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Fully CMOS-type SRAM device with grounding wire having contact holes

Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1992-08-28
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Granted: 1994-10-04
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Expires: 2012-08-28
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Abstract

Abstract A grounding wiring layer is provided on the substantially entire region between driver MOS transistors and load MOS thin film transistors of a flip-flop type memory cell. The contact holes for connecting the gate electrodes of the MOS thin film transistors with storage nodes are formed by providing a side wall on the inner wall of each of the contact hole portions formed in the grounding wiring layer and inter-layer insulating films sandwiching it. Thus, the impedance of the grounding wiring layer can be reduced to stabilize the operation of a miniaturized SRAM memory cell using the load MOS thin film transistors. The resistance against soft error caused by α-ray can also be improved.

Inventors

  • 👤 Junji Kiyono
  • 👤 Yasushi Yamazaki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 13:50
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10B; H10B10/00; H10B10/12; H10B10/125; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/903

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 181 words
A fully CMOS-type static random access memory device comprising; MOS transistors of a first conductivity type constituting driver transistors of a flip-flop type memory cell, formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate; MOS thin film transistors of a second conductivity type constituting load transistors of said flip-flop memory cell, formed on the main surface of said semiconductor substrate; a conductive thin film extending between said MOS transistors and said MOS thin film transistors, said conductive film being connected with a fixed potential power source and having holes opened in its contact hole portions for connecting said MOS transistors with said MOS thin film transistor; and transfer MOS transistors of said first conductivity type having sources connected with drains of said MOS transistors, drains connected with bit lines through drawing electrodes, and a common gate connected to a word line, formed on the main surface of said semiconductor substrate, wherein said conductive thin film extends on said transfer MOS transistors and has holes in its contact hole portions for connecting drains of said transfer MOS transistors and said drawing electrodes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 181 words
A fully CMOS-type static random access memory device comprising; MOS transistors of a first conductivity type constituting driver transistors of a flip-flop type memory cell, formed on a main surface of a semiconductor substrate; MOS thin film transistors of a second conductivity type constituting load transistors of said flip-flop memory cell, formed on the main surface of said semiconductor substrate; a conductive thin film extending between said MOS transistors and said MOS thin film transistors, said conductive film being connected with a fixed potential power source and having holes opened in its contact hole portions for connecting said MOS transistors with said MOS thin film transistor; and transfer MOS transistors of said first conductivity type having sources connected with drains of said MOS transistors, drains connected with bit lines through drawing electrodes, and a common gate connected to a word line, formed on the main surface of said semiconductor substrate, wherein said conductive thin film extends on said transfer MOS transistors and has holes in its contact hole portions for connecting drains of said transfer MOS transistors and said drawing electrodes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
A fully CMOS-type static random access memory according to claim 1, in which each of said MOS thin film transistors of the second conductivity type has an offset region doped with no second conductivity impurity between its channel region and its drain region.

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