Title :
Investigation of rare-earth aluminates as alternative trapping materials in Flash memories
Author :
Cacciato, A. ; Suhane, A. ; Richard, O. ; Arreghini, A. ; Adelmann, C. ; Swerts, J. ; Rothschild, A. ; Van den Bosch, G. ; Breuil, L. ; Bender, H. ; Jurczak, M. ; Debusschere, I. ; Kittl, J.A. ; Van Houdt, J.
Author_Institution :
Imec vzw, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
The integration of La, Gd, and Lu aluminates in a Charge-Trapping Flash (CTF) memory flow as alternative trapping materials is evaluated. It is found that, in order to control the mixing of the aluminates with the tunnel oxide, nitride (for Gd) or nitride + oxide (for La and Lu) buffer layers have to be used. It is also found that during the post-deposition annealing treatments, the nitride buffer layer mixes with the tunnel oxide. This results in very good erase and endurance performance, which is attributed to enhanced hole tunneling from the Si substrate.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; annealing; flash memories; alternative trapping materials; charge-trapping flash memory flow; nitride buffer layer; post-deposition annealing treatments; rare-earth aluminates; Aluminum oxide; Annealing; Buffer layers; Charge carrier processes; Dielectrics; Flash memory; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), 2010 Proceedings of the European
Conference_Location :
Sevilla
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6658-0
DOI :
10.1109/ESSDERC.2010.5618186
