학술논문

Enlargement of Memory Window of Si Channel FeFET by Inserting Al₂O₃ Interlayer on Ferroelectric Hf₀.₅Zr₀.₅O₂
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Electron Device Letters IEEE Electron Device Lett. Electron Device Letters, IEEE. 45(5):825-828 May, 2024
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Silicon
Zirconium
Hafnium
FeFETs
Dielectrics
Aluminum oxide
Logic gates
FeFET
memory window
charge trapping
interlayer
Language
ISSN
0741-3106
1558-0563
Abstract
In this work, we demonstrate the enlargement of the memory window of Si channel FeFET with ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 by gate-side dielectric interlayer engineering. By inserting a 3 nm Al2 O3 dielectric interlayer between TiN gate metal and ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2, we achieve a memory window of 4.1 V with endurance of ~104 cycles and retention over 10 years. The physical origin of memory window enlargement is clarified to be charge trapping at the Al2O3/Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 interface, which has an opposite charge polarity to the trapped charges at the Hf0.5Zr0.5O2/SiOx interface.