WO2008079684B1 - Electron blocking layers for electronic devices - Google Patents

Electron blocking layers for electronic devices

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WO2008079684B1
WO2008079684B1 PCT/US2007/087167 US2007087167W WO2008079684B1 WO 2008079684 B1 WO2008079684 B1 WO 2008079684B1 US 2007087167 W US2007087167 W US 2007087167W WO 2008079684 B1 WO2008079684 B1 WO 2008079684B1
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dielectric layer
gate stack
dielectric
component
forming
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Jian Chen
Xiangfeng Duan
Karen Cruden
Chao Liu
Madhuri L Nallabolu
Srikanth Ranganathan
Francisco Leon
J Wallace Parce
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Nanosys Inc
Jian Chen
Xiangfeng Duan
Karen Cruden
Chao Liu
Madhuri L Nallabolu
Srikanth Ranganathan
Francisco Leon
J Wallace Parce
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Priority claimed from US11/641,956 external-priority patent/US20080150003A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/688,087 external-priority patent/US20080150004A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/743,085 external-priority patent/US20080150009A1/en
Priority to KR1020097012821A priority Critical patent/KR101443731B1/en
Priority to CN200780046789.2A priority patent/CN101589461B/en
Priority to JP2009543077A priority patent/JP2010531048A/en
Application filed by Nanosys Inc, Jian Chen, Xiangfeng Duan, Karen Cruden, Chao Liu, Madhuri L Nallabolu, Srikanth Ranganathan, Francisco Leon, J Wallace Parce filed Critical Nanosys Inc
Publication of WO2008079684A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008079684A2/en
Publication of WO2008079684A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008079684A3/en
Priority to US12/247,917 priority patent/US7847341B2/en
Publication of WO2008079684B1 publication Critical patent/WO2008079684B1/en
Priority to US12/390,275 priority patent/US8686490B2/en
Priority to US14/164,065 priority patent/US9214525B2/en

