Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensionally stacked field-effect transistor (3DSFET) device which includes: a lower source/drain region of a 1st polarity type connected to a lower channel structure; an upper source/drain region of a 2nd polarity type, connected to an upper channel structure, above the lower source/drain region; and a PN junction structure, between the lower source/drain region and the upper source/drain region, configured to electrically isolate the upper source/drain region from the lower source/drain region, wherein the PN junction structure includes a 1st region of the 1st polarity type and a 2nd region of the 2nd polarity type.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensionally stacked field-effect transistor (3DSFET) device which includes: a 1st lower source/drain region and a 2nd lower source/drain region connected to each other through a 1st lower channel structure controlled by a 1st gate structure; and a 1st upper source/drain region and a 2nd upper source/drain regions, respectively above the 1st lower source/drain region and the 2nd lower source/drain region, and connected to each other through a 1st upper channel structure controlled by the 1st gate structure, wherein the 2nd lower source/drain region and the 2nd upper source/drain region form a PN junction therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed is a three-port static random access memory (3P-SRAM) that performs XNOR operations. The cell has a write port and first and second read ports. Read operations are enabled through either the first read port using a first read wordline and a common read bitline or the second read port using a second read wordline and the common read bitline. Read wordline activation is controlled such that only one read wordline is activated (i.e., receives a read pulse) at a time. As a result, a read operation through either read port effectively accomplishes an XNOR operation. Also disclosed is a memory array, which incorporates such cells and which performs XNOR-bitcount-compare functions. Since XNOR-bitcount-compare functions are used in XNOR-NET type binary neural networks (BNNs), the memory array can be employed for implementing such a BNN designed for improved performance, scalability, and manufacturability. Also disclosed is an in-memory computing method.

Abstract: Disclosed is a three-port static random access memory (3P-SRAM) that performs XNOR operations. The cell has a write port and first and second read ports. Read operations are enabled through either the first read port using a first read wordline and a common read bitline or the second read port using a second read wordline and the common read bitline. Read wordline activation is controlled such that only one read wordline is activated (i.e., receives a read pulse) at a time. As a result, a read operation through either read port effectively accomplishes an XNOR operation. Also disclosed is a memory array, which incorporates such cells and which performs XNOR-bitcount-compare functions. Since XNOR-bitcount-compare functions are used in XNOR-NET type binary neural networks (BNNs), the memory array can be employed for implementing such a BNN designed for improved performance, scalability, and manufacturability. Also disclosed is an in-memory computing method.