Comparative study on the charge-trapping properties of TaAlO and ZrAlO high-k composites with designed band alignment

Autor: W. Lu, C. Y. Wei, K. Jiang, J. Q. Liu, J. X. Lu, P. Han, A. D. Li, Y. D. Xia, B. Xu, J. Yin, Z. G. Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 5, Iss 8, Pp 087158-087158-8 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/1.4929521
Popis: The charge-trapping memory (CTM) structures Pt/Al2O3/TaAlO/Al2O3/p-Si and Pt/Al2O3/ZrAlO/Al2O3/p-Si were fabricated by using rf-sputtering and atomic layer deposition techniques, in which the potentials at the bottom of the conduction band (PBCB) of high-k composites TaAlO and ZrAlO were specially designed. With a lower PBCB difference between TaAlO and p-Si than that between ZrAlO and p-Si, TaAlO CTM device shows a better charge-trapping performance. A density of trapped charges 2.88 × 1013/cm2 at an applied voltage of ±7 V was obtained for TaAlO CTM device, and it could keep about 60% of initially trapped charges after 10 years. It was suggested that the PBCB difference between high-k composite and p-Si dominates their charge-trapping behaviors.
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