Quotation vii Preface ix Introduction xiii Chapter 1. The Dynamic Storage Cell 1 1.1. Reminder 1 1.2. Storage principle 1 1.3. Cell structures 6 1.

4. Storage capacitor 14 1.5. Leakage currents 14 1.6. Conclusion 16 Chapter 2. Internal Organization of an Asynchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory 17 2.1.

General organization 17 2.2. Memory-array structures 23 2.3. Sense amplifier 35 2.4. Input/output logic 40 2.5.

Basic operations 41 2.6. Conclusion 44 Chapter 3. Packaged Asynchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory 47 3.1. External interface 47 3.2. Operation 48 3.

2.1. Data access modes 48 3.2.2. Refresh 55 3.2.3.

Asynchronous dynamic memory controller 66 3.3. Packaging 71 3.3.1. Integrated circuit packages 71 3.3.2.

Memory modules 72 3.3.3. Detection of characteristics 73 3.4. Classification 75 3.5. Conclusion 79 Chapter 4.

Asynchronous Models 81 4.1. Quartet mode 81 4.2. Page access modes 84 4.2.1. Static column mode 89 4.

2.2. Fast page mode 97 4.2.3. Hyperpage mode or EDO page mode 97 4.2.4.

Burst EDO page mode 104 4.3. Internal steps 110 4.4. Conclusion 114 Chapter 5. Advanced Approaches 115 5.1. Asynchronous multibank approach 115 5.

2. Embedded memories 116 5.3. Three-dimensional structures 118 5.4. Capacitorless dynamic memories 120 5.4.1.

Exploitation of the floating body 120 5.4.2. Derived or other principles 125 5.5. Multilevel cell 125 5.6. Conclusion 129 Conclusion 131 Appendix 137 List of Acronyms 141 References 157 Index 175.