Recent Advances in the Understanding of Random Telegraph Noise in 3-D NAND Flash memories

G Malavena, M Giulianini… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The transition from planar (2D) to three-dimensional (3D) arrays represented a turning point
for the phenomenology of random telegraph noise (RTN) in NAND Flash technologies. The …

First demonstration of ferroelectric tunnel thin-film transistor nonvolatile memory with polycrystalline-silicon channel and HfZrO gate dielectric

WCY Ma, CJ Su, KH Kao, YJ Lee, JH Lin… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, the nonvolatile memory constructed on the tunnel thin-film transistors (tunnel-
TFTs) using polycrystalline-silicon channel featuring ferroelectric HfZrOx layer is …

First Evidence of SET-Like Behavior of 3-D NAND Flash Cells in the Deep-Cryogenic Regime

DG Refaldi, G Malavena, M Giulianini… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we report the first experimental investigation of the behavior of the 3-D NAND
Flash memory technology in the deep-cryogenic regime (temperature K). Clear evidence is …

Impacts of pulse conditions on endurance behavior of ferroelectric thin-film transistor non-volatile memory

WCY Ma, CJ Su, KH Kao, YJ Lee, PH Wu… - Semiconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, the ferroelectric thin-film transistor (Fe-TFT) with polycrystalline-silicon (poly-Si)
channel and HfZrO x gate dielectric is fabricated to study the characteristics of non-volatile …

Retention Accelerated Testing for 3D QLC NAND Flash Memory: Characterization, Analysis, and Modeling

S Yang, M Zhang, X Zhan, P Guo… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-dimensional (3D) NAND flash memory has become quite popular and is now widely
used in data centers and mobile devices due to its outstanding storage density and cost …

Random Telegraph Noise and Radiation Response of 80 nm Vertical Charge-Trapping NAND Flash Memory Devices with SiON Tunneling Oxide

IR Wynocker, EX Zhang, RA Reed… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Random telegraph noise (RTN) measurements are performed on as-processed,
programmed, erased, and irradiated 80 nm vertical charge-trapping nand memory …

Analysis of High-Temperature Data Retention in 3D Floating-Gate NAND Flash Memory Arrays

G Malavena, M Giulianini, L Chiavarone… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a detailed experimental investigation of high-temperature data
retention in 3D floating-gate NAND Flash memory arrays. Data reveal that charge …

Depassivation of traps in the polysilicon channel of 3D NAND Flash arrays: Impact on cell high-temperature data retention

M Giulianini, G Malavena, L Chiavarone… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report clear experimental evidence proving that programmed cells in a 3D
NAND Flash memory array may experience an unexpected average increase in their …

Physical model and characteristics of 3D NAND memory cell metastability issues under high temperature stress

A Bicksler, C Miccoli… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new memory device behavior has been experimentally identified and investigated in 3D
NAND devices. The experimental results show that the memory device characteristics …

Understanding the impact of polysilicon percolative conduction on 3D NAND variability

SM Amoroso, G Malavena, AR Brown… - … on Simulation of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, by means of 3D TCAD simulations, we analyze the effects of the trap-induced
percolative conduction in the polysilicon channels of 3D NAND memory cells. We …