Paper Info
Title
Simulation Study On Dependence Of Channel Potential Self-Boosting On Device Scale And Doping Concentration In 2-D And 3-D Nand-Type Flash Memory Devices
Abstract
In performing the program operation of the NAND-type flash memory array, the program-inhibited cell is applied by a positive voltage at the gate, i.e., word-line (WL) on the floating channel while the program cell is applied by program voltage as the two ends, drain select line (DSL) and source select line (SSL), are turned on with grounded bit-line (BL). In this manner, the self-boosting of silicon channel to avoid unwanted program operation is made possible. As the flash memory device is aggressively scaled down and the channel doping concentration is increased accordingly, the coupling phenomena among WL, floating gate (FG)/storage node, and silicon channel, which are crucial factors in the self-boosting scheme, should be investigated more thoroughly. In this work, the dependences of self-boosting of channel potential on channel length and doping concentration in the 2-D conventional planar and 3-D FinFET NAND-type flash memory devices based on bulk-silicon are investigated by both 2-D and 3-D numerical device simulations. Since there hardly exists realistic ways of measuring the channel potential by physical probing. the series of simulation works are believed to offer practical insights in the variation of channel potential inside a flash memory device.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1587/transele.E93.C.596
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
NAND, flash memory, program inhibition, self-boosting, FinFET, device simulation
Coupling,Flash memory,Digital subscriber line,Voltage,Communication channel,NAND gate,Electronic engineering,Planar,Engineering,Charge trap flash
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
E93C
5
1745-1353
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Seongjae Cho167.70
Jung Hoon Lee226329.59
Yoon Kim301.69
Jang-gn Yun432.28
Hyungcheol Shin5268.64
Byung-Gook Park6714.38