论文信息 - Impact of programming charge distribution on threshold voltage and subthreshold slope of NROM memory cells

Impact of programming charge distribution on threshold voltage and subthreshold slope of NROM memory cells

The aim of this paper is to achieve a correct description of the programming charge distribution in NROM memory devices. This is essential to prove device functionality and to extrapolate scaling limits of devices. For this purpose we employ an inverse modeling based methodology using measurements easily performed, such as subthreshold characteristics and threshold voltage measurements. We show a simple model of programming charge distribution that can be easily implemented in two-dimensional (2-D) TCAD simulations. Results show good agreement between measured and simulated currents under different bias conditions and for different programming levels.

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