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SRAM-type memory cell

US8575697B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2011
Grant dateNov 5, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An SRAM-type memory cell that includes a semiconductor on insulator substrate having a thin film of semiconductor material separated from a base substrate by an insulating layer; and six transistors such as two access transistors, two conduction transistors and two charge transistors arranged so as to form with the conduction transistors two back-coupled inverters. Each of the transistors has a back control gate formed in the base substrate below the channel and able to be biased in order to modulate the threshold voltage of the transistor, with a first back gate line connecting the back control gates of the access transistors to a first potential and a second back gate line connecting the back control gates of the conduction transistors and charge transistors to a second potential. The first and second potentials can be modulated according to the type of cell control operation.

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