• DocumentCode
    1593353
  • Title

    High Endurance Multi-gate TiN Nanocrystal Memory Devices with High-k Blocking Dielectric and High Work Function Gate Electrode

  • Author

    Lu, C.P. ; Luo, C.K. ; Tsui, B.Y. ; Lin, C.H. ; Tzeng, P.J. ; Wang, C.C. ; Lee, H.Y. ; Wu, D.Y. ; Tsai, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Inst. of Electron., Hsinchu
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    63
  • Abstract
    In this work, n-channel Multi-gate FET TiN nanocrystal memory using p+ poly-Si gate and Al2O3 high-k blocking dielectric is demonstrated with good transistor characteristics and moderate high memory window for the first time. High endurance of only 3% window narrowing after 104 P/E cycles is demonstrated. The phenomenon and mechanism of erasing-first induced retention degradation are also reported.
  • Keywords
    field effect transistors; semiconductor storage; Al2O3; TiN; high work function gate electrode; high-k blocking dielectric; multigate nanocrystal memory device; n-channel multigate FET; Degradation; Dielectric devices; Electrodes; FETs; High K dielectric materials; High-K gate dielectrics; Nanocrystals; SONOS devices; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tin;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, 2008. VLSI-TSA 2008. International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Hsinchu
  • ISSN
    1524-766X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1614-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1524-766X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VTSA.2008.4530799
  • Filename
    4530799