Author:
Yasuda Naoki,Fujii Shosuke,Fujiki Jun,Kusai Haruka
Abstract
Carrier trapping and reliability characteristics during the cycling operation of metal-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (MONOS) devices with a high-k blocking layer (Al2O3) have been studied by measuring the injected charge during programming and erasing (P/E). The evaluated charge centroid during P/E indicates that the traps near the SiN/Al2O3 interface are filled at high electric field, while bulk traps in the SiN layer are also available at low electric field. The degradation of MONOS devices in cycling operation is found to be strongly correlated with injected charge during erasing. It is indispensable to suppress hole injection, as well as lowering the electric field to improve endurance of MONOS devices. The discussion of this paper also extends to the structure of the charge trapping layer to improve both cycling endurance and retention simultaneously. Finally, we report that a high-k blocking layer has significant impact on data readout and programming characteristics through its transient dielectric properties.
Publisher
The Electrochemical Society
Cited by
10 articles.
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