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physics.app-ph2020★ 7 cited

Physical Mechanism behind the Hysteresis-free Negative Capacitance Effect in Metal-Ferroelectric-Insulator-Metal Capacitors with Dielectric Leakage and Interfacial Trapped Charges

Chia-Sheng Hsu, Sou-Chi Chang, Dmitri E. Nikonov +2

The negative capacitance (NC) stabilization of a ferroelectric (FE) material can potentially provide an alternative way to further reduce the power consumption in ultra-scaled devi…

physics.app-ph2019★ 20 cited

Multi-domain Characterization of Ferroelectric Switching Dynamics with a Physics-based SPICE Circuit Model for Phase Field Simulations

Chia-Sheng Hsu, Sou-Chi Chang, Dmitri E. Nikonov +2

In this paper, the multi-domain nature of ferroelectric (FE) polarization switching dynamics in a metal-ferroelectric-metal (MFM) capacitor is explored through a physics-based phas…

physics.app-ph2018★ 8 cited

Inversion Charge-boost and Transient Steep-slope induced by Free charge-polarization Mismatch in a Ferroelectric-metal-oxide-semiconductor Capacitor

Sou-Chi Chang, Uygar E. Avci, Dmitri E. Nikonov +1

In this letter, the transient behavior of a ferroelectric (FE) metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor is theoretically investigated with a series resistor. It is shown that comp…

physics.app-ph2017★ 92 cited

Physical Origin of Transient Negative Capacitance in a Ferroelectric Capacitor

Sou-Chi Chang, Uygar E. Avci, Dmitri E. Nikonov +2

Transient negative differential capacitance (NC), the dynamic reversal of transient capacitance in an electrical circuit is of highly technological and scientific interest since it…

physics.app-ph2017★ 36 cited

A Thermodynamic Perspective of Negative-capacitance Field-effect-transistors

Sou-Chi Chang, Uygar E. Avci, Dmitri. E. Nikonov +1

Physical phenomena underlying operation of ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FeFETs) is treated within a unified simulation framework. The framework incorporates the Landau m…