A novel TFT with a laterally engineered bandgap for of 3D logic and flash memory

A dopant segregated Schottky barrier (DSSB) TFT SONOS device is demonstrated for the application of 3D TFT logic devices and flash memory. To apply the DSSB to 3D TFT flash memory, a novel spacer-free structure is successfully implemented. The DSSB TFT SONOS shows a good distribution of programmed V_T by one-time programming with high-speed (a V_T shift of 2.9 V @ 32 ns) due to the use of a unique local injection of carriers from the DSSB S/D junctions and it is not affected by grain boundaries. Moreover, the program speed is accelerated by reduction of the fin width owing to the enhanced field.