Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volume

Capacitor-less 2T0C dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) employing oxide semiconductors (OSs) as a channel has great potential in the development of highly scaled three dimensional (3D)-structured devices. However, the use of OS and such device structures presents certain challenges, including the tr...

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Main Authors: Jae-Hyeok Kwag, Su-Hwan Choi, Daejung Kim, Jun-Yeoub Lee, Taewon Hwang, Hye-Jin Oh, Chang-Kyun Park, Jin-Seong Park
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
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Su-Hwan Choi
Daejung Kim
Jun-Yeoub Lee
Taewon Hwang
Hye-Jin Oh
Chang-Kyun Park
Jin-Seong Park
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Daejung Kim
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Taewon Hwang
Hye-Jin Oh
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Jin-Seong Park
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description Capacitor-less 2T0C dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) employing oxide semiconductors (OSs) as a channel has great potential in the development of highly scaled three dimensional (3D)-structured devices. However, the use of OS and such device structures presents certain challenges, including the trade-off relationship between the field-effect mobility and stability of OSs. Conventional 4-line-based operation of the 2T0C enlarges the entire cell volume and complicates the peripheral circuit. Herein, we proposed an IGO (In-Ga-O) channel 2-line-based 2T0C cell design and operating sequences comparable to those of the conventional Si-channel 1 T1C DRAM. IGO was adopted to achieve high thermal stability above 800 ℃, and the process conditions were optimized to simultaneously obtain a high μ _FE of 90.7 cm ^2 ·V ^−1 ·s ^−1 , positive V _th of 0.34 V, superior reliability, and uniformity. The proposed 2-line-based 2T0C DRAM cell successfully exhibited multi-bit operation, with the stored voltage varying from 0 V to 1 V at 0.1 V intervals. Furthermore, for stored voltage intervals of 0.1 V and 0.5 V, the refresh time was 10 s and 1 000 s in multi-bit operation; these values were more than 150 and 15 000 times longer than those of the conventional Si channel 1T1C DRAM, respectively. A monolithic stacked 2-line-based 2T0C DRAM was fabricated, and a multi-bit operation was confirmed.
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spelling doaj-art-5ff40c7b814845faad89b71088d5c6212025-08-20T03:53:51ZengIOP PublishingInternational Journal of Extreme Manufacturing2631-79902025-01-017505550310.1088/2631-7990/add7a3Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volumeJae-Hyeok Kwag0Su-Hwan Choi1Daejung Kim2Jun-Yeoub Lee3Taewon Hwang4Hye-Jin Oh5Chang-Kyun Park6Jin-Seong Park7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9070-5666Division of Nanoscale Semiconductor Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaDivision of Nanoscale Semiconductor Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Display Science and Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaDivision of Nanoscale Semiconductor Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaDivision of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaDivision of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaNano Convergence Leader Program for Materials, Parts, and Equipment, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaDivision of Nanoscale Semiconductor Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea; Department of Display Science and Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea; Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University , 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaCapacitor-less 2T0C dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) employing oxide semiconductors (OSs) as a channel has great potential in the development of highly scaled three dimensional (3D)-structured devices. However, the use of OS and such device structures presents certain challenges, including the trade-off relationship between the field-effect mobility and stability of OSs. Conventional 4-line-based operation of the 2T0C enlarges the entire cell volume and complicates the peripheral circuit. Herein, we proposed an IGO (In-Ga-O) channel 2-line-based 2T0C cell design and operating sequences comparable to those of the conventional Si-channel 1 T1C DRAM. IGO was adopted to achieve high thermal stability above 800 ℃, and the process conditions were optimized to simultaneously obtain a high μ _FE of 90.7 cm ^2 ·V ^−1 ·s ^−1 , positive V _th of 0.34 V, superior reliability, and uniformity. The proposed 2-line-based 2T0C DRAM cell successfully exhibited multi-bit operation, with the stored voltage varying from 0 V to 1 V at 0.1 V intervals. Furthermore, for stored voltage intervals of 0.1 V and 0.5 V, the refresh time was 10 s and 1 000 s in multi-bit operation; these values were more than 150 and 15 000 times longer than those of the conventional Si channel 1T1C DRAM, respectively. A monolithic stacked 2-line-based 2T0C DRAM was fabricated, and a multi-bit operation was confirmed.https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/add7a3capacitor-less 2T0C DRAMcell design and operationatomic layer depositionoxide semiconductormonolithic stacked
spellingShingle Jae-Hyeok Kwag
Su-Hwan Choi
Daejung Kim
Jun-Yeoub Lee
Taewon Hwang
Hye-Jin Oh
Chang-Kyun Park
Jin-Seong Park
Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volume
International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
capacitor-less 2T0C DRAM
cell design and operation
atomic layer deposition
oxide semiconductor
monolithic stacked
title Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volume
title_full Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volume
title_fullStr Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volume
title_full_unstemmed Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volume
title_short Tailoring the number of lines for IGO-channel 2T0C DRAM comparable to conventional 2-line operation 1T1C structure for highly scaled cell volume
title_sort tailoring the number of lines for igo channel 2t0c dram comparable to conventional 2 line operation 1t1c structure for highly scaled cell volume
topic capacitor-less 2T0C DRAM
cell design and operation
atomic layer deposition
oxide semiconductor
monolithic stacked
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/add7a3
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