Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Characterization and modeling of ferroelectric capacitors
- Patent Title (中): 铁电电容器的表征和建模
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Application No.: US12394849Application Date: 2009-02-27
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Publication No.: US08170858B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Borna Obradovic , Keith Green
- Applicant: Borna Obradovic , Keith Green
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Rose Alyssa Keagy; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G06G7/62 ; G06G7/48

Abstract:
Simulation of an electronic circuit including a model of a ferroelectric capacitor. The model of the ferroelectric capacitor includes a multi-domain ferroelectric capacitor, in which each of the domains is associated with a positive and a negative coercive voltage. A probability distribution function of positive and negative coercive voltages is defined, from which a weighting function of the distribution of domains having those coercive voltages is defined. The electrical behavior of the ferroelectric capacitor is evaluated by evaluating the polarization of each of the domains, as weighted by the weighting function. A time-dependent factor can be included in the polarization expression evaluated for each domain, to include the effect of relaxation. The effects of longer-term mechanisms, such as imprint, can be modeled by deriving a probability distribution function for the domains after an accelerated stress.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100174513A1 Characterization and Modeling of Ferroelectric Capacitors Public/Granted day:2010-07-08
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