• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.595-600
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• 2016

In this paper, the oxide currents of thin silicon oxides is investigated. The oxide currents associated with the on time of applied voltage were used to measure the distribution of voltage stress induced traps in thin silicon oxide films. The stress induced leakage currents were due to the charging and discharging of traps generated by stress voltage in the silicon oxides. The stress induced leakage current will affect data retention in memory devices. The oxide current for the thickness dependence of stress current and stress induced leakage currents has been measured in oxides with thicknesses between $109{\AA}$, $190{\AA}$, $387{\AA}$, and $818{\AA}$ which have the gate area $10^{-3}cm^2$. The oxide currents will affect data retention and the stress current, stress induced leakage current is used to estimate to fundamental limitations on oxide thicknesses.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1997년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.102-105
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• 1997

The thickness dependence of stress voltage oxide currents has been measured in oxides with thicknesses between 10nm and 80nm. The oxide currents were shown to be composed of stress current and transient current. The stress current was caused by trap assited tunneling through the oxide. The transient current was caused by the tunneling charging and discharging of the trap in the interfaces. The stress current was used to estimate to the limitations on oxide thicknesses. The transient current was used to the data retention in memory devices.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.1465-1469
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• 2012

For given electrolytes, different behaviors of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) and anodic titanium oxide (ATO) during electrochemical thinning are explained by ionic and electronic current modes. Branched structures are unavoidably created in AAO since the switch of ionic to electronic current is slow, whereas the barrier oxide in ATO is thinned without formation of the branched structures. In addition, pore opening can be possible in ATO if chemical etching is performed after the thinning process. The thinning was optimized for complete pore opening in ATO and potential-current behavior is interpreted in terms of ionic current-electronic current switching.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.399-404
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 3D NAND Flash memory의 O/N/O(Oxide/Nitride/Oxide) 구조와 blocking oxide를 ferroelectric material로 대체한 O/N/F(Oxide/Nitride/Ferroelectric) 구조의 current path를 분석했다. O/N/O 구조는 V_read가 인가되면 neighboring cell의 E-field로 인해 current path가 channel 후면에 형성된다. 반면 O/N/F 구조는 ferroelectric material의 polarization으로 인해 electron이 channel 전면으로 이동하여 current path가 전면에 형성된다. 또한 channel thickness와 channel length에 따른 소자 특성을 분석했다. 분석 결과 O/N/F 구조의 전면 electron current density 증가는 O/N/O 구조보다 2.8배 더 높았고 O/N/F 구조의 전면 electron current density 비율이 17.7% 높았다. 따라서 O/N/O 구조보다 O/N/F 구조에서 전면 current path가 더 효과적으로 형성된다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.411-418
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• 1998

LPCVD 방법으로 실리콘 산화막 두께 10nm에서 80nm인 MOS를 제작하였다. 그리고 스트레스 전계 산화막 전류의 두께 의존성을 조사하였다. 산화막 전류는 스트레스 전류와 전이전류로 구성되어 있음을 보여 주었다. 스트레스 전류는 스트레스 유기 누설전류와 직류전류로 이루어졌으며 산화막을 통하는 트립 어시스트 터널링으로 행해진다. 전이전류는 계면에서 트랩의 터널링 충전과 방전에 의해 이루어진다. 스트레스 전류는 산화막 전류의 두계 한계를 평가하는데 이용되고 전이전류는 기억소자에서 데이터 유지에 사용된다.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제33A권7호
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• pp.162-170
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• 1996

A breakdown model of gate oxides under constant current stresses is proposed. This model directly relates the oxide lifetime to the stress current density, and includes statistical nature of oxide breakdown using the concept of "effective oxide thinning". It is shown tha this model can reliably predict the TDDB characteristics for any current stress levels and oxide areas.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2003

In this paper, the trap characteristics of thin silicon oxides is investigated in the ULSI implementation with nano structure transistors. The stress and transient currents associated with the on and off time of applied voltage were used to measure the distribution of high voltage stress induced traps in thin silicon oxide films. The stress and transient currents were due to the charging and discharging of traps generated by high stress voltage in the silicon oxides. The transient current was caused by the tunnel charging and discharging of the stress generated traps nearby two interfaces. The stress induced leakage current will affect data retention in electrically erasable programmable read only memories. The oxide current for the thickness dependence of stress current, transient current, and stress induced leakage currents has been measured in oxides with thicknesses between 113.4nm and 814nm, which have the gate area 10$\^$-3/ $\textrm{cm}^2$. The stress induced leakage currents will affect data retention, and the stress current and transient current is used to estimate to fundamental limitations on oxide thicknesses.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1065-1070
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• 2003

HTO(High Temperature Oxide) films are mainly used as a gate insulator for polysilicon thin film transistors(Poly-Si TFT's). The HTO films, however, show the demerits of a high leakage current and a low electric breakdown voltage comparing with conventional thermal oxides even though they have a better surface in roughness than the thermal oxides. In this paper, we propose an ONO(Oxide-Nitride-Oxide) multilayer as the gate insulator for poly-Si TFT's. The leakage current and electric breakdown voltage of the ONO and HTO were measured. The drain current variation of poly-Si TFT's with a variety of gate insulators was observed. The thickness optimization in ONO films was carried out by studying I$\_$on/I$\_$off/ ratio of the poly-Si TFT's as a function of the thickness of ONO film adopted as gate insulator.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.350-350
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 Oxide 두께가 각각 4, 6 nm인 Symmetric NMOSFET의 전기적 특성 분석에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 게이트 전압에 따른 Drain saturation current (IDSAT), Threshold Voltage(VT) 및 드레인 전압에 따른 Off-states 특성 변화를 분석하였다. 소자 측정 결과 oxide 두께가 4 nm인 경우 Vt는 0.3 V, IDSAT은 73 ${\mu}A$ (@VD=0.05)로, oxide 두께가 6 nm인 경우 Vt는 0.65 V, IDSAT은 66 ${\mu}A$ (@VD=0.05)로 각각 측정되었다. 이는 oxide 두께가 얇은 경우 게이트 전압 인가 시 Electric field 증가에 따른 것으로 판단된다. 또한 드레인 전압 인가에 따른 소자 특성 분석 결과 oxide 두께가 4nm인 경우 급격한 Gate leakage 증가를 보였으며, 이에 따라 Off-state에서의 leakage current가 증가함을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 Oxide 두께에 따른 MOSFET 소자의 전기적 특성 분석을 위해 진행되었으며, 상기 결과와 같이 oxide 두께 가변은 Idsat, Vt, leakage current 등의 주요 파라미터에 영향을 주어 NMOSFET 소자의 전기적 특성을 변화시킴을 확인하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.164-169
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• 2008

The effects of the antisite related defects on the electronic structure of silica and the gate leakage current have been investigated using first-principles calculations. Energy levels related to the antisite defects in silicon dioxide have been introduced into the bandgap, which are nearly 2.0 eV from the top of the valence band. Combining with the electronic structures calculated from first-principles simulations, tunneling currents through the silica layer with antisite defects have been calculated. The tunneling current calculations show that the hole tunneling currents assisted by the antisite defects will be dominant at low oxide field whereas the electron direct tunneling current will be dominant at high oxide field. With increased thickness of the defect layer, the threshold point where the hole tunneling current assisted by antisite defects in silica is equal to the electron direct tunneling current extends to higher oxide field.