What is Charge-trap cell?

A flash memory cell that stores electrons in traps within an insulating film such as silicon nitride instead of in a floating gate. It is mainly used in 3D NAND.

Field: SRAM and flash memory

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  1. In charge-trap cells, widely used in 3D NAND, which material is commonly used for the layer that stores charge?

Related terms

3D NAND Floating gate 6T SRAM cell Fowler-Nordheim tunneling Garbage collection NAND flash memory Nonvolatile memory NOR flash memory NVMe Read disturb

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