Abstract: Provided are a complementary nonvolatile memory device, methods of operating and manufacturing the same, a logic device and semiconductor device having the same, and a reading circuit for the same. The complementary nonvolatile memory device includes a first nonvolatile memory and a second nonvolatile memory which are sequentially stacked and have a complementary relationship. The first and second nonvolatile memories are arranged so that upper surfaces thereof are contiguous.

Abstract: A SONOS memory device, and a method of manufacturing the same, includes a substrate and a multifunctional device formed on the substrate. The multifunctional device performs both switching and data storing functions. The multifunctional device includes first and second impurities areas, a channel formed between the first and second impurities areas, and a stacked material formed on the channel for data storage. The stacked material for data storage is formed by sequentially stacking a tunneling oxide layer, a memory node layer in which data is stored, a blocking layer, and an electrode layer.

Abstract: A silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory device includes a memory type transistor including a gate with a SONOS structure on a semiconductor substrate. The gate is formed by sequentially stacking a tunneling oxide layer, a memory node structure including a trap site having nano-sized trap elements in which charges passing through the tunneling oxide layer are trapped, and a gate electrode. The nano-sized trap elements may be a crystal layer composed of nanocrystals that are separated from one another to trap the charges. The memory node structure may include additional memory node layers which are isolated from the nano-sized trap elements.

Abstract: A silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory device includes a memory type transistor including a gate with a SONOS structure on a semiconductor substrate. The gate is formed by sequentially stacking a tunneling oxide layer, a memory node structure including a trap site having nano-sized trap elements in which charges passing through the tunneling oxide layer are trapped, and a gate electrode. The nano-sized trap elements may be a crystal layer composed of nanocrystals that are separated from one another to trap the charges. The memory node structure may include additional memory node layers which are isolated from the nano-sized trap elements.

Abstract: A SONOS memory device, and a method of erasing data from the same, includes injecting charge carriers of a second sign into a trapping film, which traps charge carriers of a first sign to store data therein. The charge carriers of the second sign are generated by an electric field formed between one of a first and second electrodes contacting at least one bit line and a gate electrode contacting a word line. A blocking film may be provided between the gate electrode and the trapping film. The charge carriers of the second sign may be hot holes. This erasing improves erasing speed, thereby improving performance of the SONOS memory device.

Abstract: Provided are a nonvolatile memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a semiconductor substrate; a source region and a drain region disposed in the semiconductor substrate and a channel region interposed between the source and drain regions; a first tunnel oxide layer disposed on the channel region near the source region; a second tunnel oxide layer disposed on the channel region near the drain region; a first charge trapping layer disposed on the first tunnel oxide layer; a second charge trapping layer disposed on the second tunnel oxide layer; a blocking oxide layer covering the first and second charge trapping layers; a charge isolation layer interposed between the first and second charge trapping layers; and a gate electrode disposed on the blocking oxide layer.

Abstract: In a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory device, and methods of manufacturing and operating the same, the SONOS memory device includes a semiconductor layer including source and drain regions and a channel region, an upper stack structure formed on the semiconductor layer, the upper stack structure and the semiconductor layer forming an upper SONOS memory device, and a lower stack structure formed under the semiconductor layer, the lower stack structure and the semiconductor layer forming a lower SONOS memory device.

Abstract: A SONOS memory device, and a method of erasing data from the same, includes injecting charge carriers of a second sign into a trapping film, which traps charge carriers of a first sign to store data therein. The charge carriers of the second sign are generated by an electric field formed between one of a first and second electrodes contacting at least one bit line and a gate electrode contacting a word line. A blocking film may be provided between the gate electrode and the trapping film. The charge carriers of the second sign may be hot holes. This erasing improves erasing speed, thereby improving performance of the SONOS memory device.

Abstract: A method of programming a silicon oxide nitride oxide semiconductor (SONOS) memory device is provided. The SONOS memory device includes a substrate, first and second impurity regions spaced apart on the substrate, a gate oxide layer formed over the substrate between the first and second impurity regions, a trap layer formed over the gate oxide layer, an insulation layer formed over the trap layer, and a gate electrode formed over the insulation layer. The method of programming the SONOS device includes writing data into the SONOS memory device by applying a first voltage to the first impurity region, a gate voltage to the gate electrode, and a second voltage to the second impurity region, where the second voltage is a negative voltage.

Abstract: Provided are a nonvolatile memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a semiconductor substrate; a source region and a drain region disposed in the semiconductor substrate and a channel region interposed between the source and drain regions; a first tunnel oxide layer disposed on the channel region near the source region; a second tunnel oxide layer disposed on the channel region near the drain region; a first charge trapping layer disposed on the first tunnel oxide layer; a second charge trapping layer disposed on the second tunnel oxide layer; a blocking oxide layer covering the first and second charge trapping layers; a charge isolation layer interposed between the first and second charge trapping layers; and a gate electrode disposed on the blocking oxide layer.

