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Analysis of flash memory characteristics as storage medium of mobile equipments (휴대단말기 저장매체인 플래시 메모리 특성 분석)

  • Jung, Bo-Sung;Lee, Jung-Hoon
    • Journal of The Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.115-120
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    • 2011
  • Recently flash memory is widely used in various mobile devices as storage medium. Nonvolatile memory can be divided into two categories: NAND- and NOR-type flash memory. NOR flash memory is mainly used to store instruction codes for operation; while NAND for data storage. However, NAND does show more economical benefits, that is, it is approximately 30~40% cheaper than NOR flash. Therefore it can be useful to improve NAND flash performance by replacing NOR flash with NAND flash combining with various buffer systems.

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Memory Circuit of Nonvolatile Single Transistor Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistor (비휘발성 단일트랜지스터 강유전체 메모리 회로)

  • 양일석;유병곤;유인규;이원재
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.11b
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    • pp.55-58
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    • 2000
  • This paper describes a single transistor type ferroelectric field effect transistor (1T FeFET) memory celt scheme which can select one unit memory cell and program/read it. To solve the selection problem of 1T FeEET memory cell array, the row direction common well is electrically isolated from different adjacent row direction column. So, we can control voltage of common well line. By applying bias voltage to Gate and Well, respectively, we can implant IT FeEET memory cell scheme which no interface problem and can bit operation. The results of HSPICE simulations showed the successful operations of the proposed cell scheme.

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Electrical and Structural Properties of $LiNbO_3/Si$ Structure by RF Sputtering Method (RF 스퍼터링법을 이용한 $LiNbO_3/Si$구조의 전기적 및 구조적 특성)

  • Lee, Sang-Woo;Kim, Kwang-Ho;Lee, Won-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.106-110
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    • 1998
  • The $LiNbO_3$ thin films were prepared directly on Si(100) substrates by conventional RF magnetron spurttering system for nonvolatile memory applications. RTA(Rapid Thermal Annealing) treatment was performed for as-deposited films in an oxygen atmosphere at 600 $^{\circ}C$ for 60 s. The rapid thermal annealed films were changed to poly-crystalline ferroelectric nature from amorphous of as-deposition. The resistivity of the ferroelectric $LiNbO_3$ film was increased from a typical value of $1{\sim}2{\times}10^8{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ before the annealing to about $1{\times}10^{13}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ at 500 kV/cm and reduced the interface state density of the $LiNbO_3/Si$ (100) interface to about $1{\times}10^{11}/cm^2{\cdot}eV$. Ferroelectric hysteresis measurements using a Sawyer-Tower circuit yielded remanent polarization ($P_r$) and coercive field ($E_c$) values of about 1.2 ${\mu}C/cm^2$ and 120 kV/cm, respectively.

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Electrical and Structural Properties of Ferroelectric $LiNbO_3$ Thin films for Nonvolatile Memory applications (비휘발 메모리소자응용을 위한 강유전체 $LiNbO_3$ 박막의 전기적 구조적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 최유신;정세민;김도영;이준신
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.235-238
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    • 1998
  • Ferroelectric $LiNbO_3$ thin films were grown directly on Si(100) substrates by 13.55MHz RF magnetron sputtering system using a ceramic target ($Nb_2O_5/Li_2C0_3$ = 51.4/48.6). Because high temperature process have to avoided to prevent degradation of the interface (insulator/Si), $LiNbO_3$ thin films were deposited below $300^{\circ}C$. After as-deposited films were performed RTA treatments in an oxygen ambient at $600^{\circ}C$ for 60s, electrical measurements performed films before and after anneal treatment. In high field region, the leakage current density of the films after annealing was deceased about 4order and the resistivity of these was increased to about 5\times 10^{11} \Omega \cdot cm$ at 500kV/cm. In accumulation region of C-V curve, we calculated dielectric constant of thin film $LiNbO_3$ as 27.9 which is close to that of bulk value.

