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Enhancement of Nonvolatile Floating Gate Memory Devices Containing AgInSbTe-SiO2 Nanocomposite by Inserting HfO2/SiO2 Blocking Oxide Layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2011

Kuo-Chang Chiang  and
Tsung-Eong Hsieh
Kuo-Chang Chiang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30010, R.O.C.
Tsung-Eong Hsieh
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30010, R.O.C.
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Abstract

This work presents an enhancement of nonvolatile floating gate memory (NFGM) devices comprised of AgInSbTe (AIST) nanocomposite as the charge-storage trap layer and HfO2 or HfO2/SiO2 as the blocking oxide layer. A significantly large memory window (ΔVFB) shift = 30.7 V and storage charge density = 2.3×1013 cm−2 at ±23V gate voltage sweep were achieved in HfO2/SiO2/AIST sample. Retention time analysis observed a ΔVFB shift about 19.3 V and the charge loss about 13.4% in such a sample under the ±15V gate voltage stress after 104 sec retention time test. Regardless of applied bias direction, the sample containing HfO2/SiO2 layer exhibited the leakage current density as low as 150 nA/cm2 as revealed by the current-voltage (I-V) measurement. This effectively suppresses the electron injection between gate electrode and charge trapping layer and leads to a substantial enhancement of NFGM characteristics.

Keywords

memorynanostructuresputtering
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1337: Symposium Q – New Functional Materials and Emerging Device Architectures for Nonvolatile Memories , 2011 , mrss11-1337-q06-03
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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