ATE473515T1 - Nichtflüchtiger nanokristallspeicher und verfahren dafür - Google Patents

Nichtflüchtiger nanokristallspeicher und verfahren dafür

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ATE473515T1
ATE473515T1 AT05854006T AT05854006T ATE473515T1 AT E473515 T1 ATE473515 T1 AT E473515T1 AT 05854006 T AT05854006 T AT 05854006T AT 05854006 T AT05854006 T AT 05854006T AT E473515 T1 ATE473515 T1 AT E473515T1
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volatile
nitrogen
nanocrystals
trapped
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Rajesh A Rao
Ramachandran Muralidhar
Bruce E White
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/60—Insulated-gate field-effect transistors [IGFET]
    • H10D30/69—IGFETs having charge trapping gate insulators, e.g. MNOS transistors
    • H10D30/694—IGFETs having charge trapping gate insulators, e.g. MNOS transistors characterised by the shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the gate electrodes
    • H10D30/697—IGFETs having charge trapping gate insulators, e.g. MNOS transistors characterised by the shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the gate electrodes having trapping at multiple separated sites, e.g. multi-particles trapping sites
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y10/00—Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
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    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/60—Insulated-gate field-effect transistors [IGFET]
    • H10D30/68—Floating-gate IGFETs
    • H10D30/6891—Floating-gate IGFETs characterised by the shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the floating gate electrode
    • H10D30/6893—Floating-gate IGFETs characterised by the shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the floating gate electrode wherein the floating gate has multiple non-connected parts, e.g. multi-particle floating gate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D64/01—Manufacture or treatment
    • H10D64/031—Manufacture or treatment of data-storage electrodes
    • H10D64/035—Manufacture or treatment of data-storage electrodes comprising conductor-insulator-conductor-insulator-semiconductor structures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D64/60—Electrodes characterised by their materials
    • H10D64/66—Electrodes having a conductor capacitively coupled to a semiconductor by an insulator, e.g. MIS electrodes
    • H10D64/68—Electrodes having a conductor capacitively coupled to a semiconductor by an insulator, e.g. MIS electrodes characterised by the insulator, e.g. by the gate insulator
    • H10D64/681—Electrodes having a conductor capacitively coupled to a semiconductor by an insulator, e.g. MIS electrodes characterised by the insulator, e.g. by the gate insulator having a compositional variation, e.g. multilayered
    • H10D64/685—Electrodes having a conductor capacitively coupled to a semiconductor by an insulator, e.g. MIS electrodes characterised by the insulator, e.g. by the gate insulator having a compositional variation, e.g. multilayered being perpendicular to the channel plane
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D64/60—Electrodes characterised by their materials
    • H10D64/66—Electrodes having a conductor capacitively coupled to a semiconductor by an insulator, e.g. MIS electrodes
    • H10D64/68—Electrodes having a conductor capacitively coupled to a semiconductor by an insulator, e.g. MIS electrodes characterised by the insulator, e.g. by the gate insulator
    • H10D64/693—Electrodes having a conductor capacitively coupled to a semiconductor by an insulator, e.g. MIS electrodes characterised by the insulator, e.g. by the gate insulator the insulator comprising nitrogen, e.g. nitrides, oxynitrides or nitrogen-doped materials

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
  • Formation Of Insulating Films (AREA)
  • Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
  • Carbon And Carbon Compounds (AREA)
AT05854006T 2005-01-26 2005-12-14 Nichtflüchtiger nanokristallspeicher und verfahren dafür ATE473515T1 (de)

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CN (1) CN101438392A (enExample)
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