Patent attributes
A memory includes: memory cells including floating bodies, wherein in a data holding state, a potential of the first gate electrode is set to be higher than one of potentials of the source and drain layer and lower than the other of the potentials of the source and drain layer so that electric charges flow in the body region, and a potential of the second gate electrode is set to be higher as an absolute value than those of potentials of the source layer, drain layer, and first gate electrode so that electric charges flow from the body region, and in the data holding state, the memory cell is kept in a stationary state that a first amount of the electric charges flowing in the body region per unit time is substantially the same as a second amount of the electric charges flowing from the body region per unit time.
