Experimental Observation of Negative Capacitance Switching Behavior in One-Transistor Ferroelectric Versatile Memory

Abstract

In this work, we investigated the negative capacitance behavior of novel ferroelectric versatile memory with low-voltage-driven and fast ferroelectric switching. The combined storage mechanism strengthened the stability of ferroelectric polarization by interface aligned dipoles. The simulation results of first principle calculation indicated that the monoclinic-like orthorhombic phase of ferroelectric hafnium oxide facilitated the occurrence of S-shaped negative capacitance behavior. Furthermore, the control of phase transition may affect ferroelectric property and negative capacitance effect during program and erase states.