• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.331-331
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• 2012

With the NAND Flash scaling down, it becomes more and more difficult to follow Moore's law to continue the scaling due to physical limitations. Recently, three-dimensional (3D) flash memories have introduced as an ideal solution for ultra-high-density data storage. In 3D flash memory, as the process reason, we need to use poly-Si TFTs instead of conventional transistors. So, after combining charge trap flash (CTF) structure and poly-Si TFTs, the emerging device SONOS-TFTs has also suffered from some reliability problem such as hot carrier degradation, charge-trapping-induced parasitic capacitance and resistance which both create interface traps. Charge pumping method is a useful tool to investigate the degradation phenomenon related to interface trap creation. However, the curves for charge pumping current in SONOS TFTs were far from ideal, which previously due to the fabrication process or some unknown traps. It needs an optimization and the important geometrical effect should be eliminated. In spite of its importance, it is still not deeply studied. In our work, base-level sweep model was applied in SONOS TFTs, and the nonideal charge pumping current was optimized by adjusting the gate pulse transition time. As a result, after the optimizing, an improved charge pumping current curve is obtained.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권10호
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• pp.83-90
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• 1998

MOS 캐패시터의 게이트 전극을 비정질 상태의 실리콘으로 형성하여 GOI(Gate Oxide Integrity)특성에 미치는 불순물 활성화 열처리의 효과를 조사하였다. LPCVD(Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition) 방법으로 증착한 비정질 실리콘 게이트 전극은 활성화 열처리에 의하여 다결정 실리콘 상태로 구조가 변화하며, 불순물 원자의 활성화가 충분히 이루어졌다. 또한, 비정질 상태의 게이트 전극은 커다란 압축 응력(compressive stress)을 가지지만, 활성화 열처리 온도가 700℃에서 900℃로 증가함에 따라서 응력이 완화되었고 게이트 전극의 저항도 감소하는 특성을 보였다. 또한 얇은 게이트 산화막의 신뢰성 및 산화막의 계면특성은 활성화 열처리 온도에 크게 의존하고 있었다. 900℃에서 활성화 열처리를 한 경우가 700℃에서 열처리한 경우보다 산화막내에서의 전하 포획 특성이 개선되었으며, 산화막의 신뢰성이 향상되었다. 특히, TDDB 방법으로 예측한 게이트 산화막의 수명은 700℃의 열처리에서는 3×10/sup 10/초였지만, 900℃에서의 열처리에서는 2×10/sup 12/초로 현저하게 개선되었다. 그리고, 산화막 계면에서의 계면 전하 밀도는 게이트의 응력 완화에 따라서 개선되었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2021

In this study, the sensitivity of an active pixel sensor (APS) was adjusted by employing a gate/body-tied (GBT) p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOSFET)-type photodetector with a transfer gate. A GBT PMOSFET-type photodetector can amplify the photocurrent generated by light. Consequently, APSs that incorporate GBT PMOSFET-type photodetectors are more sensitive than those APSs that are based on p-n junctions. In this study, a transfer gate was added to the conventional GBT PMOSFET-type photodetector. Such a photodetector can adjust the sensitivity of the APS by controlling the amount of charge transmitted from the drain to the floating diffusion node according to the voltage of the transfer gate. The results obtained from conducted simulations and measurements corroborate that, the sensitivity of an APS, which incorporates a GBT PMOSFET-type photodetector with a built-in transfer gate, can be adjusted according to the voltage of the transfer gate. Furthermore, the chip was fabricated by employing the standard 0.35 ㎛ complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, and the variable sensitivity of the APS was thereby experimentally verified.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.98-104
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• 1989

Closed form solution of nonlinear 2-DEG concentration formula is proposed. This allows us to model continuous 2-DEG charge concentration as the function of gate voltage covering subthreshold region of the I-V curves. Comparisons of the Ids-Vgs characteristics and transconductance with the measured data were performed to show the accuracy of the proposed model. This way we have completely closed form I-V characteristics in subthreshold, triode and saturation region incorporating accurate charge control mechanism for HEMTs.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1378-1385
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• 1990

