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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN;
Mengxin Liu, Beijing, CN;
Xin Liu, Beijing, CN;
Fazhan Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Zhengsheng Han, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
The present invention provides an improved SRAM memory cell based on a DICE structure, which comprises following structures: four inverter structures formed through arranging PMOS transistors and NMOS transistors in series, wherein the part between the drains of a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor serves as a storage node; each storage node controls the gate voltage of an NMOS transistor of the other inverter structure and of a PMOS transistor of another inverter structure; a transmission structure consisting of four NMOS transistors, whose source, gate and drain are respectively connected with a bit line/bit bar line, a word line and a storage node. The use of an improved SRAM memory cell based on a DICE structure not only avoids such defects as small static noise margin and being prone to transmission error facing the traditional cell structures consisting of 6 transistors, but also resolves the problem that the current SRAM storage cells based on a DICE structure can easily be affected by the electrical level of storage nodes. This effectively improves reliability of storage cells.