Title :
35 nm floating gate planar MOSFET memory using double junction tunneling
Author :
Ohba, Ryuji ; Mitani, Yuichiro ; Sugiyama, Naoharu ; Fujita, Shinobu
Author_Institution :
Adv. LSI Technol. Lab., Toshiba Corp., Yokohama
Abstract :
It is shown that, for 35 nm gate length, a silicon nitride trap memory using double junction tunneling can retain more than 4 decades memory window for 10 years in less than 9 volts w/e voltage, where 1E+6 w/e cycle endurance is attained simultaneously. This is due to Coulomb blockade and quantum confinement in Si nanocrystals lying between double tunnel oxides, and further improvement is possible by Si nanocrystal scaling. Therefore, the double junction tunneling SiN memory is an excellent candidate for less than 35nm region future memory
Keywords :
MOSFET; nanostructured materials; semiconductor storage; tunnelling; 35 nm; Coulomb blockade; SiN; double junction tunneling; double tunnel oxide; floating gate memory; planar MOSFET memory; quantum confinement; silicon nitride trap memory; Electron traps; Fabrication; MOSFET circuits; Nanocrystals; Nonvolatile memory; Potential well; Silicon compounds; Thickness control; Tunneling; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 2005. IEDM Technical Digest. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9268-X
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2005.1609491