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Impact of SiN Composition Variation on SANOS Memory Performance and Reliability Under (FN/FN) Operation

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Title Impact of SiN Composition Variation on SANOS Memory Performance and Reliability Under (FN/FN) Operation
 
Creator SANDHYA, C
OAK, AB
CHATTAR, N
JOSHI, AS
GANGULY, U
OLSEN, C
SEUTTER, SM
DATE, L
HUNG, R
VASI, J
MAHAPATRA, S
 
Subject nand flash
silicon-nitride
sonos
devices
retention
temperature
transistors
technology
conduction
barriers
charge trap flash (ctf)
program/erase (p/e) window
retention
sanos
silicon nitride (sin)
sonos
 
Description Despite significant advances in structure and material optimization, poor erase (E) speeds and high retention charge loss remain the challenging issues for charge trap Flash (CTF) memories. In this paper, the dependence of SANOS memory performance and reliability on the composition of silicon nitride (SiN) layer is extensively studied. The effect of varying the Si:N ratio on program (P)/E and retention characteristics is investigated. SiN composition is shown to significantly alter the electron and hole trap properties. Varying the SiN composition from N-rich (N(+)) to Si-rich (Si(+)) lowers electron trap depth but increases hole trap depth, causing lower P state saturation but significant over-erase, resulting in an enhanced memory window. During retention, P state charge loss depends on thermal emission followed by the tunneling out of electrons mostly through tunnel dielectric, which becomes worse for Si(+) SiN. Erase state charge loss mainly depends on hole redistribution under the influence of internal electric fields, which improves with Si(+) SiN. This paper identifies several important performances versus reliability tradeoffs to be considered during the optimization of SiN layer composition. It also explores the option for CTF optimization through the engineering of SiN stoichiometry for multilevel cell NAND Flash applications.
 
Publisher IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
 
Date 2011-08-01T05:14:44Z
2011-12-26T12:53:16Z
2011-12-27T05:40:32Z
2011-08-01T05:14:44Z
2011-12-26T12:53:16Z
2011-12-27T05:40:32Z
2009
 
Type Article
 
Identifier IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 56(12), 3123-3132
0018-9383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2009.2033313
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/8350
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/8350
 
Language en