Acta Physica Sinica, Volume. 68, Issue 3, 038501-1(2019)

Total ionizing dose effects of γ and X-rays on 55 nm silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon single flash memory cell

Yang Cao1, Kai Xi2, Yan-Nan Xu1,2, Mei Li2, Bo Li2, Jin-Shun Bi1,2、*, and Ming Liu2
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  • 1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 2Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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    (a) Diagram of SONOS structure; (b) 2 × 2 bit flash cells mini-array and the TEM cross-section.(a) SONOS结构示意图; (b) 2 × 2位的闪存单元微阵列及其TEM横截面
    I-V characteristics of the programmed and erased single SONOS flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 60Co-γ rays.60Co-γ射线总剂量辐照后, 编程态和擦除态的SONOS闪存单元的I-V特性变化规律
    (a) Threshold voltage and normalized memory window, and (b) stand-by current of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 60Co-γ rays.编程态和擦除态闪存单元的(a)阈值电压和归一化的存储窗口, 以及(b)静态电流随60Co-γ射线总剂量辐照的变化规律
    I-V characteristics of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 10 keV X-rays.辐射源为10 keV X射线下编程态和擦除态闪存单元的I-V特性变化规律
    (a) Threshold voltage and normalized memory window, and (b) stand-by current of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 10 keV X-rays.编程态和擦除态闪存单元的(a)阈值电压和归一化的存储窗口, 以及(b)静态电流随10 keV X射线总剂量辐照的变化规律
    Diagram of MT’s SONOS structure constructed in Sentaurus TCAD tool, with main physical parameters derived from the cross-section TEM information in Fig. 1.在Sentaurus TCAD中构建MT的SONOS结构, 其主要物理参数来自于图1中的TEM截面信息
    Energy band diagram of programmed SONOS device based on Fig. 6, which illustrates sub-physical processes of total ionizing dose effect.基于图6获得编程态SONOS器件能带图, 并标示出其电离总剂量效应的子物理过程
    Sub-threshold slopes of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 10 keV X-rays.辐射源为10 keV X射线下编程态和擦除态闪存单元的亚阈值斜率变化规律
    (a) MT top view with the leakage paths at the channel edges; (b) cross-section of MT along line A–A' indicates that MT can be considered as a main transistor in parallel with two parasitic transistors. The formation of the inverse layer along the isolated oxide leads to the generation of parasitic currents.(a)闪存单元中MT的布局简图和沟道边缘的漏电路径; (b)沿虚线A—A', MT可等效成一个主晶体管与两个寄生晶体管的并联, MT靠近隔离氧化物处反型层的形成导致寄生电流产生
    MT device model established by Geant 4 tool.Geant 4中建立的MT器件模型
    Dose enhancement effect of X-rays on high-Z materials, simulated by Geant 4 tool.Geant 4工具模拟高Z材料与X射线剂量增强效应的关系
    • Table 1. Operation conditions of the SONOS single flash cell.

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      Table 1. Operation conditions of the SONOS single flash cell.

      操作VWLS/Vg/V VWL/V VBL/Vd/V VSL/V 脉冲宽度/ms
      PGM9.50001.5
      ERS−9.50002.5
      READ−3—32.50.60
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    Yang Cao, Kai Xi, Yan-Nan Xu, Mei Li, Bo Li, Jin-Shun Bi, Ming Liu. Total ionizing dose effects of γ and X-rays on 55 nm silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon single flash memory cell [J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2019, 68(3): 038501-1

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    Received: Sep. 5, 2018

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    Published Online: Oct. 28, 2019

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    DOI:10.7498/aps.68.20181661

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