Ferroelectric HfZrOx FETs on SOI Substrate With Reverse-DIBL (Drain-Induced Barrier Lowering) and NDR (Negative Differential Resistance)

Ferroelectric-Hf
_1-x
Zr
_x
O
₂
FETs on silicon on insulator (SOI) are modeled and demonstrated with improvement on subthreshold swing (SS) and hysteresis (V
_T
-shift), which is based on the capacitance matching concept. The minimum reverse SS = 45 mV/dec and 52 mV/dec are obtained experimentally for SOI and bulk-Si, respectively. The steep SS range (<;60 mV/dec) is extended from ~2.5 (bulk-Si) decades to ~3.5 decades SOI. Reverse-drain-induced barrier lowering and negative differential resistance are confirmed at subthreshold region and weak inversion region, respectively.