SONOS非易失性存储器件研究进展

随着半导体存储器件的小型化、微型化,传统多晶硅浮栅存储因为叠层厚度过大,对隧穿氧化层绝缘性要求过高而难以适应未来存储器的发展要求。最近,基于绝缘性能优异的氮化硅的SONOS非易失性存储器件,以其相对于传统多晶硅浮栅存储器更强的电荷存储能力、易于实现小型化和工艺简单等特性而重新受到重视。文章论述了SONOS非易失性存储器件的存储原理和存储性能的影响因素研究进展,并在材料、工艺与结构设计等方面对SONOS存储器件性能改进的研究进展情况进行了分析和讨论。     

SONOS非挥发性存储器件的研究进展

随着非挥发性存储器件的尺寸持续缩小,SONOS结构存储器件又重新被重视.简单介绍超短栅长SONOS器件和2 bit SONOS器件,重点介绍改进氮化硅层和应用high-K材料,来改善SONOS器件性能的研究.认为只要解决high-K材料在非挥发性存储器件中的应用,具有好的发展前景.     

55 nm SONOS闪存单元的1/f噪声特性研究

基于55 nm ULP CMOS工艺来制备SONOS闪存单元,并通过1/f噪声测试等方式对测试单元的器件特性进行表征。基于1/f噪声表征和转移特性,分析了编程态和擦除态下SONOS闪存单元内部缺陷水平的变化规律与机制。针对1/f噪声与亚阈值特性的缺陷水平出现矛盾的现象,引入NBTI中的双阶段模型进行阐述,进一步分析1/f噪声测试环节对SONOS器件的影响。     

用氧化多孔硅方法制备厚的SiO_2膜及其微观分析

用氧化多孔硅的方法来制备厚的 Si O2 成本低 ,省时 .氧化硅膜的厚度 ,表面粗糙度和组分这三个参数 ,对波导器件的性能有重要影响 ,扫描电子显微镜 ( SEM)、原子力显微镜 ( AFM)和俄歇分析得到 :氧化的多孔硅的膜厚已达 2 1 .2μm;表面粗糙度在 1 nm以内 ,Si和 O的组分比为 1∶ 1 .90 6.这些结果表明 ,用氧化多孔硅方法制备的厚 Si O2 膜满足低损耗光波导器件的要求     

利用改进的电荷泵法研究SONOS存储器陷阱电荷的分布特性

在silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon(SONOS)等电荷俘获型不挥发存储器中,编程操作后注入电荷的分布会对器件的读取、擦写以及可靠性带来影响.利用电荷泵方法可以有效而准确地测量出注入电荷沿沟道方向的分布.为了提高测试精度,在进行电荷泵测试时,采用固定低电平与固定高电平相结合的方法,分别对SONOS器件源端和漏端进行注入电荷分布的测试.通过测试,最终获得SONOS存储器在沟道热电子注入编程后的电子分布.电子分布的峰值区域在漏端附近,分布宽度在50nm左右.     

利用改进的电荷泵法研究SONOS存储器陷阱电荷的分布特性

在silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon(SONOS)等电荷俘获型不挥发存储器中,编程操作后注入电荷的分布会对器件的读取、擦写以及可靠性带来影响.利用电荷泵方法可以有效而准确地测量出注入电荷沿沟道方向的分布.为了提高测试精度,在进行电荷泵测试时,采用固定低电平与固定高电平相结合的方法,分别对SONOS器件源端和漏端进行注入电荷分布的测试.通过测试,最终获得SONOS存储器在沟道热电子注入编程后的电子分布.电子分布的峰值区域在漏端附近,分布宽度在50nm左右.     

用氧化多孔硅方法制备厚的Si02膜及其微观分析

用氧化多孔硅的方法来制备厚的SiO2成本低,省时.氧化硅膜的厚度,表面粗糙度和组分这三个参数,对波导器件的性能有重要影响,扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、原子力显微镜(AFM)和俄歇分析得到：氧化的多孔硅的膜厚已达21.2μm;表面粗糙度在1nm以内,Si和O的组分比为1:1.906.这些结果表明,用氧化多孔硅方法制备的厚SiO2膜满足低损耗光波导器件的要求.     

