TY - GEN
T1 - A new insight into the dynamic fluctuation mechanism of stress-induced leakage current
AU - Ishida, T.
AU - Tega, N.
AU - Mori, Y.
AU - Miki, H.
AU - Mine, T.
AU - Kume, H.
AU - Torii, K.
AU - Muraguchi, M.
AU - Takada, Y.
AU - Shiraishi, K.
AU - Yamada, R.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The dynamic fluctuation of stress-induced leakage current, called V-SILC, which is one of the causes of erratic bits in flash memory, was investigated. The effect of V-SILC on flash memory retention increases with the scaling down of device dimensions because the amplitude of V-SILC is constant and does not depend on the gate area. A statistical analysis of V-SILC indicated that V-SILC is random telegraph noise (RTN) of gate SILC and is associated with the state transition of a single defect in a gate oxide. The state transition of the defect is caused by an electron collision with the defect.
AB - The dynamic fluctuation of stress-induced leakage current, called V-SILC, which is one of the causes of erratic bits in flash memory, was investigated. The effect of V-SILC on flash memory retention increases with the scaling down of device dimensions because the amplitude of V-SILC is constant and does not depend on the gate area. A statistical analysis of V-SILC indicated that V-SILC is random telegraph noise (RTN) of gate SILC and is associated with the state transition of a single defect in a gate oxide. The state transition of the defect is caused by an electron collision with the defect.
KW - Dynamic fluctuation
KW - RTN
KW - Random telegraph noise
KW - SILC
KW - Stress-induced leakage current
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U2 - 10.1109/RELPHY.2008.4558953
DO - 10.1109/RELPHY.2008.4558953
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51549094797
SN - 9781424420506
T3 - IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings
SP - 604
EP - 609
BT - 46th Annual 2008 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings, IRPS
T2 - 46th Annual 2008 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium, IRPS
Y2 - 27 April 2008 through 1 May 2008
ER -