Abstract: An electrically-erasable, electrically-programmable, read-only-memory cell array is formed in pairs at a face of a semiconductor substrate (22). Each memory cell includes a source region (11) and a drain region (12), with a corresponding channel region between. A Fowler-Nordheim tunnel-window (13a) is located over the source line (17) connected to source (11). A floating gate (13) includes a tunnel-window section. A control gate (14) is disposed over the floating gate (13), insulated by an intervening inter-level dielectric (27). The floating gate (13) and the control gate (14) include a channel section (Ch). The channel section (Ch) is used as a self-alignment implant mask for the source (11) and drain (12) regions, such that the channel-junction edges are aligned with the corresponding edges of the channel section (Ch).

Abstract: An electrically-erasable, electrically-programmable, read-only-memory cell array is formed in pairs at a face of a semiconductor substrate (22). Each memory cell includes a source region (11) and a drain region (12), with a corresponding channel region between. A Fowler-Nordheim tunnel-window (13a) is located over the source line (17) connected to source (11). The source line (17) consists of alternating buried N+ windows (17a) and source regions (11). A floating gate (13) includes a tunnel-window section. A control gate (14) is disposed over the floating gate (13), insulated by an intervening inter-level dielectric (27). The floating gate (13) and the control gate (14) include a channel section (Ch). The channel section (Ch) is used as a self-alignment implant mask for the source (11) and drain (12) regions, such that the channel-junction edges are aligned with the corresponding edges of the channel section (Ch).

Abstract: An electrically-erasable, electrically-programmable read-only memory cell 10 is formed at a face of a layer of semiconductor 30 of a first conductivity type. A first source/drain region 16 and a second source/drain region 20 are formed in the face of layer of semiconductor 30 of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type and spaced by a first channel area 50. A third source/drain region 18 is formed in the face of semiconductor layer 30 of the second conductivity type spaced from second source/drain region 20 by a second channel area 52. A thick insulator region 44 is formed adjacent at least a portion of second source/drain region 20 and includes a lateral margin of sloped thickness overlying a corresponding lateral margin of second source/drain region 20. The corresponding lateral margin of second source/drain region 20 has a graded dopant concentration directly proportionate with the sloped thickness of the overlying lateral margin of thick insulator region 44.