Memory device having nanocrystals in memory cell

Abstract

The memory device includes a source region and a drain region in a substrate and spaced apart from each other; a memory cell formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the memory cell connects the source region and the drain region and includes a plurality of nanocrystals; a control gate formed on the memory cell. The memory cell includes a first tunneling oxide layer formed on the substrate; a second tunneling oxide layer formed on the first tunneling oxide layer; and a control oxide layer formed on the second tunneling oxide layer. The control oxide layer includes the nanocrystals. The second tunneling oxide layer, having an aminosilane group the increases electrostatic attraction, may be hydrophilic, enabling the formation of a monolayer of the nanocrystals.