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Semiconductor device having a memory cell with a plurality of active elements and at least one passive element

US6445026B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2000
Grant dateSep 3, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B12/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device capable of reducing a cell area without affecting the accuracy, capable of reducing the number of interconnection layers, and capable of realizing a hybrid circuit of a memory cell and peripheral circuit easily and at a low cost, including a bit line, a word line, control gate line, a capacitor with a first electrode connected to the word line, a read transistor comprising an NMOS connected between the bit line and a predetermined potential point and with a gate electrode connected to a second electrode of a capacitor, and a write transistor comprising an NMOS connected between the bit line and the second electrode of the capacitor and with a gate electrode connected to the control gate line.

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