• DocumentCode
    1082693
  • Title

    Resonant tunneling devices based word memory cell

  • Author

    Shieh, Ming-Huei ; Lin, Hung Chang

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    583
  • Lastpage
    588
  • Abstract
    A new scheme for storing a word-wide multibit information very efficiently in a single memory cell using resonant-tunneling diodes (RTDs) is proposed. The proposed cell takes advantages of the folding I-V characteristics of RTD. An efficient and inexpensive periphery circuit to read from and write into the cell is also described. Simulation results on the design of a 3-b memory cell scheme using one-peak RTD´s are presented here
  • Keywords
    cellular arrays; resonant tunnelling diodes; semiconductor storage; 3 bit; folding I-V characteristics; one-peak RTDs; periphery circuit; resonant tunneling devices; single memory cell; word memory cell; word-wide multibit information; Circuit simulation; Diodes; Epitaxial growth; MODFET circuits; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Multivalued logic; Resonant tunneling devices; Signal processing; Switching circuits; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1057-7122
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/81.508178
  • Filename
    508178