A C-switch cell for low-voltage and high-density SRAM's

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作者
Kuriyama, H [1 ]
Ishigaki, Y [1 ]
Fujii, Y [1 ]
Maegawa, S [1 ]
Maeda, S [1 ]
Miyamoto, S [1 ]
Tsutsumi, K [1 ]
Miyoshi, H [1 ]
Yasuoka, A [1 ]
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[1] Mitsubishi Elect Corp, ULSI Lab, Itami, Hyogo 6648641, Japan
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10.1109/16.735725
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We propose a novel static random access memory (SRAM) cell named complementary-switch (C-Switch) cell. The proposed SRAM cell features: 1) C-Switch in which an bn-channel bulk transistor and a p-channel TFT are combined in parallel; 2) single-bit-line architecture; 3) gate-all-around TFT (GAT) with large ON-current of mu A order. With these three features, the proposed cell enjoys stability at 1.5 V and is 16% smaller in size than conventional cells. The C-Switch cell is built with only a triple poly-Si and one metal process using 0.3 mu m design rules.
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