Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistor Based on Epitaxial Perovskite Heterostructures

Abstract

Ferroelectric field effect devices offer the possibility of nonvolatile active memory elements. Doped rare-earth manganates, which are usually associated with colossal magnetoresistive properties, have been used as the semiconductor channel material of a prototypical epitaxial field effect device. The carrier concentration of the semiconductor channel can be “tuned” by varying the manganate stochiometry. A device with La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 as the semiconductor and PbZr 0.2 Ti 0.8 O 3 as the ferroelectric gate exhibited a modulation in channel conductance of at least a factor of 3 and a retention loss of 3 percent after 45 minutes without power.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 11, 1997
Source ID
10.1126/science.276.5310.238

Entities

People

  • John J. Benedetto
  • R. Ramesh
  • Scott A. Mathews
  • T. Venkatesan

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory
  • University of Maryland

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Geochemistry
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene