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title = "Analysis of the sensing margin of silicon and poly-Si 1T-DRAM",
abstract = "Recently, one-transistor dynamic random-access memory (1T-DRAM) cells having a polysilicon body (poly-Si 1T-DRAM) have attracted attention as candidates to replace conventional one-transistor one-capacitor dynamic random-access memory (1T-1C DRAM). Poly-Si 1T-DRAM enables the cost-effective implementation of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structure and a three-dimensional (3D) stacked architecture for increasing integration density. However, studies on the transient characteristics of poly-Si 1T-DRAM are still lacking. In this paper, with TCAD simulation, we examine the differences between the memory mechanisms in poly-Si and silicon body 1T-DRAM. A silicon 1T-DRAM cell's data state is determined by the number of holes stored in a floating body (FB), while a poly-Si 1T-DRAM cell's state depends on the number of electrons trapped in its grain boundary (GB). This means that a poly-Si 1T-DRAM can perform memory operations by using GB as a storage region in thin body devices with a small FB area.",
keywords = "Electron trapping, Grain boundary, One-transistor dynamic random-access memory (1T-DRAM), Polysilicon",
author = "Hyeonjeong Kim and Songyi Yoo and Kang, {In Man} and Seongjae Cho and Wookyung Sun and Hyungsoon Shin",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy under grant 10080513, the Korea Semiconductor Research Consortium Support Program for the development of the future semiconductor devices, and RP-Grant 2019 of the Ewha Womans University. Funding Information: Figure 6. (a)Sensing margin and (b) trapped electron charge according to the number of GBs in the poly‐Si channel of poly‐Si 1T‐DRAM. 4. Conclusions 4. 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Author Contributions: Conceptualization, H.K. and H.S.; methodology, W.S.; funding acquisition, H.S.; Author Contributions: Conceptualization, H.K. and H.S.; methodology, W.S.; funding acquisition, H.S.; inwversittiinggat—iorne,v Hiew.K.a, nSd.Ye.d, itainndg , WS.Y.S. .a; nrdesWou.Sr.c;essu, pIe.‐rMvi.sKio. na,nWd. SS..aCn.;d wHr.iSt.inAgl—l aourtihgoinrsalh advraefrte apdreapnadraatgiorne,e dHt.oKt.h; e writing—review and editing, S.Y. and W.S.; supervision, W.S. and H.S. All authors have read and agreed to the Funding: This work was supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy under grant 10080513, the Korea Semiconductor Research Consortium Support Program for the development of the future semiconductor Funding: This work was supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy under grant 10080513, the Korea Semiconductor Research Consortium Support Program for the development of the future semiconductor devices, Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. and RP‐Grant 2019 of the Ewha Womans University. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 by the authors.",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3390/mi11020228",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Micromachines",
issn = "2072-666X",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "2",
}