Phase change memory(PCM) has been focused as the alternative for next generation memory since it shows several advantages such as low fabrication cost, a scalability below 20nm design rule, large endurance cycles, and...
Phase change memory(PCM) has been focused as the alternative for next generation memory since it shows several advantages such as low fabrication cost, a scalability below 20nm design rule, large endurance cycles, and compatibility with semiconductorprocess. However, there still exist essential problems that are mainly determined by the properties of a phase change material. For example, the PCM cells composed of GeSbTe alloy relatively show low crystallization temperature, slow operation speed, and narrow resistance margin between reset and set state in respect of commercialization of PCM. In our study, the GeSb film was selected as phase change material due to its fast crystallization speed and selenium was employeddoping element for increasing thermal stability and the margin between high and low resistance. When the selenium was incorporated into GeSb film up to 8 at %, the crystallization temperature increased from 150oC to 225oC and the amorphous sheet resistance was elevated more than 13 times compared with undoped GeSb film. In addition, the resistance margin of the film significantly increased more 2 order of magnitude than that of GeSbTe film. The phase separation was found in the GeSb film doped with selenium over 8 at % and this was proved by Xrd and XPS analyses. As a consequence, Selenium doped GeSb film was strongly demonstrated as phase change material of PCM cell due to its thermal stability and large resistance margin including high crystallization speed.
We report enhanced switching margin in perpendicular MTJ cells at 20nm node. By introducing a novel structure with superior pinned layer stability, stable magnetization switching without magnetostatic interference has...
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(纸本)9781479916238
We report enhanced switching margin in perpendicular MTJ cells at 20nm node. By introducing a novel structure with superior pinned layer stability, stable magnetization switching without magnetostatic interference has been achieved. Wide switching field margins over 40σhave been secured forreproducible STT switching as well as a tightly controlled H_(offset) below 100Oe. Switching voltage margin of the novel structure are also wide enough to show definite STT switching.
Vibrations are periodic orrandom motion from an equilibrium position. In the steel industry, vibrations are an undesirable phenomenon, as they waste energy and create unwanted noise. For example, vibrations affect st...
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(纸本)9781467352031
Vibrations are periodic orrandom motion from an equilibrium position. In the steel industry, vibrations are an undesirable phenomenon, as they waste energy and create unwanted noise. For example, vibrations affect steel strips during rolling and transportation, producing random or periodic vertical movements of the strips as they move forward along a roll path. The consequences of these vibrations are particularly harmful for 3dreconstruction and flatness measurement based on non-contact techniques. Vibrations corrupt the height profiles, causing an erroneous reconstruction of the 3d surface. The flatness measurement is also distorted because the estimated lengths of the strip fibers with vibrations are different. This paper analyzes how vibrations in steel strips affect flatness measurement, and proposes methods to remove orreduce these effects. The shape of steel strips is firstly modeled including the two most common flatness defects: wavy edges and center buckle. Then, different types of vibrations are added to the strip models, and their effects on the resulting flatness measurement are analyzed. The method proposed to reduce the effects of vibrations is a combination of a low-pass filter and geometric transformations. Finally, these methods are applied to data from real strips.
Sintering is an industrial process used in the steel industry to transform fine particles of iron ore into coarse grained iron known as sinter. during the process, iron ore fines are mixed with other products such as ...
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(纸本)9781467352031
Sintering is an industrial process used in the steel industry to transform fine particles of iron ore into coarse grained iron known as sinter. during the process, iron ore fines are mixed with other products such as coke fines and fired at a temperature below the melting point of the material. A rotatory cooler is later used to reduce the temperature of the resulting sinter. Temperature control is very important in the sintering process, since the chemical reactions that occur in the sintering mixture rely heavily upon the temperature. Temperature also dictates the coolerrunning speed and the air flow of the fans. This work presents a system to measure the temperature of sinterduring cooling based on infrared thermography. The system detects the position of the cooler automatically. It applies image registration techniques to track the temperature in the same zones of the sinter material in different images. This procedure makes it possible to control the temperature decay curve of the sinter.
In order to address the increasing rC andreliability challenges at the advanced technology nodes, a new robust ULK was developed that incorporates the bridging carbon atoms (Si-[CH_2]_x-Si) in p-SiOCH matrix. Its ela...
