Physics based fatigue compact model for ferroelectric capacitors

A physics based compact model describing the fatigue behavior of ferroelectric capacitors has been developed. Fatigue is a gradual decrease of detectable polarization with increasing number of polarization cycles. This can be caused by trapped charges which pin dipoles near the interface to the electrode. In order to polarize those pinned dipoles they have to be separated from the trapped charges by a higher electrical force. This force has been described in our model by additional coercive voltages representing the different polarization response of the dipoles in the interface region in contrast to those in the inner region of the ferroelectric capacitor. Our model has been implemented into a common-used circuit simulator showing good agreement with measurements.