We report a novel charge-trap memory device with a composition-modulated Zr-silicate high-k dielectric mul- tilayer structure prepared by using the pulsed laser deposition technique. The device employs amorphous (ZrO...We report a novel charge-trap memory device with a composition-modulated Zr-silicate high-k dielectric mul- tilayer structure prepared by using the pulsed laser deposition technique. The device employs amorphous (ZrO2)0.5(SiO2)0.5 as the tunneling and blocking oxide layers, and ZrO2 nanocrystals as the trapping storage layer. Zr02 nanocrystals are precipitated from the phase separation of (ZrO2)0.5(SiO2)0.2 films annealed at 800℃, and isolated from each other within the amorphous (ZrO2)0.5(SiO2)0.5 matrix. Our charge trapping device shows a memory window of 2.6 V and a stored electron density of 1×10^13/cm2.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 50972054 and 60636010, and the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant Nos 2006CB921803 and 2010CB934201.
文摘We report a novel charge-trap memory device with a composition-modulated Zr-silicate high-k dielectric mul- tilayer structure prepared by using the pulsed laser deposition technique. The device employs amorphous (ZrO2)0.5(SiO2)0.5 as the tunneling and blocking oxide layers, and ZrO2 nanocrystals as the trapping storage layer. Zr02 nanocrystals are precipitated from the phase separation of (ZrO2)0.5(SiO2)0.2 films annealed at 800℃, and isolated from each other within the amorphous (ZrO2)0.5(SiO2)0.5 matrix. Our charge trapping device shows a memory window of 2.6 V and a stored electron density of 1×10^13/cm2.