• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.822-827
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• 2000

The Si-SiO$_2$interface trap and nitride bulk trap distribution of SONOSFET(polysilicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor) NVSM (nonvolatile semiconductor memory) cell is investigated by single junction charge pumping method. The device was fabricated by 0.35㎛ standard logic fabrication process including the ONO stack dielectrics. The thickness of ONO dielectricis are 24$\AA$ for tunnel oxide, 74 $\AA$ for nitride and 25 $\AA$ for blocking oxide, respectively. By the use of single junction charge pumping method, the lateral profiles of both interface and memory traps can be calculated directly from experimental charge pumping results without complex numerical simulation. The interface traps were almost uniformly distributed over the whole channel region and its maximum value was 7.97$\times$10$\^$10/㎠. The memory traps were uniformly distributed in the nitride layer and its maximum value was 1.04$\times$10$\^$19/㎤. The degradation characteristics of SONOSFET with write/erase cycling also were investigated.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.53-53
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• 2009

Charge trap flash memory devices with modified tunneling barriers were fabricated using the tunneling barrier engineering technique. Variable oxide thickness (VARIOT) barrier and CRESTED barrier consisting of thin $SiO_2$ and $Si_3N_4$ dielectric layers were used as engineered tunneling barriers. The VARIOT type tunneling barrier composed of oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) layers revealed reliable electrical characteristics; long retention time and superior endurance. On the other hand, the CRESTED tunneling barrier composed of nitride-oxide-nitride (NON) layers showed degraded retention and endurance characteristics. It is found that the degradation of NON barrier is associated with the increase of interface state density at tunneling barrier/silicon channel by programming and erasing (P/E) stress.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.453-456
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• 1999

The Si-SiO$_2$interface trap and nitride bulk trap distribution of SONOSFET(polysilicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor)NVSM(nonvolatile semiconductor memory) cell were investigated by single charge pumping method. The used device was fabricated by 0.35 7m standard logic fabrication including the ONO cell process. This ONO dielectric thickness is tunnel oxide 24 $\AA$, nitride 74 $\AA$, blocking oxide 25 $\AA$, respectively. Keeping the pulse base level in accumulation and pulsing the surface into inversion with increasing amplitudes, the charge pumping current flow from the single junction. Using the obtained I$_{cp}$-V$_{h}$ curve, the local V$_{t}$ distribution, doping concentration, lateral interface trap distribution and lateral memory trap distribution were extracted. The maximum N$_{it}$($\chi$) of 1.62$\times$10$^{19}$ /cm$^2$were determined.mined.d.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제36D권10호
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• pp.9-16
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• 1999

Flash EEPROM 셀에서 기존의 ONO 구조의 IPD를 사용하면 peripheral MOSFET의 게이트 산화막을 성장할 때에 사용되는 세정 공정을 인하여 ONO 막의 상층 산화막이 식각되어 전하 보존 특성이 크게 열화되었으나 IPD 공정에 ONON 막을 사용하면 그 세정 공정시에 상층 질화막이 상층 산호막이 식각되는 것을 방지시켜 줌으로 전하보존 특성이 크게 개선되었다. ONON IPD 막을 갖고 있는 Flash EEPROM 셀의 전화 보존 특성의 모델링을 위하여 여기서는 굽는(bake) 동안의 전하 손실로 인한 문턱전압 감소의 실험식으로 ${\Delta}V_t\; = \;{\beta}t^me^{-ea/kT}$을 사용하였으며, 측정 결과 ${\beta}$=184.7, m=0.224, Ea=0.31 eV의 값을 얻었다. 이러한 0.31 eV의 활성화 에너지 값은 굽기로 인한 문턱전압의 감소가 층간 질화막 내에서의 트립된 전자들의 이동에 의한 것임을 암시하고 있다. 한편, 그 모델을 사용한 전사 모사의 결과는 굽기의 thermal budget이 낮은 경우에 실험치와 잘 일치하였으나, 반면에 높은 경우에는 측정치가 전사 모사의 결과보다 훨씬 더 크게 나타났다. 이는 thermal budge가 높은 경우에는 프로그램시에 층간 질화막 내에 트립되어 누설전류의 흐름을 차단해 주었던 전자들이 빠져나감으로 인하여 터널링에 의한 누설전류가 발생하였기 때문으로 보여졌다. 이러한 누설전류의 발생을 차단하기 위해서는 ONON 막 중에서 층간 질화막의 두께는 가능한 얇게 하고 상층 산화막의 두께는 가능한 두껍게 하는 것이 요구된다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1998년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.9-12
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• 1998

