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Single transistor ferroelectric memory cell, device and method for the formation of the same incorporating a high temperature ferroelectric gate dielectric

US6674110B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 2002
Grant dateJan 6, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D1/684
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A single transistor (“1T”) ferroelectric memory cell, device and method for the formation of the same incorporating a high temperature ferroelectric gate dielectric. The memory cell of the present invention comprises a substrate, an overlying ferroelectric layer, which may comprise a film of rare earth manganite, and an interfacial oxide layer intermediate the substrate and the ferroelectric layer. In a preferred embodiment, the ferroelectric material utilized in an implementation of the present invention may be deposited by metallorganic chemical vapor deposition (“MOCVD”) or other techniques and exhibits a low relative dielectric permittivity of around 10 and forms an interfacial layer with a relative dielectric permittivity larger than that of SiO2, which makes it particularly suitable for a 1T cell.

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