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Nitric Acid Oxidation of Si for the Tunneling Oxide Application on CoSi2 Nanocrystals Nonvolatile Memory
(2010-01-01)
Hu, Chih-Wei
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Chang, Ting-Chang
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Tu, Chun-Hao
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Chen, Yang-Dong
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Lin, Chao-Cheng
In this work, nitric acid oxidation was studied to fabricate the tunneling oxide of nanocrystal memory devices. SiO2 about 4 nm thick was formed through oxidizing the sputtered Si film by immersing in nitric acid solution (HNO3:H2O=1:10) for 60 s. After oxide formation, a rapid thermal annealing process set at 700 degrees C for 30 s was used to improve oxide quality. In addition, the formed SiO2 film was analyzed by X-ray photoelectron, capacitance-voltage, and current density-voltage measurements to study the process of the nitric acid oxidation. After the investigation of the nitric acid oxidized SiO2, a 6 nm thick cobalt silicide thin film was deposited and aggregated on the formed SiO2 layer as the charge-trapping layer. The cobalt silicide nanocrystal memory device showed an obvious memory effect and good reliability, which confirms that the nitric acid oxidation method has potential for memory application.
Improvement of resistance switching characteristics in a thin FeOx transition layer of TiN/SiO2/FeOx/FePt structure by rapid annealing
(2010-05-31)
Feng, Li-Wei
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Chang, Chun-Yen
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Chang, Yao-Feng
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Chang, Ting-Chang
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Wang, Shin-Yuan
In this paper, the influence of a 600 degrees C rapid thermal annealing for 60 s on the improvements of resistance switching behaviors in a TiN/SiO2/FeOx/FePt structure is reported. It is found that besides the distinct reduction in memory switching parameters in forming voltage, set/reset voltages, and their dispersions, the resistance ratio of high-resistance state to low-resistance state is also enlarged after annealing. The effects of annealing on improving the resistance switching properties are discussed by x-ray diffraction and x-ray photon-emission spectra depth profile results. Additionally, good retention characteristics are exhibited in the annealed TiN/SiO2/FeOx/FePt resistance switching memory. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3428777]
Improvement of Charge-Storage Characteristics of Mo Nanocrystal Memory by Double-Layer Structure
(2009)
Lin, Chao-Cheng
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Chang, Ting-Chang
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Tu, Chun-Hao
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Chen, Wei-Ren
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Feng, Li-Wen
An oxygen-incorporated Mo silicide layer was explored to form the Mo nanocrystals after rapid thermal annealing. Transmission electron microscopy showed the nanocrystals embedded in SiO(x). Charge-storage characteristics of Mo nanocrystals influenced by Mo oxide and its surrounding oxide were investigated through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electrical measurement. X-ray photoelectron spectral analyses revealed a redox reaction in the oxygen-incorporated Mo silicide layer after rapid thermal annealing at a critical temperature. The memory window and retention were improved because of the reduction of Mo oxide. Furthermore, the double-layer nanocrystal structure was fabricated through the annealed stacked oxygen incorporated Mo silicide layer. A larger memory window and long retention were found for the double-layer nanocrystal structure. We used an energy band diagram to explain the difference in retention characteristics between single- and double-layer structures.
Charge Storage Characteristics of Mo Nanocrystal Memory Influenced by Ammonia Plasma Treatment
(2009)
Lin, Chao-Cheng
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Chang, Ting-Chang
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Tu, Chun-Hao
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Chen, Wei-Ren
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Hu, Chih-Wei
Mo nanocrystal memory was fabricated through annealing the oxygen-incorporated Mo and Si layers. We then investigated the influence an of ammonia plasma treatment on the nonvolatile memory characteristics of a charge storage layer composed of Mo nanocrystal memory embedded in SiO(x). Transmission electron microscopy revealed the nanostructure of the charge storage layer, and X-ray photoelectron spectra analyses revealed that nitrogen was incorporated into the charge storage layer. Electric analyses indicated that the memory window reduced, and both retention and endurance improved after the treatment. The reduction in the memory window was attributed to the decrease in charge trapping centers in the surrounding oxide after the treatment. The improvement of retention was interpreted in terms of the nitrogen passivation of traps in the oxide around the Mo nanocrystals. The robust endurance characteristic was attributed to the improvement of the quality of the surrounding oxide by nitrogen passivation.
Improved reliability of Mo nanocrystal memory with ammonia plasma treatment
(2009-02-09)
Lin, Chao-Cheng
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Chang, Ting-Chang
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Tu, Chun-Hao
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Chen, Wei-Ren
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Hu, Chih-Wei
We investigated ammonia plasma treatment influence on the nonvolatile memory characteristics of the charge storage layer composed of Mo nanocrystals embedded in nonstoichiometry oxide (SiO(x)). X-ray photoelectron spectra analyses revealed that nitrogen was incorporated into the charge storage layer. Electric analyses indicated that the memory window was reduced and the retention and the endurance improved after the treatment. The reduction in the memory window and the improvement in retention were interpreted in terms of the nitrogen passivation of traps in the oxide around Mo nanocrystals. The robust endurance characteristic was attributed the improvement of the quality of the surrounding oxide by nitrogen passivation.

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