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Retention and Fatigue Properties of MFS Devices using Ferroelectric $LiMbO_3$ Thin Films ($LiMbO_3$ 강유전체 박막을 이용한 MFS 디바이스의 Retention 및 Fatigue 특성)

  • 정순원;김채규;김용성;김진규;이남열;김광호;유병곤;이원재
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.17-20
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    • 1999
  • The retention and fatigue properties of ferroelectric LiNbO$_3$ thin films were studied. Metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor(MFS) devices by using rapid thermal annealed LiNbO$_3$/Si structures were successfully fabricated and demonstrated nonvolatile memory operations of the MFS devices. The I$_{D}$-V$_{G}$ characteristics of MFSFET\`s showed a hysteresis loop due to the ferroelectric nature of the LiNbO$_3$ thin film. The ferroelectric capacitors showed practically no polarization degradation up to about 10$^{10}$ switching cycles when subjected to symmetric bipolar voltage pulse (peak-to-peak 6V, 50% duty cycle) in the 500kHz. The retention properties of the LiNbO$_3$ thin films were quite good up to about 10$^{3}$ s . s .

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Analysis on the Characteristics of NVM Device using ELA on Glass Substrate (ELA 기판을 사용한 NVM 소자의 전기적 특성 분석)

  • Oh, Chang-Gun;Lee, Jeoung-In;Yi, J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.149-150
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    • 2007
  • ONO(Oxide-Nitride-Oxide)구조는 기억소자의 전하보유 능력을 향상시키기 위해 도입된 게이트 절연막이다. 본 연구에서는 ELA(Excimer Laser Annealing)방법으로 비정질 실리콘을 결정화 시켜서 그 위에 NVM(Nonvolatile Memory)소자를 만들어 전기적 특성을 측정하여 결과를 나타내었다. 실험 결과 같은 크기의 $V_D$에서 $V_G$를 조절함으로써 $I_D$의 크기를 조절할 수 있었다. $V_G-I_D$ Graph에서는 $I_{on}$$I_{off}$, 그리고 Threshold Voltage를 알 수 있었다. $I_{on}/I_{off}$ Ratio는 $10^3-10^4$이다. $V_G-I_D$ Graph에서는 게이트에 인가하는 Bias의 양을 통해서 Threshold Voltage의 크기를 조절할 수 있었다. 이는 Trap되는 Charge의 양을 임의로 조절할 수 있다는 것을 의미하며, 이러한 Programming과 Erasing의 특성을 이용하여 기억소자로서의 역할을 수행하게 된다.

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Si-Containing Nanostructures for Energy-Storage, Sub-10 nm Lithography, and Nonvolatile Memory Applications

  • Jeong, Yeon-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.08a
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    • pp.108-109
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    • 2012
  • This talk will begin with the demonstration of facile synthesis of silicon nanostructures using the magnesiothermic reduction on silica nanostructures prepared via self-assembly, which will be followed by the characterization results of their performance for energy storage. This talk will also report the fabrication and characterization of highly porous, stretchable, and conductive polymer nanocomposites embedded with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for application in flexible lithium-ion batteries. It will be presented that the porous CNT-embedded PDMS nanocomposites are capable of good electrochemical performance with mechanical flexibility, suggesting these nanocomposites could be outstanding anode candidates for use in flexible lithium-ion batteries. Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) can generate uniform and periodic patterns within guiding templates, and has been one of the promising nanofabrication methodologies for resolving the resolution limit of optical lithography. BCP self-assembly processing is scalable and of low cost, and is well-suited for integration with existing semiconductor manufacturing techniques. This talk will introduce recent research results (of my research group) on the self-assembly of Si-containing block copolymers for the achievement of sub-10 nm resolution, fast pattern generation, transfer-printing capability onto nonplanar substrates, and device applications for nonvolatile memories. An extraordinarily facile nanofabrication approach that enables sub-10 nm resolutions through the synergic combination of nanotransfer printing (nTP) and DSA of block copolymers is also introduced. This simple printing method can be applied on oxides, metals, polymers, and non-planar substrates without pretreatments. This talk will also report the direct formation of ordered memristor nanostructures on metal and graphene electrodes by the self-assembly of Si-containing BCPs. This approach offers a practical pathway to fabricate high-density resistive memory devices without using high-cost lithography and pattern-transfer processes. Finally, this talk will present a novel approach that can relieve the power consumption issue of phase-change memories by incorporating a thin $SiO_x$ layer formed by BCP self-assembly, which locally blocks the contact between a heater electrode and a phase-change material and reduces the phase-change volume. The writing current decreases by 5 times (corresponding to a power reduction of 1/20) as the occupying area fraction of $SiO_x$ nanostructures varies.

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