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US 10,777,260 · App. 16/655,220 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Static random access memory

Inventors: Zih-Yu Chiu (Hsinchu, TW); Hsin-Wen Chen (Hsinchu County, TW); Ya-Nan Mou (Hsinchu, TW); Yuan-Hui Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Chung-Cheng Tsai (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
G11C11/412G11C11/419H01L27/11
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Patent No.
US 10,777,260
App. No.
16/655,220
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

An SRAM cell includes two inverters and three transistors. The first inverter includes a first end coupled to a first storage node and a second end coupled to a second storage node. The second inverter includes a first end coupled to the second storage node and a second end coupled to the first storage node. The first transistor includes a first end coupled to the first storage node, a second end and a control end. The second transistor includes a first end coupled to the second end of the first transistor, a second end coupled to a first bit line, and a control end. The third transistor includes a first end coupled between the second end of the first transistor and the first end of the second transistor, a second end, and a control end coupled to the first storage node.

Claims (54)

1. A static random-access memory (SRAM) cell, comprising:

a first inverter, comprising:

a first end coupled to a first storage node; and

a second end coupled to a second storage node;

a second inverter, comprising:

a first end coupled to the second storage node; and

a second end coupled to the first storage node;

a first transistor, comprising:

a first end coupled to the first storage node;

a second end; and

a control end;

a second transistor, comprising:

a first end coupled to the second end of the first transistor;

a second end coupled to a first bit line; and

a control end; and

a third transistor, comprising:

a first end coupled between the second end of the first transistor and the first end of the second transistor;

a second end; and

a control end coupled to the first storage node, wherein a doping type of the second transistor is different from a doping type of the third transistor.

2. The SRAM cell of claim 1 , wherein a doping type of the first transistor is the same as a doping type of the second transistor.

3. The SRAM cell of claim 1 , wherein:

the first transistor and the second transistor have a first doping type;

the third transistor has a second doping type; and

the first doping type is different from the second doping type.

4. The SRAM cell of claim 1 , wherein:

the control end of the second transistor is coupled to a first word line;

the control end of the first transistor is coupled to a second word line; and

the first word line is disposed to be perpendicular to the second word line.

5. The SRAM cell of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth transistor, comprising:

a first end coupled to the second storage node;

a second end; and

a control end coupled to the control end of the first transistor;

a fifth transistor, comprising:

a first end coupled to the second end of the fourth transistor;

a second end coupled to a second bit line; and

a control end coupled to the control end of the second transistor; and

a sixth transistor, comprising:

a first end coupled between the second end of the fourth transistor and the first end of the fifth transistor;

a second end coupled to the second end of the third transistor; and

a control end coupled to the second storage node.

6. The SRAM cell of claim 5 , wherein:

a doping type of the fifth transistor is different from a doping type of the sixth transistor.

7. The SRAM cell of claim 5 , wherein:

a doping type of the first transistor is the same as a doping type of the second transistor; and

a doping type of the fourth transistor is the same as a doping type of the fifth transistor.

8. The SRAM cell of claim 5 , wherein:

the first transistor, the second transistor, the fourth transistor and the fifth transistor have a first doping type;

the third transistor and the sixth transistor have a second doping type; and

the first doping type is different from the second doping type.

9. The SRAM cell of claim 5 , wherein:

the control end of the second transistor and the control end of the fifth transistor are coupled to a first word line;

the control end of the first transistor and the control end of the fourth transistor are coupled to a second word line; and

the first word line is disposed to be perpendicular to the second word line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: CHIU, ZIH-YU; CHEN, HSIN-WEN; MOU, YA-NAN; CHEN, YUAN-HUI; TSAI, CHUNG-CHENG
To: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2019 1 0877534 · Sep 17, 2019 · national
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