• DocumentCode
    24111
  • Title

    A 2T Dual Port Capacitor-Less DRAM

  • Author

    Hui Li ; Yinyin Lin

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of ASIC & Syst., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Feb. 2014
  • Firstpage
    187
  • Lastpage
    189
  • Abstract
    A novel two-transistor (2T) dual port capacitor-less DRAM concept based on bulk floating body is demonstrated for the first time in this letter. The read operation can be performed without disturbance of refresh or write. A novel read method is proposed to improve device performance especially at high temperature. Experimental results show a refresh cycle time of 1.28 s, an initial memory window of 192.84 μA/μm, and an initial signal sensing margin of 112.75 μA/μm with ±5 sigma variations at 85°C. The 2T cell is very promising for high-speed, low-power, and low-cost embedded DRAM application.
  • Keywords
    DRAM chips; MOSFET; read-only storage; 2T cell; bulk floating body; dual port capacitor-less DRAM; memory window; read operation; refresh cycle time; sigma variations; signal sensing margin; temperature 85 degC; time 1.28 s; two-transistor; Computer architecture; Logic gates; Microprocessors; Performance evaluation; Random access memory; Sensors; Transistors; Capacitor-less DRAM; bipolar read; embedded memory; floating-body cell; two-transistor (2T) cell;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2013.2292586
  • Filename
    6683047