存储器

F-RAM产品系列中的2Mb存储器件，采用0．13μm SONOS工艺的4Mb nvSRAM     

一种应用于纳米尺度器件陷阱电荷表征的新型改进电荷泵方法

随着器件特征尺寸的缩小,热载流子带来的器件蜕化效应越来越严重。电荷泵方法可用于表征陷阱电荷的分布。但由于局部阈值电压窄峰的影响,传统电荷泵法在测试陷阱电荷分布时存在误差。本文提出了一种改进型电荷泵测试方法,可用于精确提取纳米尺度器件中陷阱电荷的横向分布。 本文采用0.12微米的SONOS器件来验证这一方法的有效性。通过编程控制,使SONOS器件形成大约50纳米的阈值电压窄峰。采用新方法测试得到的陷阱电荷分布与测试得到的阈值电压有较好的一致性。     

SOI SONOS EEPROM管电离总剂量辐射效应

采用0.6μm SOI SONOS工艺技术平台研制了0.6μm SOI SONOS EEPROM管,分析其擦写特性。辐射前,SONOS EEPROM管的阈值窗口电压为5.04 V。利用Co-60γ源研究存储管的电离总剂量辐射特性,给出了SONOS EEPROM管擦除态、编程态的Id-Vg曲线及阈值窗口随辐射总剂量的变化关系,在辐射总剂量达到500 Krad(Si)时,EEPROM管仍有0.7 V的阈值窗口,可以实现存储电路的设计,并对总剂量辐射引起存储管阈值漂移的机理进行了探讨。     

Technology innovation and process integrations for sub-100nm gate patterning

This paper presents a brief overview of the Applied Centura(R)DPS(R)system,configured with silicon etch DPS Ⅱ chamber, with emphasis on discussing tuning capability for CD uniformity control. It also presents the studies of etch process chemistry and film integration impact for an overall successful gate patterning development. Discussions will focus on resolutions to key issues, such as CD uniformity, line-edge roughness, and multilayer film etching integration.     

White organic light-emitting devices based on fac tris（2- phenylpyridine） iridium sensitized 5,6,11,12-tetraphenylnap -hthacene

We have fabricated the white organic light-emitting devices （WOLEDs） based on 4,4＇ -bis（2,2 -diphenyl vinyl）-1,1＇ - biphenyl （DPVBi） and phosphorescence sensitized 5,6,11,12,-tetraphenylnaphthacene （rubrene）. The device structure is ITO/2T-NATA （20 nm）/NPBX （20 nm）/CBP： x%Ir（ppy）3：0.5% rubrene （8 nm）/NPBX （5 nm）/DPVBi （30 nm）/Alq（30 nm）/LiF（0.5 nm）/A1. In the devices, DPVBi acts as a blue light-emitting layer, the rubrene is sensitized by a phosphorescent material, fac tris （2-phenylpyridine） iridium [Ir（ppy）3], acts as a yellow light-emitting layer, and N,N＇ -bis- （1-naphthyl）- N,N＇ -diphenyl -1, 1＇ -biphenyl-4,4＇ -diamine （NPBX） acts as a hole transporting and exciton blocker layer, respectively. When the concentration of Ir （PPY）3 is 6wt%, the maximum luminance is 24960 cd/m^2 at an applied voltage of 15 V, and the maximum luminous efficiency is 5.17 cd/A at an applied voltage of 8 V.     

Complete approach to automatic identification and subpixel center location for ellipse feature

To meet the need of automatic image features extraction with high precision in visual inspection, a complete approach to automatic identification and sub-pixel center location for similar-ellipse feature is proposed. In the method, the feature area is identified automatically based on the edge attribute, and the sub-pixel center location is accomplished with the leastsquare algorithm. It shows that the method is valid, practical, and has high precision by experiment. Meanwhile this method can meet the need of instrumentation of visual inspection because of easy realization and without man-machine interaction.     

小角度扩展相关性近似算法分析

本论文提出一种在多天线MIMO信道相关性建模中小角度扩展近似理论算法,并应用于分析MIMO系统性能。分析中分别对三种不同角能量分布情况下的空间相关性研发快速近似计算法,并同时提出双模(Bi-Modal)角能量分布情况下的近似运算。通过分析这些新方法的近似效率,可以得到计算简单、复杂度低、而且符合实际的MIMO相关信道矩阵,对系统级的快速高效计算法的研究和系统级的评估以及误差分析具有重要的意义。     

Curved crystal spectrometer for the measurement of X-ray lines from laser-produced plasmas

