A polycrystalline-silicon dual-gate MOSFET-based 1T-DRAM using grain boundary-induced variable resistance

Young Jun Yoon, Jae Hwa Seo, Seongjae Cho, Jong Ho Lee, In Man Kang

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Abstract

A polycrystalline-silicon (poly-Si) dual-gate MOSFET-based one-transistor dynamic random-access memory (1T-DRAM) cell was developed using grain boundary (GB)-induced barrier effects. The program/erase operation of the 1T-DRAM is performed by trapping/detrapping charges in GB traps. The trapped charges cause variations in the grain energy barrier of the storage region, which forms the sensing margin of the 1T-DRAM. The proposed cell achieved a high sensing margin of 4.45 μA/μm and a long retention time (>100 ms) at a high temperature of 373 K (100 °C).

Original languageEnglish
Article number183503
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume114
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 May 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2016R1C1B2015979); Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. This work was

Funding Information:
supported by the BK21 Plus project through the NRF funded by the Ministry of Education (21A20131600011). This work was also supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) (10080513) and Korea Semiconductor Research Consortium (KSRC) support program for the development of future semiconductor devices.

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