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The total ionizing dose (TID) effects on 55 nm SONOS flash cell, caused by 60Co-γ ray and 10 keV X-ray radiation source, are systematically investigated in this paper. The degradation of electrical characteristics is discussed while the underlying physical mechanism is analyzed. The drift of I-V characteristic curve, the degradation of memory window, and the increase of stand-by current are observed after TID irradiation separately by the two radiation sources. The data retention capability is also affected by the TID irradiation. The I-Vg curve of the programmed single flash cell significantly drifts towards the negative direction after TID irradiation, while the negative drift of erased state is much slower. Referring to the erased state, the drift directions of Id-Vg curves for γ- and X-ray radiation source are obviously different. The physical mechanism of irradiation damage in a 55 nm SONOS single flash cell is discussed in detail by the energy band theory and TCAD simulations. The storage charge loss in silicon nitride layer, the charge accumulation, and the generation of interface states all together lead to the degradation of threshold voltage and stand-by current after TID irradiation. Another cause for the increase of stand-by current is the positive trapped charges in the isolated oxide induced by irradiation, which leads to the generation of leakage paths. Significant dose enhancement effect of X-ray irradiation is observed in this paper. Device model of memory transistor c is established while the dose enhancement effect of X-rays is investigated by Geant 4 tool. The high-Z materials above the poly-silicon gate lead to the dose enhancement effect of X-rays’ irradiation, which results in the higher degradation. The density of electron-hole pairs produced by irradiation in W layer is much higher than in Cu layer. In particular, W layer is a critical factor regardless of the thickness, which can be obviously observed in the simulation.
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Keywords:
- flash /
- charge-trapping /
- total ionizing dose /
- dose enhancement
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图 1 (a) SONOS结构示意图; (b) 2 × 2位的闪存单元微阵列及其TEM横截面
Figure 1. (a) Diagram of SONOS structure; (b) 2 × 2 bit flash cells mini-array and the TEM cross-section.
图 2 60Co-γ射线总剂量辐照后, 编程态和擦除态的SONOS闪存单元的I-V特性变化规律
Figure 2. I-V characteristics of the programmed and erased single SONOS flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 60Co-γ rays.
图 3 编程态和擦除态闪存单元的(a)阈值电压和归一化的存储窗口, 以及(b)静态电流随60Co-γ射线总剂量辐照的变化规律
Figure 3. (a) Threshold voltage and normalized memory window, and (b) stand-by current of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 60Co-γ rays.
图 4 辐射源为10 keV X射线下编程态和擦除态闪存单元的I-V特性变化规律
Figure 4. I-V characteristics of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 10 keV X-rays.
图 5 编程态和擦除态闪存单元的(a)阈值电压和归一化的存储窗口, 以及(b)静态电流随10 keV X射线总剂量辐照的变化规律
Figure 5. (a) Threshold voltage and normalized memory window, and (b) stand-by current of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 10 keV X-rays.
图 8 辐射源为10 keV X射线下编程态和擦除态闪存单元的亚阈值斜率变化规律
Figure 8. Sub-threshold slopes of the programmed and erased single flash cell after total ionizing dose irradiation by 10 keV X-rays.
图 9 (a)闪存单元中MT的布局简图和沟道边缘的漏电路径; (b)沿虚线A—A', MT可等效成一个主晶体管与两个寄生晶体管的并联, MT靠近隔离氧化物处反型层的形成导致寄生电流产生
Figure 9. (a) MT top view with the leakage paths at the channel edges; (b) cross-section of MT along line A–A' indicates that MT can be considered as a main transistor in parallel with two parasitic transistors. The formation of the inverse layer along the isolated oxide leads to the generation of parasitic currents.
图 10 Geant 4中建立的MT器件模型
Figure 10. MT device model established by Geant 4 tool.
图 11 Geant 4工具模拟高Z材料与X射线剂量增强效应的关系
Figure 11. Dose enhancement effect of X-rays on high-Z materials, simulated by Geant 4 tool.
表 1 SONOS闪存单元的操作条件
Table 1. Operation conditions of the SONOS single flash cell.
操作 VWLS/Vg/V VWL/V VBL/Vd/V VSL/V 脉冲宽度/ms PGM 9.5 0 0 0 1.5 ERS −9.5 0 0 0 2.5 READ −3—3 2.5 0.6 0 — 
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[1] Lu C Y, Hsieh K Y, Liu R 2009 Microelectron. Eng. 86 283
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[2] Houdt J V 2011 Curr. Appl. Phys. 11 e21
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[3] Li M, Bi J S, Xu Y N, Li B, Xi K, Wang H B, Liu J, Li J, Ji L L, Liu M 2018 Chin. Phys. Lett. 35 078502
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[6] Cellere G, Paccagnella A, Visconti A, Bonanomi M, Candelori A 2006 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52 2372
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[9] Fleetwood D M 2013 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 60 1706
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[11] Bi J S, Xi K, Li B, Wang H B, Ji L L 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 098501
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[12] Oldham T R, Chen D, Friendlich M, Carts M A, Seidleck C M, LaBel K A 2011 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 58 2904
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[13] Petrov A, Vasil’ev A, Ulanova A, Chumakov A, Nikiforov A 2014 Central Eur. J. Phys. 12 725
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[14] Duncan A R, Gadlage M J, Roach A H, Kay M J 2016 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 63 1276
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[15] Bagatin M, Gerardin S, Paccagnella A, Visconti A, Bonanomi M 2015 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 62 2815
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[16] Snyder E S, McWhorter P J, Dellin T A, Sweetman J D 1989 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 36 2131
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[17] Puchner H, Ruths P, Prabhakar V, Kouznetsov I, Geha S 2014 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 61 3005
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[18] Adams D A, Mavisz D, Murray J R, White M H 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.01TH8542) Big Sky, MT, USA, March 10−17, 2001 p2295
[19] Adams D A, Smith J T, Murray J R, White M H, Wrazien S 2005 2004 Proceedings IEEE Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference Stanford, CA, USA, November 17, 2004 p36
[20] Qiao F, Yu X, Pan L, Ma H, Wu D, Xu J 2012 19th IEEE International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits Singapore, July 2−6, 2012 p1
[21] Bassi S, Pattanaik M 2014 18th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test Coimbatore, India, July 16−18, 2014 p1
[22] Qiao F, Pan L, Blomme P, Arreghini A, Liu L 2014 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 61 955
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[23] 谯凤英 2013 博士学位论文 (北京: 清华大学)
Qiao F Y 2013 Ph. D. Dissertation (Beijing: Tsinghua University) (in Chinese)
[24] Yoshii I, Hama K, Maeguchi K 1989 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 36 2124
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Google Scholar
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