Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Schmitt trigger-based finFET SRAM cell
- Patent Title (中): 施密特触发器finFET SRAM单元
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Application No.: US12876582Application Date: 2010-09-07
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Publication No.: US08169814B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Ching-Te Chuang , Chien-Yu Hsieh , Ming-Long Fan , Pi-Ho Hu , Pin Su
- Applicant: Ching-Te Chuang , Chien-Yu Hsieh , Ming-Long Fan , Pi-Ho Hu , Pin Su
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
- Current Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC
- Priority: TW99123534A 20100716
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a Schmitt trigger-based FinFET static random access memory (SRAM) cell, which is an 8-FinFET structure. A FinFET has the functions of two independent gates. The new SRAM cell uses only 8 FinFET per cell, compared with the 10-FinFET structure in previous works. As a result, the cell structure of the present invention can save chip area and raise chip density. Furthermore, this new SRAM cell can effectively solve the conventional problem that the 6T SRAM cell is likely to have read errors at a low operating voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120014171A1 SCHMITT TRIGGER-BASED FINFET SRAM CELL Public/Granted day:2012-01-19
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