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Oxide-nitride-oxide Dielectric Stacks with Embedded Si-nanoparticles Fabricated by Low-energy Ion-beam-synthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Vassilis Ioannou-Sougleridis ,
Panagiotis Dimitrakis ,
Vassilios Em. Vamvakas ,
Pascal Normand ,
Caroline Bonafos ,
Sylvie Schamm  and
Gerard Ben Assayag
Vassilis Ioannou-Sougleridis
Affiliation:
v.ioannou@imel.demokritos.gr, National Center for Scientific Research 'Demokritos', Institute of Microelectronics, Patriarchou Gregoriou Street, P.O. Box 60228, Aghia Paraskevi, Attika, 153-10, Greece, ++30-210-650-3112
Panagiotis Dimitrakis
Affiliation:
pdimit@imel.demokritos.gr, NCSR 'Demokritos', Institute of Microelectronics, Patriarchou Gregoriou Street, P.O. Box 60228, Aghia Paraskevi, Attika, 153-10, Greece
Vassilios Em. Vamvakas
Affiliation:
v.vamvakas@imel.demokritos.gr, NCSR 'Demokritos', Institute of Microelectronics, Patriarchou Gregoriou Street, P.O. Box 60228, Aghia Paraskevi, Attika, 153-10, Greece
Pascal Normand
Affiliation:
P.Normand@imel.demokritos.gr, NCSR 'Demokritos', Institute of Microelectronics, Patriarchou Gregoriou Street, P.O. Box 60228, Aghia Paraskevi, Attika, 153-10, Greece
Caroline Bonafos
Affiliation:
bonafos@cemes.fr, CNRS, CEMES, 29 rue J. Marvig, Toulouse, 31055 Toulouse, France
Sylvie Schamm
Affiliation:
schamm@cemes.fr, CNRS, CEMES, 29 rue J. Marvig, Toulouse, 31055 Toulouse, France
Gerard Ben Assayag
Affiliation:
benassay@cemes.fr, CNRS, CEMES, 29 rue J. Marvig, Toulouse, 31055 Toulouse, France
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Abstract

This work reports on the formation of Si-nanocrystals within silicon nitride layers by low-energy Si ion implantation. Electrical characterization of oxide/Si-nanocrystal-nitride/oxide dielectric stacks demonstrates regions of negative differential resistance at low-fields. In addition, the memory characteristics in terms of charge trapping, write/erase response and retention properties of the dielectric stacks were recorded. The results indicate the large potential of the low-energy ion beam synthesis method in nitride memory technology.

Keywords

ion-implantationmemorynitride
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 997: Symposium I – Materials and Processes for Nonvolatile Memories II , 2007 , 0997-I03-10
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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