Method and apparatus on charges injection using piezo-ballistic-charges
injection mechanism are provided for nonvolatile memory device. The
device has a strain source, an injection filter, a tunneling gate, a
ballistic gate, a charge storage region, a source, and a drain with a
channel defined between the source and drain. The strain source permits
piezo-effect in ballistic charges transport to enable the
piezo-ballistic-charges injection mechanism. The injection filter permits
transporting of charge carriers of one polarity type from the tunneling
gate through the blocking material and the ballistic gate to the charge
storage region while blocking the transport of charge carriers of an
opposite polarity from the ballistic gate to the tunneling gate. The
present invention further provides an energy band engineering method
permitting the memory device be operated without suffering from disturbs,
from dielectric breakdown, from impact ionization, and from undesirable
RC effects.