• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.14-18
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• 2019

The conductivity of a semiconductor is primarily determined by the carriers. To achieve higher conductivity, the number of carriers should be high, and an energy trap level is created so that the carriers can cross the forbidden zone with low energy. Carriers have a crystalline binding structure, and interfacial mismatching tends to make them less conductive. In general, high-concentration doping is typically used to increase mobility. However, higher conductivity is also observed in non-orthogonal conjugation structures. In this study, the phenomena of higher conductivity and higher mobility were observed with space charge limiting current due to tunneling phenomena, which are different from trapping phenomena. In an atypical structure, the number of carriers is low, the resistance is high, and the on/off characteristics of capacitances are improved, thus increasing the mobility. ZTO thin film improved the on/off characteristics of capacitances after heat treating at $150^{\circ}C$. In charging and discharging tests, there was a time difference in the charge and discharging shapes, there was no distinction between n and p type, and the bonding structure was amorphous, such as in the depletion layer. The amorphous bonding structure can be seen as a potential barrier, which is also a source of space charge limiting current and causes conduction as a result of tunneling. Thus, increased mobility was observed in the non-structured configuration, and the conductivity increased despite the reduction of carriers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.194-194
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• 2010

Charge trap flash (CTF) 구조를 가진 플래시 메모리 소자는 기존의 플래시 메모리 소자에 비해 쓰고 지우는 속도가 빠르고, 데이터의 저장 기간이 길며, 쓰고 지우는 동작에 의한 전계 스트레스에 잘 견디는 장점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 장점에도 불구하고 CTF 플래시 메모리에서도 수십 나노 이하로 소자의 셀 사이즈가 감소함에 따라 단 채널 효과, 펀치스루 현상 및 셀 사이의 간섭현상이 발생함에 따라 이러한 문제들을 해결해야 한다. 인접한 셀 사이에 발생하는 간섭 현상에 대해선 플로팅 게이트를 사용한 플래시 메모리 소자에 대하여 많은 연구가 진행되었으나, CTF 플래시 메모리 소자에서 나타나는 셀 사이의 간섭현상에 대한 연구는 만히 진행되어 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 CTF 플래시 메모리 소자의 셀 사이의 간격이 작아짐에 따라 발생하는 인접한 셀 간의 간섭 현상에 대해 관찰하였다. CTF 플래시 메모리 소자의 셀 사이의 간격에 따른 비교를 위하여 각 소자의 셀을 구성하는 터널링 산화막, 질화막 및 블로킹 산화막의 두께를 동일하게 하였다. 각 셀 사이의 간격이 감소함에 따라 발생하는 소자의 전기적 특성을 TCAD 시뮬레이션 툴인 Sentaurus를 사용하여 계산하였다. 인접한 셀의 상태에 따라 발생하는 간섭 효과를 확인하기 위해 word line (WL)과 bit line (BL) 방향에 있는 주변 셀의 프로그램 상태에 따른 선택한 셀의 문턱전압이 변화 정도를 관찰하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 셀 사이의 간섭효과가 WL 방향에 의한 간섭 현상보다 BL 방향에 의한 간섭 현상보다 크다. 시뮬레이션한 전류-전압 특성 결과는 CTF 플래시 메모리 소자가 비례 축소할 때 인접하는 셀 사이에 간격이 15 nm 이하로 줄어들 경우에 간섭 현상이 급격히 증가하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.185-185
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• 2013

반도체 트랜지스터의 집적화 기술이 발달하고 소자가 나노미터 크기로 집적화 됨에 따라 문턱 전압의 변동, 높은 누설 전류, 문턱전압 이하에서의 기울기의 열화와 같은 단 채널 효과가 문제되고 있다. 이러한 문제점들은 비 휘발성 플래시 메모리에서 메모리 윈도우의 감소에 따른 retention 특성을 저하시킨다. 이중 게이트 구조의 metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs)은 이러한 단 채널 효과 중에서도 특히 문턱 전압의 변동을 억제하기 위해 제안되었다. 이중 게이트 MOSFETs는 상부 게이트와 하부 게이트 사이의 capacitive coupling을 이용하여 문턱전압의 변동의 제어가 용이하다는 장점을 가진다.기존의 플래시 메모리는 쓰기 및 지우기 (P/E) 동작, 그리고 읽기 동작이 채널 상부의 컨트롤 게이트에 의하여 이루어지며, 메모리 윈도우 및 신뢰성은 플로팅 게이트의 전하량의 변화에 크게 의존한다. 이에 따라 메모리 윈도우의 크기가 결정되고, 높은 P/E 전압이 요구되며, 터널링 산화막에 인가되는 높은 전계에 의하여 retention에서의 메모리 윈도우의 감소와 산화막의 물리적 손상을 초래하기 때문에 신뢰성 및 수명을 열화시키는 원인이 된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는, 상부 게이트 산화막과 하부 게이트 산화막 사이의 capacitive coupling 효과에 의하여 하부 게이트로 읽기 동작을 수행하면 메모리 윈도우를 크게 증폭시킬 수 있고, 이에 따라 동작 전압을 감소시킬 수 있는 이중 게이트 구조의 플래시 메모리를 제작하였다. 그 결과, capacitive coupling 효과에 의하여 크게 증폭된 메모리 윈도우를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였고, 저전압 구동 및 신뢰성을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.445-447
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• 2016

