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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

The observation of room temperature sub-60 mV/dec subthreshold slope (SS) in MOSFETs with ferroelectric (FE) layers in the gate stacks or in series with the gate has attracted much attention. Recently, we modeled this effect in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-27 J. A. Kittl , B. Obradovic , D. Reddy , T. Rakshit , R. M. Hatcher , M. S. Rodder

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

Transient negative differential capacitance (NC), the dynamic reversal of transient capacitance in an electrical circuit is of highly technological and scientific interest since it probes the foundation of ferroelectricity. In this letter,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Sou-Chi Chang , Uygar E. Avci , Dmitri E. Nikonov , Sasikanth Manipatruni , Ian A. Young

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

The device concept of ferroelectric-based negative capacitance (NC) transistors offers a promising route for achieving energy-efficient logic applications that can outperform the conventional semiconductor technology, while viable operation…

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 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

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…

In this paper we propose a modified structure of TFET incorporating ferroelectric oxide as the complementary gate dielectric operating in negative capacitance zone, called the Negative Capacitance Tunnel FET (NCTFET). The proposed device…

General Physics · Physics 2014-05-21 Nadim Chowdhury , S. M. Farhaduzzaman Azad , Quazi D. M. Khosru

The primary mechanism of operation of almost all transistors today relies on electric-field effect in a semiconducting channel to tune its conductivity from the conducting 'on'-state to a non-conducting 'off'-state. As transistors continue…

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

In this paper, we take a fresh look at the physics and operation of Negative Capacitance FETs, and provide unambiguous feedback to the device designers by examining NC-FETs' design space for sub-60 mV/dec Subthreshold Swing (SS).…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-09-24 Wei Cao , Kaustav Banerjee

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

We investigate the polarization switching mechanism in ferroelectric-dielectric (FE-DE) stacks and its dependence on the dielectric thickness (TDE). We fabricate HZO-Al2O3 (FE-DE) stack and experimentally demonstrate a decrease in remnant…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Atanu K. Saha , Mengwei Si , Peide D. Ye , Sumeet K. Gupta
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