To reduce the disturbance between adjacent memory cells, an improved ONO flash
memory array is implanted with a pocket on one side of the channel of each memory
cell or two pockets of different concentrations on both sides of the channel, thereby
resulting in memory cells with asymmetric pockets. Consequently, no disturbances
occurred between adjacent memory cells when the ONO flash memory array is programmed
or erased by band-to-band techniques, and the disturbances between adjacent memory
cells are also suppressed during reading process.