Simulation of a cobalt silicide/Si hetero-nanocrystal memory

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  • Dengtao Zhao
  • Yan Zhu
  • Ruigang Li
  • Jianlin Liu
  • A. Zaslavsky
چکیده

A nanocrystal memory using CoSi2/Si hetero-nanocrystals as floating gate was proposed. Numerical investigations on the writing, erasing and retention were performed. The hetero-structure provides an extra quantum well for the charge to achieve much longer retention time while maintains a writing/erasing speed similar to that of Si nanocrystal memory. 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. PACS: 72.20.Jv; 73.21.La; 73.90.+f; 74.50.+r

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تاریخ انتشار 2005