Title : 
Π-gate nanowires TANOS poly-Si TFT nonvolatile memory
         
        
            Author : 
Hung, Min-Feng ; Chen, Jiang-Hung ; Wu, Yung-Chun
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Eng. & Syst. Sci., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This work we demonstrate a TANOS nonvolatile memory (NVM) with poly-Si nanowire (NW) channels and Pi-gate (II-gate) structure. II-gate structure in this TANOS NVM increase on current (Ion), decrease threshold voltage (Vth) and subthreshold slope (SS), and enlarge the memory window (ΔVth). This NVM device behaves fast program/erase (P/E) speed; 3 V memory window can be achieved by applying 18 V in 10 μs. The 70 % of initial memory window has been maintained after 104 P/E-cycle stress.
         
        
            Keywords : 
nanowires; random-access storage; threshold logic; II-gate nanowire; II-gate structure; NVM device; Pi-gate structure; TANOS poly-Si TFT nonvolatile memory; memory window; poly-Si nanowire channel; program/erase speed; subthreshold slope; threshold voltage; time 10 mus; voltage 18 V; voltage 3 V; Logic gates; Nonvolatile memory; Performance evaluation; Programming; Reliability; Scanning electron microscopy; Thin film transistors;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (SNW), 2010
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Honolulu, HI
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-7727-2
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-7726-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/SNW.2010.5562547