Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a single transistor memory cell having the characteristics of a conventional SRAM and a flash memory. SOLUTION: In the memory circuit including at least one memory cell made of a single transistor, an insulating layer is formed between the gate and the channel regions of the transistor so that the insulating layer is parallel with each of the surfaces of the regions; a continuum of potential wells which are arranged with certain distances separated from the gate and the channel region, is formed in the insulating layer. Since the potential wells can include charges, two memory states concerning the memory cell state, i.e. "0"state, and "1" state can be defined by moving the charges to a first entrapping region direction next to the source region, or a second entrapping region direction next to the drain region. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated semiconductor memory device having hybrid performance. SOLUTION: The integrated semiconductor memory device is provided with an integrated memory structure CH2 provided with a semiconductor layer surrounded by an isolation layer, lying between the source region S and the drain region D of a transistor and inserted between the channel region of the transistor and its control gate. The semiconductor layer included two potential well zones Z1 and Z3 separated by a potential barrier zone Z2 lying beneath the control gate of the transistor. Write means Vg and Vds bias the memory structure so as to confine charge carriers selectively in one or other of the two potential well zones, and read means Vg and Vd bias the memory structure so as to detect, for example by measuring the drain current of the transistor, the presence of charge carriers in one or other of the potential wells.
Abstract:
A integrated memory circuit comprises at least one memory cell formed from a single transistor of which the gate (GR) possesses a lower surface insulated from the channel region (RC) by an insulation layer (CIS) incorporating a succession of potential pits (ND) essentially arranged at a distance from the gate and the channel region in a plane essentially parallel to the lower surface of the gate and these potential pits are able to contain an electric charge confined in the plane and displaceable on command in the plane towards a first confinement region close to the source region (RS) or towards a second confinement region close to the drain region (RD), in a manner to define two memory states for the cell. Independent claims are also included for: (a) a method for the memorisation of binary data in the memory cell of this integrated memory circuit; (b) a method for the manufacture of this integrated memory circuit.
Abstract:
An integrated memory location structure includes an isolated semiconductor layer between the source region and the drain region of a transistor, and between the channel region and the control gate of the transistor. The isolated semiconductor layer includes two potential well zones separated by a potential barrier zone under the control gate of the transistor. A write circuit biases the memory location structure to confine charge carriers selectively in one of the two potential well zones. A read circuit biases the memory location structure to measure the drain current of the transistor and determine therefrom the stored logic state imposed by the position of the charges in one of the potential well zones.
Abstract:
An integrated memory semiconductor device comprises: (a) an integrated structure of point memory incorporating a semiconductor layer covered with an insulating envelope (CH2), between the source (S) and drain (D) regions of a transistor and interpolated between its canal region and control grid and including two potential well zones (Z1, Z3) separated by a potential barrier zone (Z2) under the control grid (GC); (b) a writing system (Vg, Vds) able to polarise the structure of point memory to confine some charge carriers selectively in one or other of the potential well zones; (c) a reading system (Vg, Vd) able to polarize the structure of point memory to detect the presence of the charge carriers in one of the potential wells. Independent claims are also included for: (a) an integrated circuit incorporating at least one of these semiconductor devices; (b) a method for the fabrication of such a semiconductor device.