Kioxia develops Oxide-semiconductor channel transistor DRAM technology

TRANSISTORS Kioxia develops Oxide-semiconductor channel transistor DRAM technology

2024-12-10 From KIOXIA Corporation 1 min Reading Time

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Kioxia Corporation, a global player in memory solutions, has announced the development of OCTRAM (Oxide-Semiconductor Channel Transistor DRAM), a new type of 4F2 DRAM, comprised of an oxide-semiconductor transistor that has a high ON current, and an ultra-low OFF current, simultaneously.

Kioxia and Nanya developed OCTRAM, a new low-power DRAM using InGaZnO transistors, promising to revolutionize AI, 5G, and IoT.(Source: An-T - stock.adobe.com) — Kioxia and Nanya developed OCTRAM, a new low-power DRAM using InGaZnO transistors, promising to revolutionize AI, 5G, and IoT.
(Source: An-T - stock.adobe.com)

This technology is expected to realize a low power DRAM by bringing out the ultra-low leakage property of the InGaZnO¹transistor. This was first announced at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) held in San Francisco, CA on December 9, 2024. This achievement was jointly developed by Nanya Technology and Kioxia Corporation. This technology has the potential to lower power consumption in a wide range of applications, including AI and post-5G communication systems, and IoT products.

The OCTRAM utilizes a cylinder-shaped InGaZnO vertical transistor (Fig.1) as a cell transistor. This design enables the adaptation of a 4F2 DRAM, which offers significant advantages in memory density compared to the conventional silicon-based 6F2 DRAM.

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Fig. 1: Cross-sectional TEM image for the InGaZnO vertical transistor.(Source: KIOXIA Corporation)

Fig.2: (a)ON and (b)OFF current properties for the developed InGaZnO transistor.(Source: KIOXIA Corporation)

Fig.3: Panoramic view of the OCTRAM.(Source: KIOXIA Corporation)

The InGaZnO vertical transistor achieves a high ON current of over 15μA/cell (1.5 x 10-5 A/cell) and an ultra-low OFF current below 1aA/cell (1.0 x 10-18 A/cell) through device and process optimization (Fig.2). In the OCTRAM structure, the InGaZnO vertical transistor is integrated on top of a high aspect ratio capacitor (capacitor-first process). This arrangement allows for the decoupling of the interaction between the advanced capacitor process and the InGaZnO performance (Fig.3).

¹ InGaZnO is a compound of In(indium), Ga(gallium), Zn(zinc), and O(oxygen)

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