A TCAD Compatible SONOS Trapping Layer Model for Accurate Programming Dynamics

F. Schanovsky, D. Verreck, A. Arreghini, G. Rzepa, Z. Stanojevic, C. Kernstock, O. Baumgartner, M. Rosmeulen, M. Karner
We present a TCAD model for the accurate de- scription of charging kinetics of trapping layers in 3D gate-all- around VNAND SONOS devices. We build on the established description of the trapping layer as trap-rich semiconductor and show that a strongly field-dependent carrier mobility greatly improves the reproduction of experimental incremental step pulse programming (ISPP) slopes. The resulting model was implemented in a commercial TCAD simulator and shown to accurately predict ISPP and retention loss measurement data with one consistent parameter set.
Publication date: 19 May 2021
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