Highly reliable polysilicon oxide grown by electron cyclotron resonance nitrous oxide plasma

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作者
Lee, NI [1 ]
Lee, JW [1 ]
Hur, SH [1 ]
Kim, HS [1 ]
Han, CH [1 ]
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[1] KOREA ADV INST SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT ELECT ENGN,YUSONG GU,TAEJON 305701,SOUTH KOREA
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10.1109/55.624924
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Highly reliable inter-polysilicon oxide (polyoxide) for nonvolatile memory applications has been achieved using electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) N2O-plasma, It is demonstrated that the N2O-plasma polyoxide grown on doped poly-Si has a low leakage current and high breakdown field due to a smooth polyoxide/poly-Si interface and nitrogen incorporation during oxidation, Moreover, the polyoxide has much less electron trapping and over one order larger charge-to-breakdown (Q(bd)) up to 10 C/cm(2) than thermal polyoxide. The N2O-plasma polyoxide can be a good choice for interpoly dielectric of nonvolatile memories.
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