Invention Grant
- Patent Title: SRAM memory bit cell comprising n-TFET and p-TFET
-
Application No.: US15452783Application Date: 2017-03-08
-
Publication No.: US10079056B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Navneet Gupta , Adam Makosiej , Costin Anghel , Amara Amara
- Applicant: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
- Current Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: FR1652054 20160311
- Main IPC: G11C11/419
- IPC: G11C11/419 ; G11C11/412 ; G11C13/02 ; G11C15/04

Abstract:
A SRAM memory bit cell is provided that includes a n-TFET and a p-TFET; a storage node formed by the connection of a first electrode of the n-TFET to a first electrode of the p-TFET (drains or sources); and a control circuit able to apply supply voltages on second electrodes of the n-TFET and p-TFET (sources or drains). The control circuit is configured to provide, during a retention mode, supply and bias voltages reverse biasing the n-TFET and p-TFET in a state wherein a conduction current is obtained by band-to-band tunneling in the n-TFET and p TFET. The control circuit is further configured to provide, during a writing of a bit, supply and bias voltages forward biasing the n-TFET and p-TFET and such that one of the n-TFET and p-TFET is in OFF state and that the other of the n-TFET and p-TFET is in ON state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170263308A1 SRAM MEMORY BIT CELL COMPRISING N-TFET AND P-TFET Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
Information query
IPC分类: