Discrete-Trap Effects on 3-D NAND Variability – Part I: Threshold Voltage

Autor: Gerardo Malavena, Salvatore M. Amoroso, Andrew R. Brown, Plamen Asenov, Xi-Wei Lin, Victor Moroz, Mattia Giulianini, David Refaldi, Christian Monzio Compagnoni, Alessandro S. Spinelli
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 12, Pp 651-657 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2168-6734
DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2024.3447149
Popis: In this two-part article we discuss the difference between a continuous and a discrete approach to trap modeling in the simulation of 3-D NAND Flash memories with polysilicon channel. In Part I we focus on threshold voltage $({\mathrm { V}}_{\mathrm { T}})$ fluctuations induced by traps and show that lower values for the average and rms ${\mathrm { V}}_{\mathrm { T}}$ arise when the discrete nature of traps is accounted for. We explain such differences in terms of a stronger percolation that leads to a lower number of filled traps in the discrete-trap case, and investigate such differences as a function of cell parameters and temperature. Finally, we compare the two approaches showing that a continuous trap model cannot reproduce the correct dependences resulting from a discrete treatment.
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