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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Serguei Okhonin, Lausanne, CH;
Mikhail Nagoga, Pully, CH;
Cedric Bassin, Tramelan, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device along with circuits including the same and methods of operating the same are described. The device comprises a memory cell consisting essentially of one transistor. The transistor comprises a gate, an electrically floating body region, and a source region and a drain region adjacent the body region. The device includes data sense circuitry coupled to the memory cell. The data sense circuitry comprises a word line coupled to the gate region and a bit output coupled to the source region or the drain region.