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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Weize Xiong, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew Marshall, Dallas, TX (US);
Cloves R. Cleavelin, Dallas, TX (US);
Howard L. Tigelaar, Allen, TX (US);
Weize Xiong, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew Marshall, Dallas, TX (US);
Cloves R. Cleavelin, Dallas, TX (US);
Howard L. Tigelaar, Allen, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a memory cell. The memory cell includes a multi-gate field effect transistor associated with a first region of a semiconductor fin. The memory cell also includes a fin capacitor coupled to a drain of the multi-gate field effect transistor and associated with a second region of the semiconductor fin, where the fin capacitor has an approximately degenerate doping concentration in the second region. Other devices and methods are also disclosed.