The Sources of Erase Voltage Variability in Split-Gate Flash Memory Cell Arrays

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Tkachev, Yuri [1 ]
Walls, James A. [2 ]
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[1] Silicon Storage Technol Inc, San Jose, CA 95134 USA
[2] Microchip Technol Inc, Tempe, AZ USA
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Flash memory; floating gate; tunneling; capacitance; single-electron transfer;
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We performed a comprehensive analysis of the voltage-to-erase (V-erase) distribution in split-gate flash memory cell arrays. It was shown that V-erase distribution is mostly determined by the tunneling voltage variations. Other factors, such as distributions of coupling ratio and FG channel parameters, have a minor effect on V-erase variability.
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