1/f noise analysis of a 75 nm twin-flash™ technology non-volatile memory cell

Publikation: Beitrag zu KonferenzenPaperBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • G. Krause - , Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) (Autor:in)
  • K. R. Hofmann - , Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) (Autor:in)
  • M. F. Beug - , Qimonda Dresden GmbH and Co. OHG (Autor:in)
  • T. Müller - , Qimonda Dresden GmbH and Co. OHG (Autor:in)
  • T. Mikolajick - , Qimonda Dresden GmbH and Co. OHG (Autor:in)

Abstract

Analyzing the electrical degradation of modern flash memory cells by conventional C-V or charge pumping techniques is hardly possible due to the extremely small gate area. However, l/f noise measurements can be done since low frequency 1/f noise in the range around 1 Hz produced by stress-generated oxide traps strongly increases in MOSFETs with shrinking area. Here we show that measurements of the noise power spectral density enable the investigation of the degradation of the devices caused by hot carrier stress during write/erase cycling. In particular, we demonstrate that the oxide trap generation of a multi-bit cell like the Twin-Flash™ cell is mainly located at the stressed bit region.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten12-15
Seitenumfang4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2006
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Konferenz

Titel7th Annual Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium, NVMTS 2006
Dauer5 - 8 November 2006
StadtSan Mateo, CA
LandUSA/Vereinigte Staaten

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-3814-0378/work/156338381

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Flicker noise, Hot carrier injection, Oxide degradation, Trapped charge storage devices, Twin-flash