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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2013.2292586