• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.822-827
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• 2000

The Si-SiO$_2$interface trap and nitride bulk trap distribution of SONOSFET(polysilicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor) NVSM (nonvolatile semiconductor memory) cell is investigated by single junction charge pumping method. The device was fabricated by 0.35㎛ standard logic fabrication process including the ONO stack dielectrics. The thickness of ONO dielectricis are 24$\AA$ for tunnel oxide, 74 $\AA$ for nitride and 25 $\AA$ for blocking oxide, respectively. By the use of single junction charge pumping method, the lateral profiles of both interface and memory traps can be calculated directly from experimental charge pumping results without complex numerical simulation. The interface traps were almost uniformly distributed over the whole channel region and its maximum value was 7.97$\times$10$\^$10/㎠. The memory traps were uniformly distributed in the nitride layer and its maximum value was 1.04$\times$10$\^$19/㎤. The degradation characteristics of SONOSFET with write/erase cycling also were investigated.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.17-20
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• 2001

Nonvolatile semiconductor memory devices with reoxidized nitrided oxide(RONO) gate dielectric were fabricated, and nitrogen distribution and bonding species which contributing memory characteristics were analyzed. Also, memory characteristics of devices according to anneal temperatures were investigated. The devices were fabricated by 0.35$\mu\textrm{m}$ retrograde twin well CMOS processes. The processes could be simple by in-situ process of nitridation anneal and reoxidation. The nitrogen distribution and bonding state of gate dielectric were investigated by Dynamic Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry(D-SIMS), Time-of-Flight Secondary ton Mass Spectrometry(ToF-SIMS), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy(XPS). Nitrogen concentrations are proportional to nitridation anneal temperatures and the more time was required to form the same reoxidized layer thickness. ToF-SIMS results show that SiON species are detected at the initial oxide interface and Si$_2$NO species near the new Si-SiO$_2$ interface that formed after reoxidation. As the anneal temperatures increased, the device showed worse retention and degradation properties. These could be said that nitrogen concentration near initial interface is limited to a certain quantity, so excess nitrogen are redistributed near the Si-SiO$_2$ interface and contributed to electron trap generation.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.173-178
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• 2009

금속산화물 박막 소자를 제작하여 전기적 특성을 조사하였다. 소자는 Electrode를 TOP-TOP구조로 제작하였으며 스위칭 특성을 연구하기 위해 전극간의 산화금속박막의 전도특성이 측정되었다. 소자의 저항변화는 전압을 선형적으로 인가하여 측정하였다. 제작된 소자는 MIM구조로써 외부에서 인가하는 전기적 신호에 의하여 전기전도도가 큰 On-state와 전기전도도가 낮은 Off-state로 바뀌는 특성을 나타내었다. $Si/SiO_2/MgO$ 소자는 Forming에 의해 저항이 큰 상태에서 저항이 작은 상태로 전기적 특성이 변화하면서 스위칭 특성을 보였다. 본 연구를 통하여 산화금속은 차세대 비휘발성 메모리로는 물론 다른 전기적 응용이 기대되는 물질임을 확인하게 되었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.410-410
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• 2013

Next-generation nonvolatile memory (NVM) has attracted increasing attention about emerging NVMs such as ferroelectric random access memory, phase-change random access memory, magnetic random access memory and resistance random access memory (RRAM). Previous studies have demonstrated that RRAM is promising because of its excellent properties, including simple structure, high speed and high density integration. Many research groups have reported a lot of metal oxides as resistive materials like TiO2, NiO, SrTiO3 and ZnO [1]. Among them, the ZnO-based film is one of the most promising materials for RRAM because of its good switching characteristics, reliability and high transparency [2]. However, in many studies about ZnO-based RRAMs, there was a problem to get lower current level for reducing the operating power dissipation and improving the device reliability such an endurance and an retention time of memory devices. Thus in this paper, we investigated that highly reproducible bipolar resistive switching characteristics of W doped ZnO RRAM device and it showed low resistive switching current level and large ON/OFF ratio. This may be caused by the interdiffusion of the W atoms in the ZnO film, whch serves as dopants, and leakage current would rise resulting in the lowering of current level [3]. In this work, a ZnO film and W doped ZnO film were fabricated on a Si substrate using RF magnetron sputtering from ZnO and W targets at room temperature with Ar gas ambient, and compared their current levels. Compared with the conventional ZnO-based RRAM, the W doped ZnO ReRAM device shows the reduction of reset current from ~$10^{-6}$ A to ~$10^{-9}$ A and large ON/OFF ratio of ~$10^3$ along with self-rectifying characteristic as shown in Fig. 1. In addition, we observed good endurance of $10^3$ times and retention time of $10^4$ s in the W doped ZnO ReRAM device. With this advantageous characteristics, W doped ZnO thin film device is a promising candidates for CMOS compatible and high-density RRAM devices.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.297-301
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• 2006

