Static information storage and retrieval – Read/write circuit – Including signal comparison
Patent
1998-08-26
2000-09-26
Zarabian, A.
Static information storage and retrieval
Read/write circuit
Including signal comparison
257314, G11C 700
Patent
active
061250627
ABSTRACT:
A memory device and related methods are described. The memory device includes a plurality of cells, each cell including a MOSFET having a source coupled to a first end of a channel, a drain coupled to a second end of the channel, a gate formed on a gate insulator and extending from the source to the drain and a plurality of conductive islands, each surrounded by an insulator, formed in the channel. The islands have a maximum dimension of three nanometers. The surrounding insulator has a thickness of between five and twenty nanometers. Each island and surrounding insulator is formed in a pore extending into the channel. As a result, the memory cells are able to provide consistent, externally observable changes in response to the presence or absence of a single electron on the island.
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Ahn Kie
Forbes Leonard
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
Zarabian A.
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