Size control and charge storage mechanism of germanium nanocrystals in a metal-insulator-semiconductor structure

作者:Teo LW*; Choi WK; Chim WK; Ho V; Moey CM; Tay MS; Heng CL; Lei Y; Antoniadis DA; Fitzgerald EA
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2002, 81(19): 3639-3641.
DOI:10.1063/1.1519355

摘要

The size of germanium (Ge) nanocrystals in a trilayer metal-insulator-semiconductor memory device was controlled by varying the thickness of the middle (co-sputtered Ge+SiO2) layer. From analyses using transmission electron microscopy and capacitance-voltage measurements, we deduced that both electrons and holes are most likely stored within the nanocrystals in the middle layer of the trilayer structure rather than at the interfaces of the nanocrystals with the oxide matrix.

  • 出版日期2002-11-4
  • 单位MIT