An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure in which stored data can be held even when power is not supplied and there is no limit on the number of write operations. The semiconductor device includes a first memory cell including a first transistor and a second transistor, a second memory cell including a third transistor and a fourth transistor, and a driver circuit. The first transistor and the second transistor overlap at least partly with each other. The third transistor and the fourth transistor overlap at least partly with each other. The second memory cell is provided over the first memory cell. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor material. The second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor include a second semiconductor material.

An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure in which stored data can be held even when power is not supplied and there is no limit on the number of write operations. The semiconductor device includes a first memory cell including a first transistor and a second transistor, a second memory cell including a third transistor and a fourth transistor, and a driver circuit. The first transistor and the second transistor overlap at least partly with each other. The third transistor and the fourth transistor overlap at least partly with each other. The second memory cell is provided over the first memory cell. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor material. The second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor include a second semiconductor material.

Cell layouts for a memory cell, such as for ternary content addressable memory (TCAM), are disclosed. Some cell layouts include a well strap structure. A cell layout may include a p-doped well, an n-doped well, and a p-doped well sequentially along a layout. Another cell layout may include a p-doped well, an n-doped well, a p-doped well, and an n-doped well sequentially along a layout. A well strap structure may be in a p-doped well or an n-doped well. Various metallization layers having a mesh may be used with a memory cell layout. In some disclosed examples, a first metallization layer may have one, two, or four ground traces, and a second metallization layer may have two ground traces. These various ground traces may be electrically coupled together to form a mesh.

A memtransistor includes a top gate electrode and a bottom gate electrode; a polycrystalline monolayer film formed of an atomically thin material disposed between the top gate electrode and the bottom gate electrode; and source and drain electrodes spatial-apart formed on the polycrystalline monolayer film to define a channel in the polycrystalline monolayer film between the source and drain electrodes. The top gate electrode and the bottom gate electrode are capacitively coupled with the channel.

A two-terminal ferroelectric perovskite diode comprises a region of ferroelectric perovskite material positioned adjacent to a region of n-type doped perovskite semiconductor material. Asserting a positive voltage across the diode can cause the polarization of the ferroelectric perovskite material to be set in a first direction that causes the diode to be placed in a low resistance state due to the formation of an accumulation region in the perovskite semiconductor material at the ferroelectric perovskite-perovskite semiconductor boundary. Asserting a negative voltage across the diode can cause the polarization of the ferroelectric perovskite material to be set in a second direction that causes the diode to be placed in a high resistance state due to the formation of a depletion region in the perovskite semiconductor material at the ferroelectric perovskite-perovskite semiconductor material. These non-volatile low and high resistance states enable the diode to be used as a non-volatile memory element.

A semiconductor device according to some example embodiments includes a substrate, an insulating structure covering the substrate, a transistor between the substrate and the insulating structure, a via insulating layer extending through the insulating structure and the substrate, a plurality of via structures extending through the via insulating layer, a plurality of conductive structures respectively connected to the plurality of via structures, and a plurality of bumps respectively connected to the conductive structures.

A semiconductor device may include: a first substrate structure including: a first substrate; a first word line, a first bit line, a second bit line, a second word line, a third word line, a third bit line, a fourth bit line, and a fourth word line that are sequentially arranged over the first substrate in a vertical direction; and first, second, third, and fourth memory cells, the first memory cell being disposed between the first word line and the first bit line, the second memory cell being disposed between the second word line and the second bit line, the third memory cell being disposed between the third word line and the third bit line, and the fourth memory cell being disposed between the fourth word line and the fourth bit line; and a second substrate structure disposed over the first substrate structure and including a second substrate.

The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a valley inwardly positioned on a top surface of the substrate; a programmable insulating layer conformally positioned on the valley and including a V-shaped cross-sectional profile; and a top electrode positioned on the programmable insulating layer. The programmable insulating layer is configured to be blown out under a programming voltage.

The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a valley inwardly positioned on a top surface of the substrate; a programmable insulating layer conformally positioned on the valley and including a V-shaped cross-sectional profile; and a top electrode positioned on the programmable insulating layer. The programmable insulating layer is configured to be blown out under a programming voltage.

A content addressable memory has many elements in one memory cell; thus, the area of one memory cell tends to be large. In view of the above, it is an object of an embodiment of the present invention to reduce the area of one memory cell. Charge can be held with the use of a channel capacitance in a reading transistor (capacitance between a gate electrode and a channel formation region). In other words, the reading transistor also serves as a charge storage transistor. One of a source and a drain of a charge supply transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the reading and charge storage transistor.