It has been reported that mobile hydrogenous ions can be formed in the oxid
e after exposure to temperatures of 1100 -1300 degreesC for 30min. It is in
vestigated whether these ions can be created in a standard MOSFET fabricate
d by a submicron CMOS process. without using such a high thermal budget. Th
r potential use of a MOSFET as a non-volatile memory device is explored and
problems are highlighted.