Fabrication of engineered tunnel-barrier memory with $SiO_2/HfO_2/Al_2O_3$ tunnel layer

$SiO_2/HfO_2/Al_2O_3$ 적층구조 터널링 절연막을 적용한 차세대 비휘발성 메모리의 제작

  • Published : 2009.06.18

Abstract

The P/E characteristics of $HfO_2$ CTF memory capacitor with $SiO_2/HfO_2/Al_2O_3$(OHA) engineered tunnel barrier were investigated. After a growth of thermal oxide with a thickness of 2 nm, 1 nm $HfO_2$ and 3 $Al_2O_3$ layers were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) system. The band offset was calculated by analysis of conduction mechanisms through Fowler-Nordheim (FN) plot and Direct Tunneling (DT) plot. Moreover the PIE characteristics of $HfO_2$ CTF memory capacitor with OHA tunnel barrier was presented.

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