Modeling of Charge Loss Mechanisms during the Short Term Retention Operation in 3-D NAND Flash Memories

Changbeom Woo, Myeongwon Lee, Shinkeun Kim, Jaeyeol Park, Gil Bok Choi, Moon Sik Seo, Keum Hwan Noh, Myounggon Kang, Hyungcheol Shin

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Abstract

Right after program, stored electrons in the shallow nitride trap level can be released less than a few seconds. By setting the delay between program and reading phase to as small as 10μs, we found that several mechanisms are mixed when stored electrons are emitted during short term retention of 3-D NAND Flash. For the first time, we have confirmed that the charge loss mechanisms consist of three mechanisms and have separated each mechanism. In particular, the vertical redistribution of electrons in the charge trap layer, observed only during short term, was analyzed for the first time. Short term retention data measured at various temperatures (25-115°C) and at several program verify levels (PV3, PV5, PV7) in solid (S/P) and checker-board patterns (C/P) were analyzed using our model. Finally, the activation energy (Ea) of each mechanism was extracted by the Arrhenius law and the magnitudes of Ea were compared.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 Symposium on VLSI Technology, VLSI Technology 2019 - Digest of Technical Papers
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
PagesT214-T215
ISBN (Electronic)9784863487178
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019
Event39th Symposium on VLSI Technology, VLSI Technology 2019 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 9 Jun 201914 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameDigest of Technical Papers - Symposium on VLSI Technology
Volume2019-June
ISSN (Print)0743-1562

Conference

Conference39th Symposium on VLSI Technology, VLSI Technology 2019
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period9/06/1914/06/19

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