Abstract: Provided is a nonvolatile memory device which includes a tunneling insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a storage node formed on the tunneling insulating film, a blocking insulating film formed on the storage node, and a control gate electrode formed on the blocking insulating film. The storage node includes at least two trapping films having different trap densities, and the blocking insulating film has a dielectric constant greater than that of the silicon oxide film.

Abstract: A single electron transistor having a memory function and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. In the single electron transistor, a first substrate and an insulation film are sequentially stacked, a second substrate is stacked on the insulation film and includes a source region, a channel region, and a drain region, a tunneling film is formed on the second substrate, at least two trap layers are formed on the tunneling film and are separated by an interval such that at least one quantum dot may be formed in a same interval in the channel region, and a gate electrode is formed to contact the at least two trap layers and the tunneling film between the at least two trap layers. Because the single electron transistor is simple and includes a single gate electrode, a fabricating process and an operational circuit thereof may be simplified, and power consumption may be reduced.

Abstract: Provided are a nonvolatile memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a semiconductor substrate; a source region and a drain region disposed in the semiconductor substrate and a channel region interposed between the source and drain regions; a first tunnel oxide layer disposed on the channel region near the source region; a second tunnel oxide layer disposed on the channel region near the drain region; a first charge trapping layer disposed on the first tunnel oxide layer; a second charge trapping layer disposed on the second tunnel oxide layer; a blocking oxide layer covering the first and second charge trapping layers; a charge isolation layer interposed between the first and second charge trapping layers; and a gate electrode disposed on the blocking oxide layer.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a memory device having improved erasing characteristics, the method includes sequentially forming a tunneling oxide layer, a charge storing layer, and a blocking oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate; annealing the semiconductor substrate including the tunneling oxide layer, the charge storing layer, and the blocking oxide layer under a gas atmosphere so that the blocking oxide layer has a negative fixed oxide charge; forming a gate electrode on the blocking oxide layer with the negative fixed oxide charge and etching the tunneling oxide layer, the charge storing layer, and the blocking oxide layer to form a gate structure; and forming a first doped region and a second doped region in the semiconductor substrate at sides of the gate structure by doping the semiconductor substrate with a dopant.

Abstract: A single electron transistor having a memory function and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. In the single electron transistor, a first substrate and an insulation film are sequentially stacked, a second substrate is stacked on the insulation film and includes a source region, a channel region, and a drain region, a tunneling film is formed on the second substrate, at least two trap layers are formed on the tunneling film and are separated by an interval such that at least one quantum dot may be formed in a same interval in the channel region, and a gate electrode is formed to contact the at least two trap layers and the tunneling film between the at least two trap layers. Because the single electron transistor is simple and includes a single gate electrode, a fabricating process and an operational circuit thereof may be simplified, and power consumption may be reduced.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a memory device includes a gate structure comprising a metal nitride material in a charge storing layer on a semiconductor substrate. The gate structure is disposed between a first dopant region and a second dopant region formed on the semiconductor substrate. The metal nitride material is structured to function as a trap site for trapping a charge.

Abstract: Provided are example embodiments of fabrication methods and resulting structures suitable for use in nonvolatile memory devices formed on semiconductor substrates. The example embodiments of the gate structures include a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a storage node formed on the first insulating film for storing charges, a second insulating film formed on the storage node, a third insulating film formed on the second insulating film, and a gate electrode formed on the third insulating film. The insulating films are selected whereby the dielectric constant of one or both of the second and third insulating films is greater than the dielectric constant of the first insulating film.

Abstract: In a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory device and a method of manufacturing the same, a SONOS memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer deposited on the semiconductor substrate, an active layer formed on a predetermined region of the insulating layer and divided into a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, a first side gate stack formed at a first side of the channel region, and a second side gate stack formed at a second side of the channel region opposite the first side of the channel region. In the SONOS memory device, at least two bits of data may be stored in each SONOS memory device, thereby allowing the integration density of the semiconductor memory device to be increased without increasing an area thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first dopant area and a second dopant area in a semiconductor substrate, the first dopant area and the second dopant area doped with one selected from the group consisting of Sb, Ga, and Bi. The semiconductor memory device includes an insulating layer disposed in contact with the first dopant area and the second dopant area, and a gate electrode layer disposed in contact with the insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device a first dopant area and a second dopant area, the first dopant area and the second dopant area disposed in a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer disposed in contact with the first dopant area and the second dopant area, the insulating layer including a material selected from the group consisting of Hf, Zr, Y, and Ln, and a gate electrode layer disposed on the insulating layer.