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Ferroelectric hafnium oxide for ferroelectric random-access memories and ferroelectric field-effect transistors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

Thomas Mikolajick ,
Stefan Slesazeck ,
Min Hyuk Park  and
Uwe Schroeder
Thomas Mikolajick
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Germany; and Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory GmbH, Germany; thomas.mikolajick@namlab.com
Stefan Slesazeck
Affiliation:
Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory gGmbH, Germany; stefan.slesazeck@namlab.com
Min Hyuk Park
Affiliation:
Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory gGmbH, Germany; minhyuk.park@namlab.com
Uwe Schroeder
Affiliation:
Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory gGmbH, Germany; uwe.schroeder@namlab.com
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Abstract

Ferroelectrics are promising for nonvolatile memories. However, the difficulty of fabricating ferroelectric layers and integrating them into complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices has hindered rapid scaling. Hafnium oxide is a standard material available in CMOS processes. Ferroelectricity in Si-doped hafnia was first reported in 2011, and this has revived interest in using ferroelectric memories for various applications. Ferroelectric hafnia with matured atomic layer deposition techniques is compatible with three-dimensional capacitors and can solve the scaling limitations in 1-transistor-1-capacitor (1T-1C) ferroelectric random-access memories (FeRAMs). For ferroelectric field-effect-transistors (FeFETs), the low permittivity and high coercive field Ec of hafnia ferroelectrics are beneficial. The much higher Ec of ferroelectric hafnia, however, makes high endurance a challenge. This article summarizes the current status of ferroelectricity in hafnia and explains how major issues of 1T-1C FeRAMs and FeFETs can be solved using this material system.

Keywords

microelectronicselectronic materialferroelectricmemory
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Materials for Advanced Semiconductor Memories
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 43 , Issue 5: Materials for Advanced Semiconductor Memories , May 2018 , pp. 340 - 346
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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