Abstract:
Writing and read-out are accomplished by use of minority carrier storage effect in the PN junction between the base and collector of a transistor by suitably and selectively switching potentials applied to the base, emitter and collector of the transistor. In addition the potential application across the base-emitter junction is influenced by the stored minority carriers so that the current flowing between the collector and emitter may be controlled, and a longer retention of information is permitted. A single transistor element stores a single bit of information.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory cell containing a single transistor having an uncontacted base is operated as a two-terminal device with a voltage pulse circuit coupled to the collector and a conduction detector circuit coupled to the emitter. Bit information is written into the cell by setting the potential of the base to one of two values, which represent respectively a ''''1'''' and a ''''0.'''' A ''''1'''' is written into the cell by applying a negative polarity voltage pulse to the collector of sufficient amplitude to forward bias the collector-base junction and to bias the emitter-base junction to avalanche breakdown. To read out information previously stored in the cell and to write a ''''0'''' into the cell, a positive going voltage pulse is applied to the collector.
Abstract:
A memory device comprising a circuit including in combination a gate diode and an oscillatory loop having a pulse generating diode. The oscillatory loop is adapted to produce a pulse train to be stored and to cease oscillate respectively in response to application thereto of a single and negative trigger pulse when the pulse generating diode is biased at a voltage between the oscillation starting and terminating voltages of the diode. With a reading-out pulse being applied to the loop, a single pulse or a pulse train is obtained from the stored pulse train. The pulse generating diode employed in the device is a novel having a Nu N structure.
Abstract:
An IC may include an array of memory cells formed in a semiconductor, including memory cells arranged in rows and columns, each memory cell may include a floating body region defining at least a portion of a surface of the memory cell, the floating body region having a first conductivity type; a buried region located within the memory cell and located adjacent to the floating body region, wherein the buried region has a second conductivity type, wherein the floating body region is bounded on a first side by a first insulating region having a first thickness and on a second side by a second insulating region having a second thickness, and a gate region above the floating body region and the second insulating region and is insulated from the floating body region by an insulating layer; and control circuitry configured to provide electrical signals to said buried region.
Abstract:
An IC may include an array of memory cells formed in a semiconductor, including memory cells arranged in rows and columns, each memory cell may include a floating body region defining at least a portion of a surface of the memory cell, the floating body region having a first conductivity type; a buried region located within the memory cell and located adjacent to the floating body region, wherein the buried region has a second conductivity type, wherein the floating body region is bounded on a first side by a first insulating region having a first thickness and on a second side by a second insulating region having a second thickness, and a gate region above the floating body region and the second insulating region and is insulated from the floating body region by an insulating layer; and control circuitry configured to provide electrical signals to said buried region.