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An overview and simulation study of conventional flash memory floating gate device using concept FN tunnelling mechanism

Zakaria et al., 2014

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11141515132166068775
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Zakaria M
Hashim M
Hashim U
Ayub R
Adam T
Al-Mufii A
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Proc. of V-th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems, Modeling and Simulation

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The aim of this paper is to present an overview, simulation and modeling study to improve the performance of Flash Memory (FM) devices such as programming speed and programming voltage. To improve the performing of FM device, the tunnel barrier thickness …
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