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US 6,995,025 · App. 10/873,326 · Granted Feb 7, 2006

Asymmetrical programming ferroelectric memory transistor

Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 6,995,025
App. No.
10/873,326
Granted
Feb 7, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of fabricating and programming a ferroelectric memory transistor for asymmetrical programming includes fabricating a ferroelectric memory transistor having a metal oxide layer overlaying a gate region; and programming the ferroelectric memory transistor so that a low threshold voltage is about equal to the intrinsic threshold voltage of the ferrorelectric memory transistor.

Claims (142)

1. A method of fabricating and programming a ferroelectric memory transistor for asymmetrical programming, comprising:

fabricating a ferroelectric memory transistor having a metal oxide layer overlaying a gate region wherein a memory window is defined by:

Δ

⁢

⁢

V

T

=

2

⁢

Q

R

C

FE

; and

programming the ferroelectric memory transistor so that a low threshold voltage is about equal to an intrinsic threshold voltage of the ferrorelectric memory transistor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the ferroelectric memory transistor is a MFMox transistor and the intrinsic and low threshold voltages are define by:

V

TL

=

V

FB

+

φ

SO

-

2

⁢

q

⁢

⁢

ɛ

⁢

⁢

N

A

⁢

φ

SO

-

Q

PL

C

FE

.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein Q PL is nearly equal to zero, and the ferroelectric memory transistor is a MFMox transistor and the intrinsic and low threshold voltages are define by:

V

TL

=

V

FB

+

φ

SO

-

2

⁢

q

⁢

⁢

ɛ

⁢

⁢

N

A

⁢

φ

SO

C

FE

.

4. A method of fabricating and programming a ferroelectric memory transistor for asymmetrical programming, comprising:

fabricating a ferroelectric memory transistor having a metal oxide layer overlaying a gate region wherein a memory window is defined by:

Δ

⁢

⁢

V

T

=

2

⁢

Q

R

C

FE

; and

programming the ferroelectric memory transistor so that a low threshold voltage is about equal to an intrinsic threshold voltage of the ferrorelectric memory transistor.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the ferroelectric memory transistor is a MFMox transistor and the intrinsic and low threshold voltages are define by:

V

TL

=

V

FB

+

φ

SO

-

2

⁢

q

⁢

⁢

ɛ

⁢

⁢

N

A

⁢

φ

SO

-

Q

PL

C

FE

.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein Q PL is nearly equal to zero, and the ferroelectric memory transistor is a MFMox transistor and the intrinsic and low threshold voltages are define by:

V

TL

=

V

FB

+

φ

SO

-

2

⁢

q

⁢

⁢

ɛ

⁢

⁢

N

A

⁢

φ

SO

C

FE

.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2007
From: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 018700/0583 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2004
From: HSU, SHENG TENG; LI, TINGKAI
To: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 015513/0832 →
Continuity (1)
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