• DocumentCode
    3352798
  • Title

    A highly stable SRAM memory cell with top-gated P-N drain poly-Si TFTs for 1.5 V operation

  • Author

    Hayashi, F. ; Ohkubo, H. ; Takahashi, T. ; Horiba, S. ; Noda, K. ; Uchida, T. ; Shimizu, T. ; Sugawara, N. ; Kumashiro, S.

  • Author_Institution
    ULSI Device Dev. Lab., NEC Corp., Sagamihara, Japan
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    8-11 Dec. 1996
  • Firstpage
    283
  • Lastpage
    286
  • Abstract
    A novel memory cell has been proposed for low voltage operated, high speed and high density SRAMs. Features of this cell are (1) high performance poly-Si TFT loads utilizing bipolar action positively, and (2) a node contact structure which keeps current drivability of TFTs to the cell nodes high by the elimination of parasitic high resistance regions. The minimum operation voltage of 1.5 V has been confirmed by 0.3 /spl mu/m design rule 64 kbit SRAMs without a boosted word-line scheme.
  • Keywords
    SRAM chips; thin film transistors; 0.3 micron; 1.5 V; 64 kbit; Si; bipolar action; current drivability; low voltage high speed high density SRAM; memory cell; node contact; top-gated P-N drain poly-Si TFT; Charge carrier lifetime; Electrons; Laboratories; Low voltage; MOSFETs; National electric code; Random access memory; Thin film transistors; Threshold voltage; Ultra large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1996. IEDM '96., International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3393-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1996.553585
  • Filename
    553585