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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 123, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0170774
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A charge trapping memory with high-k nanocrystal-amorphous phase structure was fabricated. Numerous charge traps were generated at the phase interface, significantly increasing the charge trapping capability. The device demonstrated a larger memory window and excellent stability.
Charge trapping memory with the P-Si/Al2O3/LaTiO/Al2O3/Pt structure was fabricated by a pulsed laser deposition system. An innovative high-k nanocrystal-amorphous phase structure could be stably formed in the charge trapping layer. The La2O3 nanocrystals are embedded in amorphous TiO2. Numerous charge traps are generated at the phase interface, which could significantly increase the charge trapping capability. A larger memory window of 16.56 V at +/- 12 V sweep voltage is observed, comparing with a lower value of 5.52 V for the simple amorphous structure. The device also demonstrated excellent stability, with only a 13% charge loss rate after 10 years and an unchanged memory window after 10(5) program/erase cycles. It is attributed to the structure that the amorphous phase isolates the trapped electrons around the nanocrystal and, thus, is resistant to loss. This work could provide an approach to generating charge traps by phase separation of high-k materials for future nonvolatile memory applications.
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