In this paper we propose a model which can predict well the logical errors come from the charge redistribution in domino gates. In this model the effect of the intrinsic capacitance between gate and channel of MOSFET's is considered. This effect is more important than the parasitic capacitance effect. The error by the proposed model is only 8% of that by the currently used model. This model can be used as a guide-line in the design of domino circuits.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1989년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.377-379
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• 1989

Very thin gate oxide(100-300A) MOS capacitor has been fabricated. The effect of series resistance must be calculated and the exact metal-semiconductor work function difference should be obtained to get the fixed oxide charge density exisiting in oxide. Dilute oxidation make sagy to control oxide thickness and reduce fixed oxide charge density. In case of dilute oxidation, fixed oxide charge density depends on oxidation time. If oxide is very thin, the annealing effect is ignored.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.183-186
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• 2015

This research investigates the impact of charge spreading on the data retention of three-dimensional (3D) silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) flash memory where the charge trapping layer is shared along the cell string. In order to do so, this study conducts an electrical analysis of the planar SONOS test pattern where the silicon nitride charge storage layer is not isolated but extends beyond the gate electrode. Experimental results from the test pattern show larger retention loss in the devices with extended storage layers compared to isolated devices. This retention degradation is thought to be the result of an additional charge spreading through the extended silicon nitride layer along the width of the memory cell, which should be improved for the successful 3-D application of SONOS flash devices.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2013년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.691-694
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• 2013

비대칭 이중게이트 MOSFET의 전위분포에 대하여 고찰하였으며 이를 위하여 포아송방정식의 해석학적 해를 구하였다. 대칭 DGMOSFET는 3단자 소자로서 상하단의 게이트단자가 상호 연결되어 있어 상하단 동일한 제어능력을 가지고 있으나 비대칭 DGMOSFET 소자는 4단자 소자로서 상하단 게이트단자의 전류제어능력을 각각 설정할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 전위분포를 구할 때 포아송방정식을 이용하였으며 전하분포함수에 가우시안 함수를 적용함으로써 보다 실험값에 근사하게 해석하였다. 비대칭 이중게이트 MOSFET의 게이트 단자전압 및 게이트 산화막 두께 그리고 채널도핑의 변화에 따라 전위분포의 변화를 관찰하였다. 비대칭 DGMOSFET의 전위분포를 관찰한 결과, 게이트단자 전압 및 게이트 산화막 두께 등에 따라 전위분포는 크게 변화하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 특히 게이트 산화막 두께가 증가하는 단자에서 전위분포의 변화가 더욱 크게 나타나고 있었으며 채널도핑이 증가하면 드레인 측보다 소스 측 전위분포가 크게 변화하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 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.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2005

Quantization effects (QEs), which manifests when the device dimensions are comparable to the de Brogile wavelength, are becoming common physical phenomena in the present micro-/nanometer technology era. While most novel devices take advantage of QEs to achieve fast switching speed, miniature size and extremely small power consumption, the mainstream CMOS devices (with the exception of EEPROMs) are generally suffering in performance from these effects. In this paper, an analytical model accounting for the QEs and poly-depletion effects (PDEs) at the silicon (Si)/dielectric interface describing the capacitance-voltage (C-V) and current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of MOS devices with thin oxides is developed. It is also applicable to multi-layer gate-stack structures, since a general procedure is used for calculating the quantum inversion charge density. Using this inversion charge density, device characteristics are obtained. Also solutions for C-V can be quickly obtained without computational burden of solving over a physical grid. We conclude with comparison of the results obtained with our model and those obtained by self-consistent solution of the $Schr{\ddot{o}}dinger$ and Poisson equations and simulations reported previously in the literature. A good agreement was observed between them.