Patent ID: 7105900

Claim:
A static random access memory (SRAM) cell, comprising: a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate; a first inverter having a first pull-up transistor and a first pull-down driver transistor therein; a first access transistor having a gate terminal electrically connected to a word line, a source region electrically connected to an input of said first inverter and a body region of second conductivity type; a body extension region of second conductivity type that extends in said semiconductor substrate, forms a non-rectifying junction with the body region of said first access transistor; a body pickup region of second conductivity type that extends in said semiconductor substrate, forms a non-rectifying junction with said body extension region and forms a P-N rectifying junction with a source region of first conductivity type within the first pull-down driver transistor; and a contact that extends on a surface of said substrate and forms an electrical short to said body pickup region and the source region of the first pull-down driver transistor.