DETERMINATION OF TRAPPED OXIDE CHARGE IN FLASH-TYPE EEPROMS WITH HEAVILY OXYNITRIDED TUNNEL OXIDE-FILMS

被引:6
作者
FUKUDA, H
HAYASHI, T
UCHIYAMA, A
IWABUCHI, T
机构
[1] Semiconductor Technology Laboratory, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Hachioji, Tokyo 193
关键词
MEMORIES; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES; SILICON; INSULATING MATERIALS AND INSULATORS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930631
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Flash-type EEPROMs with rapid thermal oxide (RTO) and rapid thermal oxynitrided oxide (RTONO) films are fabricated. The oxide trap density in the program and erase (P/E) cycles is determined by the shifts in I-V curves for the source-gate and drain-gate edges, respectively. The RTONO flash cell shows a drastically reduced trap density of less than 3 x 10(12)/cm2 after 10(4) P/E cycles. This value is one order smaller than that of the RTO flash cell. This smaller oxide trap density originates in the stable Si-N bond formation near the SiO2/Si interface, and results in lower threshold voltage shifts.
引用
收藏
页码:947 / 949
页数:3
相关论文
共 9 条
[1]  
CHANG C, 1987, IEEE IEDM, P616
[2]  
Endoh T., 1989, International Electron Devices Meeting 1989. Technical Digest (Cat. No.89CH2637-7), P599, DOI 10.1109/IEDM.1989.74352
[3]  
Fukuda H., 1992, International Electron Devices Meeting 1992. Technical Digest (Cat. No.92CH3211-0), P465, DOI 10.1109/IEDM.1992.307402
[4]   NOVEL SINGLE-STEP RAPID THERMAL OXYNITRIDATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FORMING HIGHLY RELIABLE ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY TUNNEL OXIDE-FILMS [J].
FUKUDA, H ;
YASUDA, M ;
IWABUCHI, T .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1993, 32 (1B) :447-451
[5]   NOVEL N2O-OXYNITRIDATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FORMING HIGHLY RELIABLE EEPROM TUNNEL OXIDE-FILMS [J].
FUKUDA, H ;
YASUDA, M ;
IWABUCHI, T ;
OHNO, S .
IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, 1991, 12 (11) :587-589
[6]   HEAVY OXYNITRIDATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FORMING HIGHLY RELIABLE FLASH-TYPE EEPROM TUNNEL OXIDE-FILMS [J].
FUKUDA, H ;
UCHIYAMA, A ;
KURAMOCHI, T ;
HAYASHI, T ;
IWABUCHI, T .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1992, 28 (19) :1781-1783
[7]  
FUKUDA H, 1992, IEEE T EDUC, V32, P127
[8]   DETERMINATION OF TRAPPED OXIDE CHARGE IN FLASH EPROMS AND MOSFETS WITH THIN OXIDES [J].
SAN, KT ;
MA, TP .
IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, 1992, 13 (08) :439-441
[9]  
1990, IEEE IRPS, P150