A high-density of semiconductor device is disclosed, which comprises a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, first and second semiconductor regions of a second conductivity provided in the semiconductor substrate, the first and second semiconductor regions defining a channel region therebetween at the surface of the substrate, an insulator film disposed on the channel region, a conductive layer formed on the insulator film, means for producing depletion layers from the first and second semiconductor regions in such a manner that the depletion layers contact with each other to isolate the channel region from the substrate, means for selectively feeding majority carriers of the substrate to the channel region at a density higher than that of the substrate, and a means for detecting the existence of the accumulation of the majority carriers in the channel region.
A read-only memory which features a high operation speed and a high degree of integration. A first layer works as ground lines and word lines, and a second layer works as data lines. The word lines and the data lines are arranged linearly to reduce parasitic capacitance and parasitic resistance, and hence to achieve high-speed operation. The invention is adapted where data of large quantities are to be treated, without effecting the rewriting.
A monolithic static memory cell has a region of a first conductivity type extending from the upper surface of a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type carried on a semiconductor body of the first conductivity type and connected to a first drive line. A first zone of the semiconductor layer adjacent the region is covered by a gate connected to a second drive line and separated from the semiconductor layer by a gate insulator. A second zone adjacent the first zone is covered by a conductive coating connected to a supply terminal, the conductive coating being separated from the surface of the semiconductor layer by a thin electrically insulating layer which admits a tunnel current between the surface of the semiconductor layer and the conductive coating.
A read-only memory includes a semiconductor substrate; a memory cell matrix which is formed on the semiconductor substrate; and word and bit lines which define the locations of the memory cell matrix. The memory cell matrix includes field effect transistors, each of which turns off when accessed or addressed; and conducting regions, which keep conductive state all the time. Binary data stored in the memory cell matrix are determined by detecting current flowing through the selected bit line.
The semiconductor memory device of the present invention is formed on an integrated substrate and is immune to alpha radiation. The device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type and a memory cell formed in the substrate which has a switching MOS transistor having at least a first impurity region of a second conductive type and a capacitor connected to the transistor for storing memory data. A second impurity region of the first conductive type and having a higher concentration than that of the substrate is provided on the substrate surface at a position covering the first impurity region.
6236258 - Wordline driver circuit using ring-shaped devices - Owned by International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) Siemens Microelectronics, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) Siemens Aktiengebellschaft (Munich,DE) Siemens Dram Semiconductor Corporation (San Jose, CA) SMI Holding LLC (San Jose, CA) Infereon Technologies Corporation Intellectual Property Department (San Jose, CA)
An arrangement of enhanced drivability transistors is disclosed herein which includes a plurality of conductor patterns, wherein the conductor patterns include ring-shaped portions which enclose device diffusion contacts and the ring-shaped portions form the gate conductors of insulated gate field effect transistors (IGFETs).
