Abstract: A semiconductor memory cell includes a floating body region configured to be charged to a level indicative of a state of the memory cell. A first region is in electrical contact with the floating body region. A second region is in electrical contact with the floating body region and is spaced apart from the first region. A gate is positioned between the first and second regions. A buried layer is provided beneath the floating body region. An insulating layer is configured to insulate the memory cell from adjacent memory cells in a first direction. A buried insulating layer is configured to insulate the memory cell from adjacent memory cells in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: The reliability of a low-power SRAM device fabricated in a small process node can be improved by using an SRAM cell with circuitry that reduces or eliminates contention between pull-up and pull-down devices during write operations. In the first stage of a write operation, the node N that stores the SRAM cell's bit value may be decoupled from a power-supply rail (“Rail 1”) by deactivating one type of “pulling” device (e.g., the type of pulling device that can pull the voltage of node N toward the voltage of Rail 1). Using pulling device(s) of the opposite type, the voltage of node N may then be pulled toward the voltage of the other power-supply rail (“Rail 2”). In this manner, the new SRAM cell may reduce or eliminate contention between pull-up and pull-down devices at node N during the first stage of the write operation.

Abstract: A fluid power-generating system operatively disposed between a first support and a second support, the system characterized by an absence of a centrally disposed rotor member, and including a machine capable of acting as a motor and as a generator, the machine coupled to the first support; a flexible wing(s) having an arcuate shape, a distal end coupled to the machine and a proximal end coupled to the second support, for catching and passing a flowing fluid; a tensioned balancing system coupled to the supports for stabilizing operation of the power-generating system; and a rigid strut(s) disposed between each flexible wing and the balancing system for supporting each flexible wing.

Abstract: Layouts of transmission gates and related techniques and systems are described. An integrated circuit may include first and second transmission gates disposed in a column, and metal wires. The first transmission gate includes first and second control terminals, and the second transmission gate includes first and second control terminals. The metal wires extend between the first and second transmission gates in a direction substantially orthogonal to the column, and include a first control wire coupled to the first control terminals of the first and second transmission gates.

Abstract: Techniques and devices for differential signal repeating are described. A differential signal repeating method may include receiving an input differential signal pair including first and second input signals received at first and second input terminals, respectively, and generating an output signal at an output terminal. Generating the output signal may include: based on a determination, at a first time, that the first and second input signals represent complementary values, setting a level of the output signal to represent an inverse of the value represented by the first input signal, and based on a determination, at a second time, that the first and second input signals do not represent complementary values, placing the output terminal in a high-impedance state.

Abstract: Circuits and techniques for mesochronous processing are provided. A communication method for a mesochronously clocked system may include synchronizing processing of first and second processing units to first and second mesochronous clock signals, respectively. The first and second mesochronous clock signals may have a same frequency and different phases, respectively. The method may further include sending data from the first processing unit to the second processing unit, and enabling or disabling receipt of the data by the second processing unit based, at least in part, on states of the first and second mesochronous clock signals.

Abstract: A fluid power-generating system operatively disposed between a first support and a second support, the system characterized by an absence of a centrally disposed rotor member, and including a machine capable of acting as a motor and as a generator, the machine coupled to the first support; a flexible wing(s) having an arcuate shape, a distal end coupled to the machine and a proximal end coupled to the second support, for catching and passing a flowing fluid; a tensioned balancing system coupled to the supports for stabilizing operation of the power-generating system; and a rigid strut(s) disposed between each flexible wing and the balancing system for supporting each flexible wing.

Abstract: Layouts of transmission gates and related techniques and systems are described. An integrated circuit may include first and second transmission gates disposed in a column, and metal wires. The first transmission gate includes first and second control terminals, and the second transmission gate includes first and second control terminals. The metal wires extend between the first and second transmission gates in a direction substantially orthogonal to the column, and include a first control wire coupled to the first control terminals of the first and second transmission gates.

Abstract: A fluid power-generating system operatively disposed between a first support and a second support, the system characterized by an absence of a centrally disposed rotor member, and including a machine capable of acting as a motor and as a generator, the machine coupled to the first support; a flexible wing(s) having an arcuate shape, a distal end coupled to the machine and a proximal end coupled to the second support, for catching and passing a flowing fluid; a tensioned balancing system coupled to the supports for stabilizing operation of the power-generating system; and a rigid strut(s) disposed between each flexible wing and the balancing system for supporting each flexible wing.