BACK-SIDED TRAPPED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A back-side trap non-volatile memory cell, comprising:
- a channel region;
a trap material; and
one or more sub-layers of dielectric material formed over the trap material and beneath the channel region;
wherein a conduction band offset of at least one of the one or more sub-layers of dielectric material is less than a conduction band offset of the trap material; and
wherein a conduction band offset of any one of the one or more sub-layers of dielectric material is less than a conduction band offset of any other sub-layer of dielectric material located between that one sub-layer of dielectric material and the trap material.
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Abstract
Non-volatile memory devices and arrays are described that utilize back-side trapped floating node memory cells with band-gap engineered gate stacks with asymmetric tunnel barriers. Embodiments of the present invention allow for direct tunneling programming and efficient erase with electrons and holes, while maintaining high charge blocking barriers and deep carrier trapping sites for good charge retention and reduces the possibility of damage to the channel/insulator interface. The direct tunneling program and efficient erase capability reduces damage to the gate stack and the crystal lattice from high energy carriers, reducing write fatigue and leakage issues and enhancing device lifespan. Memory device embodiments of the present invention are presented that are arranged in NOR or NAND memory architecture arrays. Memory cell embodiments of the present invention also allow multiple levels of bit storage in a single memory cell, and allow for programming and erase with reduced voltages.
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24 Claims
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1. A back-side trap non-volatile memory cell, comprising:
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a channel region; a trap material; and one or more sub-layers of dielectric material formed over the trap material and beneath the channel region; wherein a conduction band offset of at least one of the one or more sub-layers of dielectric material is less than a conduction band offset of the trap material; and wherein a conduction band offset of any one of the one or more sub-layers of dielectric material is less than a conduction band offset of any other sub-layer of dielectric material located between that one sub-layer of dielectric material and the trap material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A memory device, comprising:
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a memory interface; control circuitry coupled to the memory interface; and an array of non-volatile memory cells, wherein one or more of the non-volatile memory cells comprises a back-side trap non-volatile memory cell each back-side trap non-volatile memory cell comprising; a channel region; a trap material having a conduction band offset; and one or more sub-layers of dielectric material formed over the trap material and beneath the channel region, each sub-layer having a conduction band offset, wherein the conduction band offset of each of the one or more sub-layers is less than the trap material conduction band offset and wherein a conduction band offset of any one of the one or more sub-layers of dielectric material is less than a conduction band offset of any other sub-layer of dielectric material located between that one sub-layer of dielectric material and the trap material. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of forming a back-side trap non-volatile memory cell, comprising:
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forming a trapping material wherein the trapping layer has a conduction band offset; forming one or more sub-layers of dielectric material on the trapping material, wherein each sub-layer of dielectric material has a conduction band offset and wherein the conduction band offset of each sub-layer of dielectric material is less than the conduction band offset of the material upon which it is formed; and forming a channel region on the one or more sub-layers of dielectric material. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A back-side trap non-volatile memory cell, comprising:
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a channel region; a trap material; and an asymmetric band-gap tunnel dielectric comprising two or more sub-layers formed over the trap material and under the channel region, wherein each sub-layer has an increasing conduction band offset extending from the channel region to the trap material. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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