Investigation of Defect Engineering Toward Prolonged Endurance for HfZrO Based Ferroelectric Device

J. H. Lee*, Chen-Han Chou, P. J. Liao, Y. K. Chang, H. H. Huang, T. Y. Lin, Y. S. Liu, C. H. Nien, D. H. Hou, T. H. Hou, Jun He

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Abstract

This paper reports the defect analyses of interfacial layer (IL) and HfZrO (HZO) stacks from high-endurance ferroelectric (FE) devices. Trap characterization for IL and HZO were evaluated by measuring frequency-dependent capacitance and flicker noise of leakage in IL and HZO respectively accompanied with simulation work on mechanism study. We validated the critical roles to enhance device endurance by (a) inserting optimized IL with fast de-trapping behavior and (b) doped-HZO with highly conductive grain boundary in metal-FE-semiconductor-metal (MFSM) and metal-FE-metal (MFM) stacks. In addition, a turn-around device lifetime corresponding to stress frequency was firstly reported on HZO FE devices, indicating improved de-trapping capabilities under higher frequency operation to achieve a longer device lifetime. In this work, we also demonstrated device with defect engineering in MFM stacks to achieve 5 × 1011 endurance-cycle under high frequency operation, which is promising for FE device application.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3261-3264
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665489591
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM 2022 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 3 Dec 20227 Dec 2022

Publication series

NameTechnical Digest - International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM
Volume2022-December
ISSN (Print)0163-1918

Conference

Conference2022 International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period3/12/227/12/22

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