• DocumentCode
    2463764
  • Title

    NH3 Plasma Treatment for Flash Memory on Poly-Si Thin Films

  • Author

    Lin, Yu-Hsien ; You, Hsin-Chiang ; Chou, Jay-Chi ; Chou, Tung-Huan ; Chao, Tien-Sheng

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. United Univ., Miaoli, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-6 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    825
  • Lastpage
    828
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we fabricated the poly-Si-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS)-type Flash memories on polycrystalline-silicon thin films. Employing a powerful defect passivation technique, i.e., NH3 plasma treatment, the charge storage capability was clearly observed to be remarkably improved including charge storage, drain disturbance, and gate disturbance.
  • Keywords
    flash memories; semiconductor thin films; NH3; SONOS-type flash memories; charge storage capability; defect passivation; drain disturbance; gate disturbance; plasma treatment; poly-Si thin films; poly-Si-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon; polycrystalline-silicon thin films; Charge carrier processes; Educational institutions; Flash memory; Hafnium compounds; Plasmas; Thin film transistors; Tunneling; Flash memories; NH3 Plasma; Polycrystalline-silicon thin-film transistor (poly-Si-TFT); poly-Si–oxide–nitride–oxide–silicon (SONOS)-type memories;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer, Consumer and Control (IS3C), 2012 International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Taichung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0767-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IS3C.2012.212
  • Filename
    6228435