• DocumentCode
    2628497
  • Title

    A 3-Transistor DRAM Cell with Gated Diode for Enhanced Speed and Retention Time

  • Author

    Luk, Wing K. ; Cai, Jin ; Dennard, Robert H. ; Immediato, Michael J. ; Kosonocky, Stephen V.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
  • fYear
    0
  • fDate
    0-0 0
  • Firstpage
    184
  • Lastpage
    185
  • Abstract
    3T1D is a non-destructive read DRAM cell with three transistors (T) and a gated diode (D). The gated diode acts as a storage device and an amplifier, leading to low voltage, high speed and high tolerance to variability, and comparing favorably to conventional 3T gain cell and 6T SRAM cell. Hardware measurements in 90 nm SOI showed the 3T1D achieved longer retention than the 3T. Retention, speed and scaling perspectives for future technology are presented
  • Keywords
    DRAM chips; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; silicon-on-insulator; 90 nm; DRAM; SOI; amplifier device; gated diode; nondestructive read cell; storage device; Boosting; Capacitance; Diodes; Hardware; Joining processes; Low voltage; MOS capacitors; Random access memory; Velocity measurement; Virtual colonoscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. 2006 Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0006-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2006.1705371
  • Filename
    1705371