Film characteristics of thin reoxidized nitrided oxides were investigated by SIMS analysis and C-V method in order to use the gate dielectric for charge-trap type NVSMs instead of ONO stacked layers. Nitric oxide(NO) annealed film has the nitrogen content sharply peaked at the Si-SiO$_2$ interface, while it is broad for nitrous oxide($N_2$O) ambient. The nitrogen peak concentration increased with anneal temperature and time. The position of nitrogen content in the oxide layer was due to be precisely controlled. For the films annealed NO ambient at 80$0^{\circ}C$ for 30min. followed by reoxidized at 85$0^{\circ}C$, the maximum memory window of 3.5V was obtained and the program condition was +12V, 1msec for write and -l3V, 1msec for erase.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.360-367
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• 1994

Si2H6PH3 혼합기체를 사용하여 증착된 in-situ P-doped 비정질 실리콘과 SiH4 기체를사용하여 증착한후에 As+ 이온주입에 의해 도핑시킨 다결정 실리콘 박막을 하부 전극으로 하는 캐패시터를 형성 하였다. 여기서 유전박막층은 자연산화막 화학증착된 실리콘질화막 및 질화막의 산화에 의해 형성된 O-N-O 구조를 갖는 것이었다. 두 종류의 하부전극에 따른 캐패시터의 전기적 특서을 조사하였다. 전기 적 특성으로는 정전용량, 누설전류, 절연파괴전압 및 TDDB 등이었다. 이 가운데 정전용량, 누설전류 및 절연파괴전압은 하부전극에 따라 큰 차이를 보이지않았다. 그러나 음의 전장하에서의 TDDB 특성은 in-situ P-doped 비정실 실리콘이 하부전극인 캐패시터가 As+ 이온 주입실리콘이 하부전극인 것에 비해 더우수하였다. 이와 같은 TDDB 특성의 차이는 하부전극 실리콘의 integrity 차이로 인한 자연산화막의 결함 정도의 차이에 기인하는 것 같다. 이를 뒷받침하는 것으로 투과전자현미경 단면사진으로 확인하였 다. Shallow junction을 유지하는데도 in-situ P-doped 비정실 실리콘은 만족할 만한 결과를 보이며 박 막자체의 면저항값도 낮출 수 있어 초고집적 회로의 캐패시터 전극으로서 이용될 수 있는 것으로 평가 되었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.751-754
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• 2000

When charge-trap SONOS cells are used flash memory, the tunneling program/erase condition to minimize the generation of interface traps was investigated. SONOSFET NVSM cells were fabricated using 0.35$\mu\textrm{m}$ standard memory cell embedded logic process including the ONO cell process. based on retrograde twin-well, single-poly, single metal CMOS process. The thickness of ONO triple-dielectric for memory cell is tunnel oxide of 24${\AA}$, nitride of 74 ${\AA}$, blocking oxide of 25 ${\AA}$, respectively. The program mode(Vg: 7,8,9 V, Vs/Vd: -3 V, Vb: floating) and the erase mode(Vg: -4,-5,-6 V, Vs/Vd: floating, Vb: 3V) by modified Fowler-Nordheim(MFN) tunneling were used. The proposed programming condition for the flash memory of SONOSFET NVSM cells showed less degradation($\Delta$Vth, S, Gm) characteristics than channel MFN tunneling operation. Also the program inhibit conditions of unselected cell for separated source lines NOR-tyupe flash memory application were investigated. we demonstrated that the program disturb phenomenon did not occur at source/drain voltage of 1 V∼4 V and gate voltage of 0 V∼4.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.37-40
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• 1999

