Definition
A capacitor whose stored electrical charge is used to retain a circuit voltage or data value.
Application
In capacitor-based DRAM cells, it stores a data bit and exchanges charge with the bitline through an access transistor.
Related concepts
Evidence and further reading
- Evidence from ti.comhttps://www.ti.com/lit/an/snoa664/snoa664.pdf
- Evidence from ocw.mit.eduhttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-004-computation-structures-spring-2017/f342551f652653e3ee0d0c56a926efeb_9eWKuWyXYKY.pdf