IP Library Granted Patent US 9,990,997
Granted Patent B2
US 9,990,997 · App. 15/296,493 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Semiconductor device including transistor with back gate, and memory device including the semiconductor device

Inventors: Takanori Matsuzaki (Atsugi, JP); Kiyoshi Kato (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G11C16/0433G11C11/403G11C11/4097H01L23/535H01L27/1157H01L27/11582H01L27/1203H01L29/792
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Patent No.
US 9,990,997
App. No.
15/296,493
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The memory device includes a first transistor and a circuit. The circuit includes a second to a (2n+1)th transistor, a first to an n-th capacitor, a first wiring, and a first to an n-th retention node (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2). When n is 2, a memory cell MC[ 1 ] includes a transistor ROS[ 1 ], a transistor WOS[ 1 ], and a capacitor C[ 1 ] and a memory cell MC[ 2 ] includes a transistor ROS[ 2 ], a transistor WOS[ 2 ], and a capacitor C[ 2 ]. A back gate of the transistor WOS[ 1 ] and a back gate of the transistor WOS[ 2 ] are electrically connected to a wiring WBG. A bake gate of a first transistor, a back gate of the transistor ROS[ 1 ], and a back gate of the transistor ROS[ 2 ] are electrically connected to a wiring RBG.

Claims (61)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a back gate; and

a circuit,

wherein the circuit comprises a second to a (2n+1)th transistor, a first to an n-th capacitor, a first wiring, and a first to an n-th retention node,

wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 2,

wherein the (2i+1)th transistor comprises a back gate,

wherein i is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n,

wherein a first terminal of the 2-th transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the (2i+1)th transistor through the i-th retention node,

wherein the first terminal of the 2i-th transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the i-th capacitor through the i-th retention node,

wherein a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the 2i-th transistor,

wherein a second terminal of the (2i−1)th transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the (2i+1)th transistor, and

wherein a back gate of the (2j−1)th transistor is electrically connected to a back gate of the (2j+1)th transistor, and

wherein j is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to n, and

wherein the back gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a back gate of the third transistor.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region, and

wherein the second to the (2n+1)th transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first to the (2n+1)th transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory cell array comprising the first transistor and the circuit.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the memory cell array further comprises a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of circuits.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the semiconductor device comprises a plurality of memory cell arrays including the memory cell array, and

wherein the plurality of memory cell arrays are overlapped with each other.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the i-th retention node is configured to retain M-bit data, and

wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

8. A memory device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 and a driver circuit.

9. The memory device according to claim 8 , wherein a storage capacity is one terabyte or more.

10. An electronic device comprising the memory device according to claim 8 and a housing.

11. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first back gate;

a first memory cell comprising a second transistor comprising a second gate and a second back gate, a third transistor comprising a third gate and a third back gate, and a first capacitor;

a second memory cell comprising a fourth transistor comprising a fourth gate and a fourth back gate, a fifth transistor comprising a fifth gate and a fifth back gate, and a second capacitor; and

a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, and a fourth wiring,

wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, and the fourth transistor are electrically connected in series between the first wiring and the second wiring,

wherein the second gate is electrically connected to one of a source or a drain of the third transistor and one terminal of the first capacitor,

wherein the fourth gate is electrically connected to one of a source or a drain of the fifth transistor and one terminal of the second capacitor,

wherein the first back gate, the second back gate, and the fourth back gate are electrically connected to the third wiring, and

wherein the third back gate and the fifth back gate are electrically connected to the fourth wiring.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first transistor comprises silicon in a channel formation region, and

wherein the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the fifth transistor each includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein one of a source or a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source or a drain of the first transistor.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein one of a source or a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other one of the source or the drain of the second transistor.

15. A memory device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 11 and a driver circuit.

16. An electronic device comprising the memory device according to claim 15 and a housing.

17. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first back gate;

a first memory cell comprising a second transistor comprising a second gate and a second back gate, a third transistor comprising a third gate, and a first capacitor;

a second memory cell comprising a fourth transistor comprising a fourth gate and a fourth back gate, a fifth transistor comprising a fifth gate, and a second capacitor; and

a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring,

wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, and the fourth transistor are electrically connected in series between the first wiring and the second wiring,

wherein the second gate is electrically connected to one of a source or a drain of the third transistor and one terminal of the first capacitor,

wherein the fourth gate is electrically connected to one of a source or a drain of the fifth transistor and one terminal of the second capacitor, and

wherein the first back gate, the second back gate, and the fourth back gate are electrically connected to the third wiring.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 17 ,

wherein the third transistor further comprises a third back gate electrically connected to a fifth wiring, and

wherein the fifth transistor further comprises a fifth back gate electrically connected to a sixth wiring.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 17 ,

wherein the third transistor further comprises a third back gate electrically connected to the third gate, and

wherein the fifth transistor further comprises a fifth back gate electrically connected to the fifth gate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2016
From: MATSUZAKI, TAKANORI; KATO, KIYOSHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040045/0935 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-208166 · Oct 22, 2015 · national
JP 2016-050444 · Mar 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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