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This paper investigates the thermodynamic driving force of transient negative capacitance (NC) in the series circuit of the resistor and ferroelectric capacitor (R-FEC). We find that the widely used Landau-Khalatnikov (L-K) theory, that is,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 Yuanyuan Zhang , Xiaoqing Sun , Junshuai Chai , Hao Xu , Xueli Ma , Jinjuan Xiang , Kai Han , Xiaolei Wang , Wenwu Wang

Negative capacitance (NC) in ferroelectrics, which stems from the imperfect screening of polarization, is considered a viable approach to lower voltage operation in the field-effect transistors (FETs) used in logic switches. In this paper,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-07 Kwok Ng , Steven J. Hillenius , Alexei Gruverman

We report on measurements and modeling of FE HfZrO/SiO2 Ferroelectric-Dielectric (FE-DE) FETs which indicate that many of the phenomena attributed to Negative Capacitance can be explained by a delayed response of ferroelectric domain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Borna Obradovic , Titash Rakshit , Ryan Hatcher , Jorge Kittl , Mark S. Rodder

Integrating ferroelectric negative capacitance (NC) into the field-effect transistor (FET) promises to break fundamental limits of power dissipation known as Boltzmann tyranny. However, realizing the stable static negative capacitance in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-01 I. Luk'yanchuk , A. Razumnaya , A. Sené , Y. Tikhonov , V. M. Vinokur

The transient negative capacitance (NC) of solid ferroelectric materials used in field effect transistors can reduce the power dissipation of electronics. Here we show that similar negative capacitance appears in the recently discovered…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-12-30 Netra Prasad Dhakal , Alex Adaka , Robert J. Twieg , Antal Jákli

Transient negative capacitance effects in epitaxial ferroelectric Pb(Zr$_{0.2}$Ti$_{0.8}$)O$_3$ capacitors are investigated with a focus on the dynamical switching behavior governed by domain nucleation and growth. Voltage pulses are…

We present a thorough analysis of the foundations of models of stabilization of negative capacitance (NC) in a ferroelectric (FE) layer by capacitance matching to a dielectric layer, which claim that the FE is stabilized in a low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-03 J. A. Kittl , J. -P. Locquet , M. Houssa , V. V. Afanasiev

The recent discovery of transient negative capacitance has sparked an intense debate on the role of homogeneous and inhomogeneous mechanisms in polarizations switching. In this work, we report observation of transient negative capacitance…

In this letter, the transient behavior of a ferroelectric (FE) metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor is theoretically investigated with a series resistor. It is shown that compared to a conventional high-k dielectric MOS capacitor, a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Sou-Chi Chang , Uygar E. Avci , Dmitri E. Nikonov , Ian A. Young

The negative capacitance (NC) stabilization of a ferroelectric (FE) material can potentially provide an alternative way to further reduce the power consumption in ultra-scaled devices and thus has been of great interest in technology and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Chia-Sheng Hsu , Sou-Chi Chang , Dmitri E. Nikonov , Ian A. Young , Azad Naeemi

Pulse-based studies of ferroelectric capacitor systems have been used by several groups to experimentally probe the mechanisms of apparent negative capacitance. In this paper, the behavior of such systems is modeled through SPICE simulation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-08 Borna Obradovic , Titash Rakshit , Ryan Hatcher , Jorge Kittl , Mark S. Rodder

Negative capacitance can be used to overcome the lower limit of subthreshold swing (SS) in field effect transistors (FETs), enabling ultralow-power microelectronics, though the concept of ferroelectric negative capacitance remains…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-09-11 Yuchu Qin , Jiangyu Li

The pressing quest for overcoming Boltzmann tyranny in low-power nanoscale electronics revived the thoughts of engineers of early 1930-s on the possibility of negative circuit constants. The concept of the ferroelectric-based negative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 I. Luk'yanchuk , Y. Tikhonov , A. Sene , A. Razumnaya , V. M. Vinokur

The study investigates the influence of negative capacitance on the transfer characteristics of vdW FETs on the heterophase of CIPS ferroelectric. Notably, a less pronounced NC resulting from the spatial distribution of the ferroelectric…

Since many years, sub-60mV/decade switching has been reported in ferroelectric FETs. However, thus far these reports have lacked full physical explanation since they typically use a negative capacitance in the ferroelectric layer to be able…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Jan Van Houdt , Philippe Roussel

In this paper, an analytical predictive model of the negative capacitance (NC) effect in symmetric long channel double-gate junctionless transistor is proposed based on a charge-based model. In particular, we have investigated the effect of…

Nontrivial capacitance behavior, including a negative capacitance (NC) effect, observed in a variety of semiconductor devices, is discussed emphasizing the physical mechanism and the theoretical interpretation of experimental data. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Ershov , H. C. Liu , L. Li , M. Buchanan , Z. R. Wasilewski , A. K. Jonscher

The elegant simplicity of the device concept and the urgent need for a new "transistor" at the twilight of Moore's law have inspired many researchers in industry and academia to explore the physics and technology of negative capacitance…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-12 Muhammad A. Alam , Mengwei Si , Peide D. Ye

The Boltzmann distribution of electrons poses a fundamental barrier to lowering energy dissipation in conventional electronics, often termed as Boltzmann Tyranny. Negative capacitance in ferroelectric materials, which stems from the stored…

Physical phenomena underlying operation of ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FeFETs) is treated within a unified simulation framework. The framework incorporates the Landau mean-field treatment of free energy of a ferroelectric and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-04-20 Sou-Chi Chang , Uygar E. Avci , Dmitri. E. Nikonov , Ian A. Young
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