean-Michel Mirabel, Stephan Niel, Francesco La Rosa
  • Publication number: 20160336070
    Abstract: Non-volatile memory including rows and columns of memory cells, the columns of memory cells including pairs of twin memory cells including a common selection gate. According to the disclosure, two bitlines are provided per column of memory cells. The adjacent twin memory cells of the same column are not connected to the same bitline while the adjacent non-twin memory cells of the same column are connected to the same bitline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier
  • Patent number: 9484107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-volatile memory cell on a semiconductor substrate, comprising a first transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, a second transistor comprising a control gate, a floating gate and a drain region, in which the floating gates of the first and second transistors are electrically coupled, and the second transistor comprises a conducting region electrically coupled to its drain region and extending opposite its floating gate through a tunnel dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Francesco La Rosa, Stephan Niel, Arnaud Regnier