Storage memory device
AssigneeNational Taiwan Normal University
InventorChun-Hu CHENG
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Abstract
A storage memory device includes a vertical field effect transistor including a semiconductor substrate; a pillar extending upwardly from the substrate and containing a source, a drain, and a channel disposed therebetween; a first insulating layer surrounding the channel; a stacked structure surrounding the first insulating layer; and a gate unit. The stacked structure includes a charge trapping layer and a composite element. The composite element includes a ferroelectric layer made of a doped hafnium oxide-based material that has a predominantly orthorhombic phase and exhibits a negative capacitance; and an antiferroelectric layer made of a zirconium oxide-based material that has a predominantly tetragonal phase.
Claims15
A storage memory device, comprising a vertical field effect transistor including:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- a pillar disposed on said semiconductor substrate and extending away from said semiconductor substrate in an extension direction, said pillar including a source and a drain that are disposed at two opposite end portions of said pillar, and a channel that is disposed between and connected with said source and said drain;
- a first insulating layer surrounding a portion of said channel of said pillar;
- a stacked structure disposed on and surrounding said first insulating layer opposite to said pillar, and including a charge trapping layer and a composite element that has a ferroelectric layer and antiferroelectric layer, said ferroelectric layer being made of a doped hafnium oxide-based material that has a predominantly orthorhombic phase and that exhibits a negative capacitance, said antiferroelectric layer being made of a zirconium oxide-based material that has a predominantly tetragonal phase;
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- a gate unit surrounding a portion of said stacked structure opposite to said first insulating layer, and including at least one gate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.