Title :
Floating body CMOS phototransistor memory
Author :
Kishima, Koichiro ; Hon, Nick K. ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Core Device Dev. Group, Sony Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
An optoelectronic CMOS memory technology is proposed where photon induced floating body effect stimulates switching and hysteresis in the transistor. The floating body effect is induced by exceedingly few carriers generated by two photon absorption.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; phototransistors; two-photon processes; floating body CMOS phototransistor memory; photon induced floating body effect; two photon absorption;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698917
