Special Issue on LSI Memory Device, Circuit, Architecture and Application ========================================================================= Technologies for Multimedia Age =============================== . FOREWORD ........................................................ 765 Masahide TAKADA INVITED PAPERS ============== . ULSI Memory for Multimedia Applications ......................... 766 Yasuo AKATSUKA, Yoichi YANO Shigeo NIITSU and Akihiko MORINO . Emerging Memory Solutions for Graphics Applications ............. 773 Katsumi SUIZU, Toshiyuki OGAWA and Kazuyasu FUJISHIMA PAPERS ====== . A Synchronous DRAM with New High-Speed I/O Lines Method for the MultiMedia Age .................................................. 782 Yuji SAKAI, Kanji OISHI, Miki MATSUMOTO, Shoji WADA, Tadamichi SAKASHITA and Masahiro KATAYAMA . NAND-Structured Trench Capacitor Cell Technologies for 256Mb DRAM and Beyond ...................................................... 789 Takeshi HAMAMOTO, Yutaka ISHIBASHI, Masami AOKI, Yoshihiko SAITOH and Takashi YAMADA . A Low-Power Synchronous SRAM Macrocell with Latch-Type Fast Sense Circuits ........................................................ 797 Nobutaro SHIBATA and Mayumi WATANABE . PLL Timing Design Techniques for Large-Scale, High-Speed, Low-Power, Low-Cost SRAMs .................................................. 805 Kazuyuki NAKAMURA, Shigeru KUHARA, Tohru KIMURA, Masahide TAKADA,Hisamitsu SUZUKI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA and Tohru YAMAZAKI . Low-Voltage Operation of a High-Resistivity Load SOI SRAM Cell by Reduced Back-Gate-Bias Effect ................................... 812 Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Jun TAKAHASHI, Takehisa YAMAGUCHI, Tomohisa WADA,Toshiaki IWAMATSU, Hans-Oliver JOACHIM, Yasuo INOUE, Tadashi NISHIMURA and Natsuro TSUBOUCHI . A 65ns 3V-only NAND-Flash Memory with New Verify Scheme and Folded Bit-Line Architecture ........................................... 818 Hiromi NOBUKATA, Kenichi SATORI, Shinji HIRAMATSU and Hideki ARAKAWA . Design of a 3.3V Single Power-Supply 64Mbit Flash Memory with Dynamic Bit-Line Latch (DBL) Programming Scheme ................. 825 Hiroshi SUGAWARA, Toshio TAKESHIMA, Hiroshi TAKADA, Yoshiaki S.HISAMUNE,Kohji KANAMORI, Takeshi OKAZAWA, Tatsunori MUROTANI and Isao SASAKI . Programming and Program-Verification Methods for Low-Voltage Flash Memories Using a Sector Programming Scheme ...................... 832 Katsutaka KIMURA, Toshihiro TANAKA, Masataka KATO, Tetsuo ADACHI, Keisuke OGURA and Hitoshi KUME . BIST Circuit Macro Using Microprogram ROM for LSI Memories ...... 838 Hiroki KOIKE, Toshio TAKESHIMA and Masahide TAKADA . New ƒ¿-Particle Induced Soft Error Mechanism in a Three Dimensional Capacitor Cell .................................................. 845 Yukihito OOWAKI, Keiji MABUCHI, Shigeyoshi WATANABE, Kazunori OHUCHI,Jun'ichi MATSUNAGA and Fujio MASUOKA . Use of a Monte Carlo Wiring Yield Simulator to Optimize Design of Random Logic Circuits for Yield Enhancement ..................... 852 Hideyuki FUKUHARA, Takao KOMATSUZAKI, Katsushi BOKU and Yoichi MIYAI Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Integrated Electronics] . Fully Self-Timing Data-Bus Architecture for 64-Mb DRAMs ......... 858 Tadaaki YAMAUCHI, Koji TANAKA, Kiyohiro FURUTANI, Yoshikazu MOROOKA,Hiroshi MIYAMOTO and Hideyuki OZAKI . 3.0Gb/s, 272mW, 8:1 Multiplexer and 4.1Gb/s, 388mW, 1:8 Demultiplexer ................................................... 866 Kimio UEDA, Nagisa SASAKI, Hisayasu SATO, Shunji KUBO and Koichiro MASHIKO [Superconductive Electronics] . Frequency-Dependent Finite-Difference Time-Domain Analysis of High-Tc Superconducting Asymmetric Co-planar Strip Line ......... 873 Masafumi HIRA, Yasunobu MIZOMOTO and Sadao KURAZONO [Electronic Displays] . Analysis on Reduction of the Temperature Rise of Deflection Yoke (DY) ............................................................ 878 Rensi MOROOKA, Yukitoshi INOUE and Katsuhiko SHIOMI LETTER ====== [Opto-Electronics] . Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor Using Two Modes by Holographic Filter ........................................................ 885 Manabu YOSHIKAWA and Kazuo ASAKAWA . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J78-C-I, J78-C-II, No.7 in Japanese) ........................................................ 887