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Abstract

Methods and apparatus for electronic devices such as non-volatile memory devices are described. The momory devices include a multi-layer control dielectric, such as a double or triple layer. The multi-layer control electric includes a combination of high-k dielectric meterials such as aluminium oxide (A12O3), Hafnium oxide (HfO2), and/or hybrid films of Hafnium aluminium oxide. The multi-layer control dielectric provides enhanced characteristics, including increased charge retention, enhanced memory program/erase window, improved reliability and stability, with feasibility for single or multistate (e.g, two, three or four bit) operation.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 18 July 2008
1. A gate stack of a memory device, the gate stack comprising: a charge storage layer comprising localized charge traps on a tunneling dielectric layer; a first dielectric layer having a first dielectric constant on the charge storage layer; a second dielectric layer having a second dielectric constant on the first dielectric layer and disposed adjacent to a gate contact of the memory device, the second dielectric constant being higher than the first dielectric constant.
2. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein the charge storage layer comprises a nitride layer.
3. The gate stack of claim 1, wherein the first dielectric layer has a thickness of about 15 nm or less and the second dielectric layer has a thickness of about 10 nm or less.
4. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first dielectric layer is no more than about 200% of a thickness of the second dielectric layer.
5. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein the second dielectric layer comprises hafnium.
6. The gate stack of claim 5, wherein the second dielectric layer comprises a hafnium-containing compound selected from the group consisting of: HfO2, HfAlO3, HfSiO2, Hf1-xAlxOy, Hf1-xSixOy, Hf1-xSixO2-yNy, where x is a positive number between 0 and 1 , and y is a positive number.
7. The gate stack of claim 1, wherein the first dielectric layer comprises Al2O3 and the second dielectric layer comprises HfO2.
8. The gate stack of claim 1, wherein the first dielectric layer comprises SiO2 and the second dielectric layer comprises HfO2. - 33 -
9. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein an amount of at least a first component of the second dielectric material of the second dielectric layer varies in a predetermined manner across a thickness thereof.
10. The gate stack of claim 9, wherein the second dielectric material includes the first component and a second component, and a ratio of the first component to the second component varies in a predetermined manner across the thickness of the second dielectric layer.
11. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein the second dielectric layer comprises a plurality of layers.
12. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein the gate contact comprises a metal.
13. The gate stack of claim 12, wherein the gate contact comprises TaN.
14. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein the memory device has a program/erase window of greater than about 8 volts.
15. The gate stack of claim 14, wherein the memory device has a program/erase window of greater than about 9 volts.
16. The gate stack of claim 15 , wherein the memory device has a program/erase window of greater than about 10 volts.
17. The gate stack of claim 1 , wherein a tunneling current through the first dielectric layer is less than about 10"4 A/cm2 at an electric field strength that is equivalent to an electric field strength of 2.5 x 107 V/cm in SiO2.
18. A gate stack of a memory device comprising: a tunneling dielectric layer; a charge storage layer comprising a plurality of nanocrystals on the tunneling dielectric layer; a first dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric material having a first dielectric constant on the charge storage layer; a second dielectric layer comprising a second dielectric material having a second dielectric constant on the first dielectric layer; and a third dielectric layer comprising a third dielectric material having a third dielectric constant on the second dielectric layer, wherein the first and third dielectric constants are greater than the second dielectric constant.
19. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the first dielectric layer comprises hafnium.
20. The gate stack of claim 19, wherein the first dielectric layer comprises a hafnium- containing compound selected from the group consisting of: HfO2, HfAlO3, HfSiO2, Hf1- xAlxOy, Hf1-xSixOy, Hf1-xSixO2-yNy, where x is a positive number between O and 1, and y is a positive number.
21. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the second dielectric layer comprises one of Al2O3 and SiO2.
22. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the third dielectric layer comprises hafnium.
23. The gate stack of claim 22, wherein the third dielectric layer comprises a hafnium- containing compound selected from the group consisting of: HfO2, HfAlO3, HfSiO2, Hf1- x AlxOy, Hf1-xSixOy, Hf1-xSixO2-yNy, where x is a positive number between O and 1, and y is a positive number.
24. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the second dielectric layer comprises Al2O3 and the first and third dielectric layers comprise HfO2. - 35 -
25. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the second dielectric layer comprises SiO2 and the first and third dielectric layers comprise HfO2.
26. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein an amount of at least a first component of the first dielectric material of the first dielectric layer varies in a predetermined manner across a thickness thereof.
27. The gate stack of claim 26, wherein the first dielectric material includes the first component and a second component, and a ratio of the first component to the second component varies in a predetermined manner across the thickness of the second dielectric layer.
28. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein an amount of at least a first component of the third dielectric material of the third dielectric layer varies in a predetermined manner across a thickness thereof.
29. The gate stack of claim 28, wherein the third dielectric material includes the first component and a second component, and a ratio of the first component to the second component varies in a predetermined manner across the thickness of the third dielectric layer.
30. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein a thickness of the second dielectric layer is no more than about 200% of a thickness of each of the first and third dielectric layers.
31. The gate stack of claim 18, further comprising a gate contact on the third dielectric layer, wherein the gate contact comprises a metal.
32. The gate stack of claim 31 , wherein the gate contact comprises TaN.
33. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the memory device has a program/erase window of greater than about 8 volts. - 36 -
34. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the memory device has a program/erase window of greater than about 9 volts.
35. The gate stack of claim 34, wherein the memory device has a program/erase window of greater than about 10 volts.
36. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein a tunneling current through the first dielectric layer is less than about 10"4 A/cm2 at an electric field strength that is equivalent to an electric field strength of 2.5 x 107 V/cm in SiO2.
37. The gate stack of claim 18, wherein the nanocrystals comprise a metal.
38. The gate stack of claim 37, wherein the nanocrystals comprise a metal selected from the group consisting of: ruthenium, nickel, platinum and palladium.
39. A method for forming a memory device, comprising: forming a tunneling dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a charge storage layer comprising localized charge traps over the tunneling dielectric layer; forming a first dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric constant over the charge storage layer; forming a second dielectric layer comprising a second dielectric constant over the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric constant being higher than the first dielectric constant; and forming a gate contact over the second dielectric layer.
40. A method for forming a memory device, comprising: forming a tunneling dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a charge storage layer comprising a plurality of nanocrystals over the tunneling dielectric layer; - 37 -
forming a first dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric constant over the charge storage layer; forming a second dielectric layer comprising a second dielectric constant over the first dielectric layer; forming a third dielectric layer comprising a third dielectric constant over the second dielectric layer, the first and third dielectric constants being greater than the second dielectric constant; and forming a gate contact over the third dielectric layer.
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KR1020097012821A KR101443731B1 (en) 2006-12-20 2007-12-12 Electron blocking layers for electronic devices
CN200780046789.2A CN101589461B (en) 2006-12-20 2007-12-12 Electron blocking layers for electronic devices
JP2009543077A JP2010531048A (en) 2006-12-20 2007-12-12 Electronic block layer for electronic devices
US12/247,917 US7847341B2 (en) 2006-12-20 2008-10-08 Electron blocking layers for electronic devices
US12/390,275 US8686490B2 (en) 2006-12-20 2009-02-20 Electron blocking layers for electronic devices
US14/164,065 US9214525B2 (en) 2006-12-20 2014-01-24 Gate stack having electron blocking layers on charge storage layers for electronic devices

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US11/641,956 2006-12-20
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US11/688,087 2007-03-19
US11/743,085 2007-05-01
US11/743,085 US20080150009A1 (en) 2006-12-20 2007-05-01 Electron Blocking Layers for Electronic Devices
US93148807P 2007-05-23 2007-05-23
US60/931,488 2007-05-23
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