SRAM with gate oxide films of varied thickness
AssigneeKawasaki Steel Corporation
InventorMakoto Motoyoshi
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Abstract
A semiconductor memory device of the SRAM type includes a memory cell including a pair of inverters each having a resistor and a driving transistor connected in series forming a storage node at the junction point thereof. Switching transistors in the memory cell are respectively connected between the storage nodes and bit lines. A film thickness of a gate oxide film of each of the switching transistors (transfer MOS transistors) is larger than a film thickness of a gate oxide film of each of the driving transistors (driver MOS transistors).
Claims7
A semiconductor memory device comprising:
- a memory cell including a first inverter and a second inverter, each of said inverters having a load member and a driving transistor connected in series, an output of the first inverter being connected to an input of the second inverter and an output of the second inverter being connected to an input of the first inverter, and storage nodes respectively constituted by junction points in each of said inverters;
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- switching transistors each connected between corresponding one of the storage nodes and a bit line, said each switching transistor having a gate connected to a word line;
- the improvement comprising:
- a film thickness of a gate oxide film of each switching transistor is thicker than a film thickness of a gate oxide film of said driving transistor in each of said inverters, said film thickness of the gate oxide film of each switching transistor being equal to a film thickness of a gate oxide film of a peripheral metal-oxide semiconductor device subject to hot carrier deterioration.
In a semiconductor memory device comprising:
- a memory cell including a pair of inverters, each of said inverters having a load member and a driving transistor connected in series, an output of the first inverter being connected to an input of the second inverter and an output of the second inverter being connected to an input of the first inverter, and storage nodes respectively constituted by junction points in said pair of inverters;
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- switching transistors each connected between corresponding one of the storage nodes and a bit line, said each switching transistor having a gate connected to a word line;
- the improvement comprising;
- a dielectric constant of a gate oxide film of said driving transistor is larger than a dielectric constant of a gate oxide film of said switching transistor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.