In order to diagnose the laser-produced plasmas, a focusing curved crystal spectrometer has been developed for measuring the X-ray lines radiated from a laser-produced plasmas. The design is based on the fact that the ray emitted from a source located at one focus of an ellipse will converge on the other focus by the reflection of the elliptical surface. The focal length and the eccentricity of the ellipse are 1350 mm and 0.9586, respectively. The spectrometer can be used to measure the X- ray lines in the wavelength range of 0.2-0.37 nm, and a LiF crystal （200） （2d = 0.4027 nm） is used as dispersive element covering Bragg angle from 30° to 67.5°. The spectrometer was tested on Shengnang- Ⅱ which can deliver laser energy of 60-80 J/pulse and the laser wavelength is 0.35 μm. Photographs of spectra including the 1 s2p ^1P1-1s^2 ^1S0 resonance line（w）, the 1s2p ^3P2-1s^2 1S0 magnetic quadrupole line（x）, the 1s2p ^3P1-1 s^2 ^1S0 intercombination lines（y）, the 1 s2p ^3S~1-1 s^2 ^1S0 forbidden line（z） in helium-like Ti Ⅹ Ⅺ and the 1 s2s2p ^2P3/2-1 s622s ^2S1/2 line（q） in lithium-like Ti Ⅹ Ⅹhave been recorded with a X-ray CCD camera. The experimental result shows that the wavelength resolution（λ/△ 2） is above 1000 and the elliptical crystal spectrometer is suitable for X-ray spectroscopy.     

Preparation and Characterization of TaN ALD Precursors

High purity organic-tantalum precursors for thin film ALD TaN were synthesized and characterized.Vapor pressure and thermal stability of these precursors were studied.From the vapor pressure analysis,it was found that TBTEMT has a higher vapor pressure than any other published liquid TaN precursor,including TBTDET,TAITMATA,and IPTDET.Thermal stability of the alkyl groups on the precursors was investigated using a 1H NMR technique.The results indicated that the tertbutylimino group is the most stable group on TBTDET and TBTEMT as compared to the dialkylamido groups.Thermal stability of TaN precursors decreased in the following order:TBTDET ＞ PDMAT ＞ TBTEMT.In conclusion,precursor vapor pressure and thermal stability were tuned by making slight variations in the ligand sphere around the metal center.     

Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Nanocrystals

This paper reviews our recent development of the use of the large-scale pseudopotential method to calculate the electronic structure of semiconductor nanocrystals, such as quantum dots and wires, which often contain tens of thousands of atoms. The calculated size-dependent exciton energies and absorption spectra of quantum dots and wires are in good agreement with experiments. We show that the electronic structure of a nanocrystal can be tuned not only by its size,but also by its shape. Finally,we show that defect properties in quantum dots can be significantly different from those in bulk semiconductors.     

A Versatile Mixed-Signal Pin Approach for Cost-Effective Test of Automotive ICs

Integrated circuits (ICs) intended for increasingly sophisticated automotive applications bring unique test demands. Advanced ICs for applications such as highly integrated automatic braking system (ABS) and airbag controllers combine high voltage digital channels, significant VI demands and precise timing capability. Along with continued missioncritical reliability concerns, the trend toward higher voltage operation and increased device integration requires specialized test capabilities able to extend across the wide operating ranges found in automotive applications. Among these capabilities, automotive test requirements increasingly dictate a need for a cost-effective versatile mixed-signal pin electronics with very high data rates reaching up to 50MHz with a voltage swing of-2 V to +28 V.     

Critical Stage Rule-Based Real Time Dispatch（RTD）System in Highly-Mixed-Products （HMP） FAB

An improving utilization and efficiency of critical equipments in semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities are concerned. Semiconductor manufacturing FAB is one of the most complicated and cost sensitive environments. A good dispatching tool will make big difference in equipment utilization and FAB output as a whole. The equipment in this paper is In-Line DUV Scanner. There are many factors impacting utilization and output on this equipment group. In HMP environment one of the issues is changing of reticule in this area and idle counts due to load unbalance between equipments. Here we'll introduce a rule-based RTD system which aiming at decreasing the number of recipe change and idle counts among a group of scanner equipment in a high-mixed-products FAB.     

Optical vibration and deviation measurement of rotating machine parts

It is of interest to get appropriate information about the dynamic behaviour of rotating machinery parts in service. This paper presents an approach of optical vibration and deviation measurement of such parts. Essential of this method is an image derotator combined with a high speed camera or a laser doppler vibrometer （LDV）.