학술논문

Reliability assessment of hafnia-based ferroelectric devices and arrays for memory and AI applications (Invited)
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2023 IEEE International. :1-8 Mar, 2023
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Nonvolatile memory
Ferroelectric films
Ferroelectric devices
Random access memory
Iron
Hafnium compounds
Reliability
Ferroelectric
Hafnia
Ferroelectric Capacitor
Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
Ferroelectric Tunnel Junction
Language
ISSN
1938-1891
Abstract
Ferroelectricity in doped HfO 2 thin films was reported for the first time 12 years ago, generating strong interest in the non-volatile memory and logic community. Thanks to their CMOS compatibility and potential for scaling, hafnia-based Ferroelectric Random Access Memories (FeRAMs), Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions (FTJ s) and Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistors (FeFETs) are not only a breakthrough with respect to conventional perovskite-based ferroelectric (FE) devices but also potentially a revolution from an application prospective, in particular considering the non-volatility and intrinsic energy efficiency of these devices. However, their maturity is currently too low to consider practical applications. In this paper, we therefore focus on the reliability assessment of Metal/FE/Metal (MFM) and Metal/FE/Dielectric/Metal (MFDM) stacks, either in the form of large area ferroelectric capacitors, or in the form of kbit arrays integrated in CMOS Back-End of Line.