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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D. Porter, Meridian, ID (US);
William N. Thompson, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ; H01L 2/994 ;
Abstract
An SRAM memory cell is provided having a pair of cross-coupled CMOS inverters. The sources of the pull-up transistors forming each of the CMOS inverters are coupled to V through parasitic resistance of the substrate in which each is formed. The source of the p-type pull-up transistor is therefore always at a potential less than or equal to the potential of the N-well such that the emitter-base junction of the parasitic PNP transistor cannot become forward biased and latch-up cannot occur.