Performance comparison between Tunneling Field-Effect Transistors (TFETs) was examined when three types of device parameter of double-gate TFET (DG-TFET) and single-gate TFET (SG-TFET) are varied. When the channel length is over 30 nm, silicon thickness is below 20 nm, and a gate insulator thickness decreases, the performance of $I_{on}$ and SS in SG-TFETs and DG-TFETs enhances. It shows that the performance of the DG-TFETs is improved than that of SG-TFETs at three types of device parameter.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.29A no.9
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• pp.56-64
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• 1992

Because of a small bandgap energy, a high doping density, and a low operating temperature, the dark current in HgCdTe photodiode is almost composed of a tunneling current. The tunneling current is devided into an indirect tunneling current via traps and a band-to-band direct tunneling current. The indirect tunneling current dominates the dark current for a relatively high temperature and a low reverse bias and forward bias. For a low temperature and a high reverse bias the direct tunneling current dominates. In this paper, to verify the tunneling currents in HgCdTe photodiode, the new tunneling-recombination equation via trap is introduced and tunneling-recombination current is calculated. The new tunneling-recombination equation via trap have the same form as SRH (Shockley-Read-Hall) generation-recombination equation and the tunneling effect is included in recombination times in this equation. Chakrabory and Biswas's equation being introduced, band to band direct tunneling current are calculated. By using these equations, HgCdTe (mole fraction, 0.29 and 0.222) photodiodes are analyzed. Then the temperature dependence of the tunneling-recombination current via trap and band to band direct tunneling current are shown and it can be known what is dominant current according to the applied bias at athe special temperature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.460-463
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• 2000

The current-voltage characteristics of the sandwich system at different annealing temperatures and different bias voltages have been studied. In order to prepare the Al/V$O_X$/Al sandwich devices structure, thin films of vanadium oxide(V$O_X$) was deposited by r.f. magnetron sputtering from $V_2$$O_5$ target in 10% gas mixture of argon and oxygen, and annealed during lhour at different temperatures in vacuum. Crystall structure, surface morphology, and thickness of films were characterized through XRD, SEM and I-V characteristics were measured by electrometer. The films prepared below 20$0^{\circ}C$ were amorphous, and those prepared above 300 $^{\circ}C$were polycrystalline. At low fields electron injected to conduction band of vanadium oxide and formed space charge, current was limited by trap. Conduction mechanism at mid fields due to Schottky emission, while at high fields it changed to Fowler-Nordheim tunneling effects.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.887-890
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• 2005

The double gate(DG) MOSFET is a promising candidate to further extend the CMOS scaling and provide better control of short channel effect(SCE). DGMOSFETs, having ultra thin updoped Si channel for SCEs control, are being validated for sub-20nm scaling, A channel effects such as the subthreshold swing(SS), and the threshold voltage roll-off(${\Delta}V_{th}$). The propsed model includes the effects of thermionic emission and quantum tunneling of carriers through the source-drain barrier. The proposed model is used to design contours for gate length, channel thickness, and gate oxide thickness.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.2892-2898
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• 2015

We propose a new Double-Independent-Gate Ambipolar Silicon-Nanowire Field Effect Transistor(DIG Ambi-SiNWFET). The proposed transistor has two types of gate such as polarity gate and control gate. The polarity gate determines the operation that the gate bias controls NMOSFET or PMOSFET. The voltage of control gate controls the current characteristic of the transistor. We investigated systematically work functions of the two gates and source/drain to operate ambipolar current-voltage characteristics using 2D device simulator. When the work functions of polarity gate, control gate and source/drain are 4.75eV, 4.5eV, and 4.8eV, respectively, it showed the obvious ambipolar characteristics.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.390-397
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• 2001

A novel self-aligned ESD (Elevated Source Drain) MOSFET structure which can effectively reduce the GIDL (Gate-Induced Drain Leakage) current is proposed and analyzed. The proposed ESD structure is characterized by sidewall spacer and recessed-channel depth which are determined by dry-etching process. Elevation of the Source/Drain extension region is realized so that the low-activation effect caused by low-energy ion implantation can be avoided. Unlike the conventional LDD structures, it is shown that the GIDL current of the ESD structure is suppressed without sacrificing the maximum driving capability. The main reason for the reduction of GIDL current Is the decreased electric field at the point of the maximum band-to-band tunneling as the peak electric field is shifted toward the drain side.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.229-234
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• 1999

We analyzed the reliability characteristics in platinum schottky diodes with variations of n-type silicon substrates concentrations and temperature variations of measurements. The parameters of reliability measurement analysis are saturation current. turn-on voltage and ideality factor in the forward bias, the breakdown voltage in the reverse bias with device shapes. The shape of devices are square type and long rectangular type for edge effect. As a result, we analyzed that the forward turn-on voltage, barrier height, dynamic resistance and reverse breakdown voltage were decreased but ideality factor and saturation current were increased by increased concentration in platinum and n-silicon junction parts. In measurement temperature(RT, $50^{\circ}C$, $75^{\circ}C$), the extracted electrical parameter values of reliability characteristics were increased at the higher temperature under the forward and reverse bias. The long rectangular type devices were more decreased than the square type in reverse breakdown voltage by tunneling effects of edge part.