Retention and switching kinetics of protonated gate field-effect transistors
Author(s) -
R. A. B. Devine,
Gilbert V. Herrera
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1089-7550
pISSN - 0021-8979
DOI - 10.1063/1.1287126
Subject(s) - gate oxide , field effect transistor , oxide , materials science , transistor , time dependent gate oxide breakdown , optoelectronics , substrate (aquarium) , electrode , non volatile memory , metal , protonation , metal gate , mosfet , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , electrical engineering , voltage , ion , metallurgy , oceanography , organic chemistry , chromatography , geology , engineering
The switching and memory retention time has been measured in 50 {micro}m gatelength pseudo-non-volatile memory MOSFETs containing, protonated 40 nm gate oxides. Times of the order of 3.3 seconds are observed for fields of 3 MV cm{sup {minus}1}. The retention time with protons placed either at the gate oxide/substrate or gate oxide/gate electrode interfaces is found to better than 96% after 5,000 seconds. Measurement of the time dependence of the source-drain current during switching provides clear evidence for the presence of dispersive proton transport through the gate oxide
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