Patents by Inventor Lorenzo Todaro

Lorenzo Todaro 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: 7791126
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device integrated on a semiconductor substrate of a first type of conductivity comprising a matrix of non-volatile memory cells organized in rows, called word lines, and columns, called bit lines, the device including a plurality of equidistantly spaced active areas with the non-volatile memory cells integrated therein, each non-volatile memory cell having a source region, a drain region and a floating gate electrode coupled to a control gate electrode, a group of the memory cells sharing a common source line of a second type of conductivity, an implanted region of said second type of conductivity inside at least one of the plurality of active areas in electric contact with the common source line, and at least one source contact aligned and in electric contact with the implanted region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Cina, Lorenzo Todaro
  • Publication number: 20070183201
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device integrated on a semiconductor substrate of a first type of conductivity comprising a matrix of non-volatile memory cells organized in rows, called word lines, and columns, called bit lines, the device including a plurality of equidistantly spaced active areas with the non-volatile memory cells integrated therein, each non-volatile memory cell having a source region, a drain region and a floating gate electrode coupled to a control gate electrode, a group of the memory cells sharing a common source line of a second type of conductivity, an implanted region of said second type of conductivity inside at least one of the plurality of active areas in electric contact with the common source line, and at least one source contact aligned and in electric contact with the implanted region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Cina, Lorenzo Todaro