DRAM
A new platform for thermally stable DRAM peripheral transistors
Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips contain many other transistors besides the access transistor to enable full operation of the DRAM memory. These peripheral transistors must meet stringent requirements which preclude a ‘copy-paste’ of regular logic transistor process flows. One critical requirement imposed by present DRAM chip architectures is the ability of the periphery to withstand…
DRAM basics and its quest for thermal stability by optimizing peripheral transistors
For decades, compute architectures have relied on dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) as their main memory, providing temporary storage from which processing units retrieve data and program code. The high-speed operation, large integration density, cost-effectiveness, and excellent reliability have contributed to the widespread adoption of DRAM technology in many electronic devices. DRAM bit cell—the element that…