What is Fowler-Nordheim tunneling?

Current that flows when a strong electric field lets electrons tunnel through the triangular barrier of a thin insulator. It is used to program and erase NAND flash.

Field: SRAM and flash memory

Related terms

3D NAND 6T SRAM cell Charge-trap cell Floating gate Garbage collection NAND flash memory Nonvolatile memory NOR flash memory NVMe Read disturb

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