• DocumentCode
    2848856
  • Title

    Dual-bit SONOS FinFET Non-Volatile Memory Cell and New Method of Charge Detection

  • Author

    Padilla, Alvaro ; Liu, Tsu-Jae King

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    23-25 April 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A new charge detection method in which the off-state current is used to detect charge stored near to the drain is demonstrated for dual-bit SONOS FinFET NVM cells for the first time. This method is very sensitive to charge stored near to the drain electrode and thus can facilitate gate-length scaling of dual-bit SONOS NVM devices.
  • Keywords
    MOS memory circuits; flash memories; charge detection method; charge storage detection; drain electrode; dual-bit SONOS FinFET nonvolatile memory cell; flash NVM; gate-length scaling; off-state current; silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon memory cell; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Electronic mail; Electrons; FinFETs; Flash memory; Nonvolatile memory; SONOS devices; Tunneling; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, 2007. VLSI-TSA 2007. International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Hsinchu
  • ISSN
    1524-766X
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0584-X
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1524-766X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VTSA.2007.378903
  • Filename
    4239471