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Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor, portable electronic equipment, and IC card

  • US 20040256653A1
  • Filed: 05/11/2004
  • Published: 12/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A semiconductor device wherein a logic circuit area having a semiconductor switching element and a memory area having a semiconductor storage element are disposed on one semiconductor substrate;

  • wherein each of the semiconductor switching element and the semiconductor storage element has a gate electrode, a pair of source/drain regions of first conductivity type formed on portions of a semiconductor substrate surface corresponding to opposite sides of the gate electrode, and a channel forming region of second conductivity type formed between the source/drain regions;

    wherein memory function bodies having a function of storing electric charges are provided on the opposite sides of the gate electrode of the semiconductor storage element; and

    wherein in the semiconductor storage element, an amount of current that flows from one of the source/drain regions to the other of the source/drain regions upon application of a voltage to the gate electrode is variable depending on an amount of electric charges retained in the memory function body.

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