GB1330155A - Semiconductor information storage devices - Google Patents

Semiconductor information storage devices

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GB1330155A
GB1330155A GB6033170A GB1330155DA GB1330155A GB 1330155 A GB1330155 A GB 1330155A GB 6033170 A GB6033170 A GB 6033170A GB 1330155D A GB1330155D A GB 1330155DA GB 1330155 A GB1330155 A GB 1330155A
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capacitance
cell
transistor
collector
amplifier
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Ferranti International PLC
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    • H01L27/06—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration
    • H01L27/0611—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration integrated circuits having a two-dimensional layout of components without a common active region
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    • H01L27/0647—Bipolar transistors in combination with diodes, or capacitors, or resistors, e.g. vertical bipolar transistor and bipolar lateral transistor and resistor
    • H01L27/0652—Vertical bipolar transistor in combination with diodes, or capacitors, or resistors
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    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
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    • G11C11/401—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells
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    • G11C11/404—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells with charge regeneration common to a multiplicity of memory cells, i.e. external refresh with one charge-transfer gate, e.g. MOS transistor, per cell
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    • G11C11/4063—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing
    • G11C11/4067—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing for memory cells of the bipolar type
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    • G11C11/401—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices using transistors forming cells needing refreshing or charge regeneration, i.e. dynamic cells
    • G11C11/4063—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing
    • G11C11/407—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for addressing, decoding, driving, writing, sensing or timing for memory cells of the field-effect type
    • G11C11/409—Read-write [R-W] circuits 
    • G11C11/4091—Sense or sense/refresh amplifiers, or associated sense circuitry, e.g. for coupled bit-line precharging, equalising or isolating
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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    • H01L27/04—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body
    • H01L27/06—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration
    • H01L27/07—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration the components having an active region in common
    • H01L27/0744—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration the components having an active region in common without components of the field effect type
    • H01L27/075—Bipolar transistors in combination with diodes, or capacitors, or resistors, e.g. lateral bipolar transistor, and vertical bipolar transistor and resistor
    • H01L27/0755—Vertical bipolar transistor in combination with diodes, or capacitors, or resistors
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    • H01L27/07—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration the components having an active region in common
    • H01L27/0744—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including a plurality of individual components in a non-repetitive configuration the components having an active region in common without components of the field effect type
    • H01L27/075—Bipolar transistors in combination with diodes, or capacitors, or resistors, e.g. lateral bipolar transistor, and vertical bipolar transistor and resistor
    • H01L27/0755—Vertical bipolar transistor in combination with diodes, or capacitors, or resistors
    • H01L27/0777—Vertical bipolar transistor in combination with capacitors only
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10B12/00—Dynamic random access memory [DRAM] devices
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Abstract

1330155 Semi-conductor store FERRANTI Ltd 13 Dec 1971 [17 Dec 1970] 60331/70 Heading G4C [Also in Division H1] A semi-conductor store has a plurality of cells 10 each storing a bit, each cell comprising a bipolar transistor 11 capable of conducting in both the forward and reverse directions, the transistor having a significant current gain factor (i.e. of at least 5) in both directions, and a capacitance 12 connected to the transistor collector, there being with each cell writing means to charge the capacitance with the transistor conducting in the reverse direction and reading means to provide an output indicative of whether the capacitance is charged or not. Each cell 10 (Figs. 1 and 2, not shown) comprises a bipolar collector-diffusion isolation NPN transistor 11 having a low resistivity collector and emitter. The cells are formed in a semiconductor body and the capacitance 12 is formed between the collector and the body. When the capacitance is charged a binary 1 is stored, when it is discharged a 0 is stored, or vice versa. Refreshing of a stored 1 is necessary periodically owing to leakage currents. The cells are arranged in an 8 x 8 matrix with address lines 20, write/sense lines 21, write enable means 29, reset means 50 and readout lines 26. When a cell is addressed, the data is passed to a feedback amplifier 22 (Fig. 4, not shown) which acts as a temporary bi-stable store. The capacitance 12 is discharged when reading a 1 from the cell but the positive feedback of the amplifier causes the charge to be restored before the amplifier is reset. To write data in, the amplifier is reset, line 28 is pulsed and the capacitance 12 is charged up. The construction of the semi-conductor body is described in great detail (Figs. 6 and 7, not shown).
GB6033170A 1970-12-17 1970-12-17 Semiconductor information storage devices Expired GB1330155A (en)

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