Self-assembly La-rich nanocrystals in metal-gate MIS structures for non-volatile memories

Pi Chun Juan; Jyh Liang Wang; Tsang Yen Hsieh; Cheng Li Lin; Chia Ming Yang; Der Chi Shye; Shu Chuan Liao

doi:10.1016/j.mee.2015.01.026

Self-assembly La-rich nanocrystals in metal-gate MIS structures for non-volatile memories

Pi Chun Juan^*
, Jyh Liang Wang
, Tsang Yen Hsieh
, Cheng Li Lin
, Chia Ming Yang
, Der Chi Shye
, Shu Chuan Liao

^*Corresponding author for this work

Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering

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TiN/ZrN/high-κ (ZrLaO)/Si (MIS) structures were fabricated. Localized La-rich oxide behaving like nanocrystal (NC) has been self-formed between ZrN cap and TiN gate metal after 850 °C annealing. The program speed of 1 μs was achieved with capacitance ratio >3. The large C-V memory window of 2 V was observed at swept voltage of ±4 V. TEM analysis shows two discrete regions (NC and metal cap), which leads to two levels of speed sensitive. The endurance properties show small degradation in flatband voltage shift after 10sup6/sup cycles. The relative dielectric constant is 11.1 and equivalent oxide thickness is 7.8 nm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-30
Number of pages	4
Journal	Microelectronic Engineering
Volume	138
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2015.01.026
State	Published - 20 04 2015

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Self-assembly La-rich nanocrystals in metal-gate MIS structures for non-volatile memories

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