Patents by Inventor Grazia Valentini

Grazia Valentini 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).

  • Patent number: 5132239
    Abstract: The process for manufacturing EEPROM memory cells having a single level of polysilicon and thin oxide with selection transistor, sensing transistor having a floating gate, control gate with a capacitive coupling to the floating gate and a tunnel area with thin oxide, comprises a first step involving the definition of active areas free of field oxide, a second step involving an ionic implantation at a coupling area between the control gate and the floating gate, a third step involving the creation of gate oxide at the active areas, a fourth step involving an additional ionic implantation at said coupling area between the control gate and the floating gate and at said tunnel area, a fifth step involving the removal of the gate oxide superimposed over said areas, a sixth step involving the differentiated growth of coupling oxide and tunnel oxide at said coupling areas and tunnel areas and a seventh step involving the deposition of a layer of polysilicon constituting the floating gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Ghezzi, Carlo Riva, Grazia Valentini