학술논문

DRAM Using Crystalline Oxide Semiconductor for Access Transistors and Not Requiring Refresh for More Than Ten Days
Document Type
Conference
Source
2012 4th IEEE International Memory Workshop Memory Workshop (IMW), 2012 4th IEEE International. :1-4 May, 2012
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Random access memory
Transistors
Silicon
Arrays
Nonvolatile memory
Compounds
Stacking
Language
ISSN
2159-483X
2159-4864
Abstract
We fabricated a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) using crystalline oxide semiconductor (OS) transistors and not requiring refresh for more than ten days. We call this memory a dynamic oxide semiconductor random access memory (DOSRAM). A crystalline oxide semiconductor is an In-Ga-Zn-oxide (IGZO) semiconductor and has a c-axis aligned crystal (CAAC) structure. A crystalline OS transistor has extremely low off-state current. The DOSRAM uses this device for access transistors, and can have a very long refresh cycle. A memory cell array made of a crystalline OS layer can be stacked on peripheral circuits made of a silicon (Si) semiconductor layer; thus, the area of the DOSRAM can be decreased.