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(纸本)9781479904372
In order to address the increasing rC andreliability challenges at the advanced technology nodes, a new robust ULK was developed that incorporates the bridging carbon atoms (Si-[CH_2]_x-Si) in p-SiOCH matrix. Its elastic modulus and plasma damage resistance were improved more than 40% at the same dielectric constant than the commercially available ULK. These improvements are attributed to 80% higher atoms that exist in both Si-[CH_2]_x-Si and Si-CH_3 structures with its pore size 23% smaller. Furthermore, its superb properties resulted in 3-4% capacitance reduction, and improvement of TddB and EM TTF (time to failure) by 2 order and 2~3 times, respectively, on an advanced BEOL vehicle.
A new monitoring system combining SPd (Surface Potential difference) imaging technique and Xrd analysis has shown to be effective in understanding of plasma influence and monitoring plasma process in wafer bonding. Th...
A new monitoring system combining SPd (Surface Potential difference) imaging technique and Xrd analysis has shown to be effective in understanding of plasma influence and monitoring plasma process in wafer bonding. This work will give a way to improve bonding yield in the hybrid Cu-Cu non-thermal compression bonding process through monitoring and optimizing plasma process conditions.
Backside illuminated CMOS image sensors with a 3d stacked architecture, where the pixel array is attached on top of the logic circuit, was introduced and have just come to the market. Image sensor featuring 3d stackin...
Backside illuminated CMOS image sensors with a 3d stacked architecture, where the pixel array is attached on top of the logic circuit, was introduced and have just come to the market. Image sensor featuring 3d stacking was realized by connection between the interconnect layers of the top and bottom parts using vertical type through-silicon via (TSV).1 Cu bonding technology for 3d integration has been studied and widely applied.2As Wafer-to-wafer bonding process is now being used widely and matured through the production of Backside illuminated CMOS image sensors, Copper-copper bonding provides an attractive route to 3d stacked image sensor since it creates a strong metal bond and enables vertically electrical connection during the bonding process. Specific pre-bonding surface conditioning is necessary to insure high bonding quality of patterned Cu wafers using Cu-Cu non-thermo compression bonding for wafer-to-wafer 3d stacking. Surface preparations for the hybrid fusion bonding such as removal of Cu oxide, Cu surface protection and optimized CMP planarization patterned Cu surfaces have been studied,3 but the study on plasma condition for hybrid fusion bonding is relatively a few. The work described here is investigating of the plasma-related Cu patterned hybrid surface preparation underdifferent plasma conditions. The main physical mechanisms about Cu-Cu non thermal compression bonding are spontaneous adhesion of hydrophilic surfaces followed by Cu diffusion across the bonding interface when Cu-Cu contact is reached (diffusion bonding) have been previously reported.4 The property of Cu dielectric diffusion barriers used in ULSI is hydrophobic. For the efficient bonding of hydrophobic-hydrophobic layers, surface conversion process is introduced.5 In the case of Cu-patterned hybrid bonding in typical Cu metallization layer in ULSI, Trade-off between dielectric diffusion barrier and Cu cannot be avoidable by surface conversion process. during the Cu-patterned hybrid b
This paperreports the design and fabrication of a practical Si nanowire (NW) transistor for beyond 10 nm logic devices application. The dependency of the dC and AC performances of Si NW MOSFETs on NW diameter (d NW )...
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This paperreports the design and fabrication of a practical Si nanowire (NW) transistor for beyond 10 nm logic devices application. The dependency of the dC and AC performances of Si NW MOSFETs on NW diameter (d NW ) and gate oxide thickness has been investigated. A Si NW device with the scaledd NW of 9 nm and thin equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of 0.9 nm improved both on-current and electrostatic characteristics. Finally, a Nanowire-On-Insulator (NOI) structure has been proposed to enhance the AC performance of a multiple-stacked NWs structure, which improves dC performance but has the issue of high parasitic capacitance. As a result, the simulated AC performance of a triple-NOI structure was improved by around 20% compared to conventional triple NW structure.
With the goal of synthesizing new [ n ]paracyclophanes, the expansion of the scope of a strategy originally disclosed by Winterfeldt et al., was investigated. This approach involves sequential diels–Alder/retro‐diel...
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With the goal of synthesizing new [ n ]paracyclophanes, the expansion of the scope of a strategy originally disclosed by Winterfeldt et al., was investigated. This approach involves sequential diels–Alder/retro‐diels–Alderreactions, the applications of which have been constrained so far to steroidderivatives. An efficient access to new functionalized [9]‐, [10]‐, and [16]paracyclophanes, including original cage architectures, was developed from readily available building blocks using thermal electrocyclization and a cycloaddition/cycloreversion sequence as the key steps.
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