Abstract

In this work advanced TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) modeling will be used aiming at investigating the potentiality of Negative Capacitance (NC) devices in non-conventional application domains (e.g., radiation detection). A device-level approach to simulate the electrical characteristics of ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 (HZO) has been developed. The validation of the models and of the adopted numerical methods relies on the comparison between simulations and measurements of Metal-Ferroelectric-Metal and Metal-Ferroelectric-Insulator-Metal capacitors. By introducing the experimentally observed dielectric/ferroelectric interfacial trapped charges, our simulations are in a strong agreement with experimental measurements. These charges compensate the bound ferroelectric polarization charge when no external electric field is applied. The ferroelectric/dielectric interface could be therefore studied before and after X-ray irradiation. The goal will be to investigate the suitability of innovative NC devices to be used in High Energy Physics experiments detection systems, featuring self-amplified segmented, high granularity detectors.

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