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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Yogesh Luthra, Chavannes-Pres-Renens, CH;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/403 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2013.01); G11C 11/403 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for refreshing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell may include a first region coupled to a source line and a second region coupled to a carrier injection line. Each memory cell may also include a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line and disposed between the first region and the second region and a decoupling resistor coupled to at least a portion of the body region.