For the first time, charge trapping nonvolatile semiconductor memories with the deoxidized oxynitride gate dielectric is proposed and demonstrated. Gate dielectric wit thickness of less than 1 nm have been grown by postnitridation of pregrown thermal silicon oxides in NO ambient and then reoxidation. The nitrogen distribution and chemical state due to NO anneal/reoxidation were investigated by M-SIMS, TOF-SIMS, AES depth profiles. When the NO anneal oxynitride film was reoxidized on the nitride film, the nitrogen at initial oxide interface not only moved toward initial oxide interface, but also diffused through the newly formed tunnel oxide by exchange for oxygen. The results of reoxidized oxynitride(ONO) film analysis exhibits that it is made up of SiO$_2$(blocking oxide)/N-rich SiON interface/Si-rich SiON(nitrogen diffused tunnel oxide)/Si substrate. In addition, the SiON and the S1$_2$NO Phase is distributed mainly near the tunnel oxide, and SiN phase is distributed mainly at tunnel oxide/Si substrate interface.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2000

The SNOSFET memory devices with ultrathin ONO(tunnel oxide-nitride-blocking oxide) gate dielectric were fabricated using n-well CMOS process and investigated its characteristics. The thicknesses of tunnel oxide, nitride and blocking oxide were $23{\AA},\; 53{\AA}\; and\; 33{\AA}$, respectively. Auger analysis shows that the ONO layer is made up of $SiO_2(upper layer of blocking oxide)/O-rich\; SiO_x\N\_y$. It clearly shows that the converting layer with $SiO_x\N\_y(lower layer of blocking oxide)/N-rich SiO_x\N\_y(nitride)/O-rich SiO_x\N\_y(tunnel oxide)$. It clearly shows that the converting layer with $SiO_x\N\_y$ phase exists near the interface between the blocking oxide and nitride. The programming condition of +8 V, 20 ms, -8 V, 50 ms is determined and data retention over 10 years is obtained. Under the condition of 8 V programming, it was confirmed that the modified Fowler-Nordheim tunneling id dominant charge transport mechanism. The programmed threshold voltage is distributed less than 0.1 V so that the reading error of memory stated can be minimized. An $8\times8$ NAND type flash EEPROM with SONOSFET memory cell was designed and simulated with the extracted SPICE parameters. The sufficient read cell current was obtained and the upper limit of $V_{TH}$ for write state was over 2V.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 1998

The composite SiO$_2$/Si$_3$N$_4$/SiO$_2$(ONO) film formed by oxidation on nitride film has been widely studied as DRAM stacked capacitor multi-dielectric films. Load lock(L/L) LPCVD system by HF cleaning is used to improve electrical capacitance and to scale down of effective thickness for memory device, but is brings a new problem. Nitride film deposited using HF cleaning shows selective deposition on poly silicon and oxide regions of capacitor. This problem is avoidable by carpeting chemical oxide using $H_2O$$_2$cleaning before nitride deposition. In this paper, we study the limit of nitride thickness for abnormal oxidation and the initial deposition time for nitride deposition dependent on underlayer materials. We proposed an advanced fabrication process for stacked capacitor in order to avoid selective deposition problem and show the usefulness of nitride deposition using L/L LPCVD system by $H_2O$$_2$cleaning. The natural oxide thickness on polysilicon monitor after HF and $H_2O$$_2$cleaning are measured 3~4$\AA$, respectively. Two substrate materials have the different initial nitride deposition times. The initial deposition time for polysilicon is nearly zero, but initial deposition time for oxide is about 60seconds. However the deposition rate is constant after initial deposition time. The limit of nitride thickness for abnormal oxidation under the HF and $H_2O$$_2$cleaning method are 60$\AA$, 48$\AA$, respectively. The results obtained in this study are useful for developing ultra thin nitride fabrication of ONO scaling and for avoiding abnormal oxidation in stacked capacitor application.