DE602005022229D1 - Nichtflüchtiger nanokristallspeicher und verfahren dafür - Google Patents

Nichtflüchtiger nanokristallspeicher und verfahren dafür

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DE602005022229D1
DE602005022229D1 DE602005022229T DE602005022229T DE602005022229D1 DE 602005022229 D1 DE602005022229 D1 DE 602005022229D1 DE 602005022229 T DE602005022229 T DE 602005022229T DE 602005022229 T DE602005022229 T DE 602005022229T DE 602005022229 D1 DE602005022229 D1 DE 602005022229D1
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Rajesh A Rao
Ramachandran Muralidhar
Bruce E White
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NXP USA Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
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    • 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
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • 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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  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
  • Formation Of Insulating Films (AREA)
  • Non-Volatile Memory (AREA)
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