In the present work, we investigate the characteristics of new composition material, chalcogenide $Ge_1Se_1Te_2$ material in order to overcome the problems of conventional PRAM devices. The Tc of $Ge_1Se_1Te_2$ bulk was measured $231.503^{\circ}C$ with DSC analysis. For static DC test mode, at low voltage, two different resistances are observed. depending on the crystalline state of the phase-change resistor. In the first sweep, the as-deposited amorphous $Ge_1Se_1Te_2$ showed very high resistance. However when it reached the threshold voltage(about 11.8 V), the electrical resistance of device was drastically reduced through the formation of an electrically conducting path. The phase transition between the low conductive amorphous state and the high conductive crystal]me state was caused by the set and reset pulses respectively which fed through electrical signal. Set pulse has 4.3 V. 200 ns. then sample resistance is $80\sim100{\Omega}$. Reset pulse has 8.6 V 80 ns, then the sample resistance is $50{\sim}100K{\Omega}$. For such high resistance ratio of $R_{reset}/R_{set}$, we can expect high sensing margin reading the recorded data. We have confirmed that phase change properties of $Ge_1Se_1Te_2$ materials are closely related with the structure through the experiment of self-heating layers.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.307.2-307.2
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• 2016

In this study, we synthesized Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) in polyacrylonitrile (PAN) thin films using a simple annealing process in the solid phase. The synthetic conditions were systematically controlled and optimized by varying the concentration of the Au salt solution and the annealing temperature. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed their chemical state, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) verified the successful synthesis, size, and density of AuNPs. Au nanoparticles were generated from the thermal decomposition of the Au salt and stabilized during the cyclization of the PAN matrix. For actual device applications, previous synthetic techniques have required the synthesis of AuNPs in a liquid phase and an additional process to form the thin film layer, such as spin-coating, dip-coating, Langmuir-Blodgett, or high vacuum deposition. In contrast, our one-step synthesis could produce gold nanoparticles from the Au salt contained in a solid matrix with an easy heat treatment. The PAN:AuNPs composite was used as the charge trap layer of an organic nano-floating gate memory (ONFGM). The memory devices exhibited a high on/off ratio (over $10^6$), large hysteresis windows (76.7 V), and a stable endurance performance (>3000 cycles), indicating that our stabilized PAN:AuNPs composite film is a potential charge trap medium for next generation organic nano-floating gate memory transistors.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.213-225
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• 2007

최근 디지털 카메라, MP3 플레이어, 핸드폰과 같이 이동성이 중요한 요소로 차지하는 기기들이 많이 등장하였다. 이에 따라 소형화, 대용량화, 저 전력화, 비휘발성, 고속화 그리고 충격에 강한 저장장치가 필요하게 되었다. 플래시 메모리는 이러한 요구사항을 만족시키는 저장장치이다. 플래시 메모리는 하드웨어적 특성으로 인해 쓰기 전 소거(erase-before-write)연산을 수행해야만 한다. 따라서 플래시 메모리를 효과적으로 동작시키기 위해서 FTL이 필요하다. FTL은 플래시 메모리의 단점을 보완해주면서 상위파일 시스템을 그대로 사용할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 따라서 차후 디스크는 플래시 메모리로 대체될 것이다. 대부분의 PC에서 윈도우즈 기반의 OS를 사용하기 때문에 기존 FTL이 윈도우즈 기반의 OS에서 어떠한 성능을 보이는지 분석할 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 실험속도를 빠르게 하기 위해 FTL 성능분석도구를 개발한다. 이를 이용하여 여러 FTL 알고리즘들이 윈도우즈 기반의 OS의 디스크 I/O를 처리하는 성능을 분석한다. FTL의 성능은 매핑 방법, 한 블록 내에 섹터를 기록하는 방법과 덮어쓰기의 처리방법 둥을 분석하여 비교가 가능하다. 실험한 FTL중 개선된 로그 블록 기법이 실험 결과 중에 가장 좋은 성능을 보인다. 따라서 차후 디스크가 플래시 메모리로 대체 될 경우, 로그 블록 기법을 잘 적용 시켜야 할 것이다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.19
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• pp.110-111
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• 2006

In this paper, we investigated resistance characteristic of chalcogenide material for next generation ReRAM nonvolatile memory device with laser irradiation. A AES is used to test Ag doping ratio into a As-Ge-Se-S thin film. A sample resistance was observed in real time with He-Ne laser(632.8nm). As a result, resistance of thermal treated As-Ge-Se-S thin film was $500{\Omega}$ which is smaller than initial $1.3M{\Omega}$. A resistance of non-treated Ag/As-Ge-Se-S thin film was $200{\Omega}$ which is lower than $35M{\Omega}$.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2007

In this paper, we developed a file system architecture for portable multimedia devices. To enhance user convenience, the information about the stored files should be easily retrieved and organized. We defined NMD (Networked MetaData), which can organize the files in networked fashion by attaching user-defined attributes and relation between files. The NMD is stored in flash memory to utilize its nonvolatile property and low-power consumption, while multimedia files are stored in hard disk, an inexpensive mass storage. The experimental implementation showed that this architecture was able to save about 10% power compared to the hard disk NMD-store.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2007년도 제33회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.307-307
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• 2007