Vertical gain cell
First Claim
1. A method of forming an electronic device having a vertical gain cell comprising:
- forming a first vertical MOS transistor having a floating body; and
forming a second vertical MOS transistor merged with the first vertical MOS transistor, and coupling the second vertical MOS transistor to a conductive line such that addressing the second vertical MOS transistor couples the floating body to the conductive line.
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Abstract
A high density vertical gain cell is realized for memory operation. The gain cell includes a vertical MOS transistor used as a sense transistor having a floating body between a drain region and a source region, and a second vertical MOS transistor merged with the sense transistor. Addressing the second vertical MOS transistor provides a means for changing a potential of the floating body of the sense transistor. The vertical gain cell can be used in a memory array with a read data/bit line and a read data word line coupled to the sense transistor, and with a write data/bit line and a write data word line coupled to the second transistor of the vertical gain cell.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of forming an electronic device having a vertical gain cell comprising:
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forming a first vertical MOS transistor having a floating body; and
forming a second vertical MOS transistor merged with the first vertical MOS transistor, and coupling the second vertical MOS transistor to a conductive line such that addressing the second vertical MOS transistor couples the floating body to the conductive line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of forming a memory comprising:
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forming a number of read data word lines;
forming a number of write data word lines;
forming a number of write data/bit lines; and
forming a number of vertical gain memory cells, each vertical memory cell coupled to one of the number of read data word lines and one of the write data word lines, wherein forming each vertical gain memory cell includes;
forming a first vertical MOS transistor having a floating body; and
forming a second vertical MOS transistor merged with the first vertical MOS transistor, and coupling the second vertical MOS transistor to a write data/bit line such that addressing the second vertical MOS transistor operatively couples the floating body to the write data/bit line. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of forming an electronic apparatus comprising:
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providing a processor; and
coupling the processor to a memory, the memory formed by a method including;
forming a number of read data word lines;
forming a number of write data word lines;
forming a number of write data/bit lines; and
forming a number of vertical gain memory cells, each vertical memory cell coupled to one of the number of read data word lines and one of the write data word lines, wherein forming each vertical gain memory cell includes;
forming a first vertical MOS transistor having a floating body; and
forming a second vertical MOS transistor merged with the first vertical MOS transistor, and coupling the second vertical MOS transistor to a write data/bit line such that addressing the second vertical MOS transistor operatively couples the floating body to the write data/bit line. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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