Ferroelectric Nonvolatile Memory Technology and Its Applications

Abstract
Nonvolatile memory utilizing ferroelectric material is expected to be the ultimate memory due to its theoretical low power operation and fast access. We integrated a ferroelectric thin film using a standard complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process and evaluated its basic characteristics and reliability including endurance and imprint effect. The film was prepared using a spin-on sol-gel method. A ferroelectric thin film formed using liquid source misted chemical deposition (LSMCD) was found to have almost the same characteristics as those of the film formed by the sol-gel method. No effects of the ferroelectric process on the CMOS transistors were observed. Design of ferroelectric memory cells and applications of the ferroelectric nonvolatile memory have been reviewed.

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