Spotlight on memory: An optically biased, single-ended, three-transistor, Fully static RAM cell

摘要

A single-ended static memory scheme combining advantages of both a one-transistor dynamic RAM (DRAM) cell and a six-transistor static RAM (SRAM) cell is proposed in this article. For the first time, optical bias is introduced, converting the classical complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) RAM to an optoelectronic device. The cell structure is highly scalable and cost effective.