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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Tc Lab, Inc., Gilroy, CA (US);
Inventors:
Harry Luan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bruce L. Bateman, Fremont, CA (US);
Valery Axelrad, Woodside, CA (US);
Charlie Cheng, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
TC Lab, Inc., Gilroy, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 19/08 (2006.01); H01L 27/102 (2006.01); H01L 29/749 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 29/16 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 21/324 (2006.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01); H01L 49/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/39 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 21/321 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1027 (2013.01); G11C 11/39 (2013.01); H01L 21/28035 (2013.01); H01L 21/321 (2013.01); H01L 21/324 (2013.01); H01L 21/76224 (2013.01); H01L 28/00 (2013.01); H01L 29/0649 (2013.01); H01L 29/102 (2013.01); H01L 29/1016 (2013.01); H01L 29/16 (2013.01); H01L 29/45 (2013.01); H01L 29/456 (2013.01); H01L 29/66356 (2013.01); H01L 29/66363 (2013.01); H01L 29/749 (2013.01); H01L 29/0834 (2013.01); H01L 29/4236 (2013.01);
Abstract
Memory cells are formed with vertical thyristors to create a volatile memory array. Power consumption in such arrays is reduced or controlled with various techniques including encoding the data stored in the arrays.