DocumentCode :
1342676
Title :
Error Instability in Floating Gate Flash Memories Exposed to TID
Author :
Bagatin, Marta ; Gerardin, Simone ; Cellere, Giorgio ; Paccagnella, Alessandro ; Visconti, Angelo ; Bonanomi, Mauro ; Beltrami, Silvia
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dellTnformazione, Univ. di Padova, Padova, Italy
Volume :
56
Issue :
6
fYear :
2009
Firstpage :
3267
Lastpage :
3273
Abstract :
We discuss new experimental results on the post-radiation annealing of Floating Gate errors in Flash memories with both NAND and NOR architecture. We investigate the dependence of annealing on the program level, linking the reduction in the number of Floating Gate errors to the evolution of the threshold voltage of each single cell. To understand the underlying physics we also discuss how temperature affects the number of Floating Gate errors.
Keywords :
annealing; flash memories; logic gates; NAND architecture; NOR architecture; TID; error instability; floating gate flash memories; post-radiation annealing; threshold voltage; Annealing; Flash memory; Joining processes; Nonvolatile memory; Physics; Protons; Solid state circuits; Temperature; Threshold voltage; X-rays; Flash memories; X-rays; protons; total dose effects;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9499
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2009.2033364
Filename :
5341401
Link To Document :
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