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Electrical degradation mechanisms of nanoscale charge trap flash memories due to trapped charge in the oxide layer

  • Kyoung Wook Koh
  • , Dong Hun Kim
  • , Ju Tae Ryu
  • , Tae Whan Kim
  • , Keon Ho Yoo

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Abstract

The deterioration of the electrical characteristics of charge trap flash (CTF) memories with a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) structure due to the charge traps in the oxide layers attributed to the random trapping and detrapping processes was investigated. Simulation results for the CTF memories showed that the threshold voltage shift was decreased by the charge trapped in the oxide layers in the SONOS structure and that the charge trapped in the blocking oxide had more significant effects than that trapped in the tunneling oxide. The degradation effects of the charge trapped in the blocking oxide on the electrical characteristics of the CTF memories were clarified by examining the vertical electric field in the device.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)533-536
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume67
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Aug 2015

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© 2015, The Korean Physical Society.

Keywords

  • CTF degradation
  • Fixed charge
  • RTN
  • SONOS
  • Threshold voltage shift

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