Super-low-voltage Operation Of A Semi-Static Complementary Gain DRAM Memory Cell

Introduction The supply voltage scaling in DRAMs for power reduction and to maintain the device reliability puts the most serious constr,int on the conventional one-transistor cell( 1Tcell) design. Even if employing a three dimensional capacitor structure with high dielectric constant material such as TazO5, it is difficult to continue scaling the 1T-cell having sufficient storage capacitance for entering giga-bit era. To overcome this limitation, we have proposed a complementary gain(CG) cell which can operates under a supply voltage below 1V without increasing storage capacitance[ 11. In this paper, super low voltage operation of the CG cell is analytically investigated. The optimum operating conditions, immunity to noise on bitline and speed are discussed.