Title :
A study on gate-AU-around (GAA) polycrystalline silicon channel SONOS flash memory
Author :
Joo Yun Seo ; Sang-Ho Lee ; Yoon Kim ; Se Hwan Park ; Wandong Kim ; Do-Bin Kim ; Byung-Gook Park
Author_Institution :
Inter-Univ. Semicond. Res. Center (ISRC), Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
In this study, the gate-all-around (GAA) poly-Si channel flash memories with charge trap layer (Si3N4) have been successfully fabricated. Electric characteristics of fabricated devices including threshold voltage shift with program/erase operation have been investigated. Gate configurations were structured differently according to each defined channel width. Results show that devices with gate-all-around structure have superior program efficiency. To investigate the effect of gate configuration on the program efficiency, TCAD simulation was carried out.
Keywords :
flash memories; silicon compounds; technology CAD (electronics); GAA polycrystalline silicon channel SONOS flash memory; Si3N4; TCAD simulation; electric characteristics; gate configuration; gate-AU-around polycrystalline silicon channel SONOS flash memory; gate-all-around structure; program-erase operation; Conferences; Decision support systems; Nanoelectronics; SONOS flash memory; charge trap memory; gate-all-around (GAA);
Conference_Titel :
Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2013 IEEE 5th International
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4840-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2159-3523
DOI :
10.1109/INEC.2013.6465956