Channel Mobility and Inversion Carrier Density in MFIS FEFET: Deep Insights Into Device Physics for Non-Volatile Memory Applications

Ferroelectric polarization charge in doped-HfO2 such as HfZrOx (HZO) has a high surface density ( 1014 cm-2) compared to the channel carrier ( 1013 cm-2), thereby, ferroelectric polarization induces high electric field near the channel surface, critically impacting on the channel carrier behaviors i...

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Published in:IEEE journal of the Electron Devices Society 2024-11, p.1-1
Main Authors: Kuk, Song-Hyeon, Ko, Kyul, Kim, Bong Ho, Kim, Joon Pyo, Han, Jae-Hoon, Kim, Sang-Hyeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capacitance-voltage characteristics
charge trapping
device physics
FeFETs
ferroelectric transistor
Logic gates
Magnetic field measurement
memory device
mobility
Phonons
reliability
Rough surfaces
Scattering
Silicon
Surface roughness
Voltage measurement
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Summary:Ferroelectric polarization charge in doped-HfO2 such as HfZrOx (HZO) has a high surface density ( 1014 cm-2) compared to the channel carrier ( 1013 cm-2), thereby, ferroelectric polarization induces high electric field near the channel surface, critically impacting on the channel carrier behaviors in metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) ferroelectric field-effect-transistor (FEFET). In this context, channel mobility degradation by ferroelectric polarization and trapped charges will become a concern, because it is well-known that a huge number of charges ( 1014 cm-2) are trapped at the gate stack. Especially, channel mobility during the read operation is required to be discussed, because FEFETs are typically targeted for non-volatile memory applications. In this work, we show that channel mobility (μ ch) and surface inversion carrier density (Ns, inv) in the n-channel FEFET (nFEFET) during read can be significantly different in the multi-level-cell (MLC) operation. This indicates that trapped carriers significantly degrade mobility and the degradation has a "history" effect, revealing that lch and Ns, inv are determined by overlapped effects of ferroelectric polarization and trapped charges. In addition, it is suggested that ferroelectric polarization induces remote phonon scattering. The complicated device physics of the MFIS FEFET indicates that channel mobility should be carefully modeled in the device simulation.
ISSN:2168-6734
DOI:10.1109/JEDS.2024.3507379