Memories - Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems (Jul 2023)

Design impact on three gate Dynamic Flash Memory (3G_DFM) for long hole retention time and robust disturbance shield

  • Koji Sakui,
  • Yisuo Li,
  • Masakazu Kakumu,
  • Kenichi Kanazawa,
  • Iwao Kunishima,
  • Yoshihisa Iwata,
  • Nozomu Harada

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4
p. 100054

Abstract

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TCAD simulation using Silvaco software has shown that the 3G_DFM, which has SG1 (Select Gate 1), PL (Plate Line Gate), and SG2 (Select Gate 2) between SL (Source Line) and BL (Bit Line), has a long retention time of 100ms at 85 °C, and a robust disturbance shield which is a thousand times BL stress. The two select gates SG1 and SG2 protect the recombination of holes in the FB (Floating Body) at the SL and BL pn-junctions, and shield the BL stress arising during other page operations, which leads to the GIDL (Gate Induced Drain Leakage) current.

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