• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2002년도 동계연구발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.188-189
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• 2002

One of the current goals in memory device developments is to realize a nonvolatile memory, i.e., the stored information maintains even when the power is turned off. The representative candidates for nonvolatile memories are magnetic random access memory (MRAM) and ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM). In order to achieve a high density memory in MRAM device, the external magnetic field should be localized in a tiny cell to control the direction of spontaneous magnetization. (omitted)

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1999년도 제17회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.82-82
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• 1999

Ferroelectric materials are characterized by the existence of a spontaneous remnant polarization that can be switched between two stable states by an applied field. This phenomenon is known as ferroelectricity. The ferroelectricity can be utilized for nonvolatile memory application. Up to now 256K FRAM was successfully fabricated and sold in the memory market. This paper will briefly review the current statue of ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) focusing on recent developments. In addition, the future prospects of FRAM will be addressed.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.128-132
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• 2004

The perovskite ferroelectric materials of the PZT, SBT and BST series will attract much attention for application to ULSI devices. Among these materials, the BST ($Ba_0.6$$Sr_0.4$/$TiO_3$) is widely considered the most promising for use as an insulator in the capacitors of DRAMS beyond 1 Gbit and high density FRAMS. Especially, BST thin films have a good thermal-chemical stability, insulating effect and variety of Phases. However, BST thin films have problems of the aging effect and mismatch between the BST thin film and electrode. Also, due to the high defect density and surface roughness at grain boundarys and in the grains, which degrades the device performances. In order to overcome these weakness, we first applied the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to the polishing of ferroelectric film in order to obtain a good planarity of electrode/ferroelectric film interface. BST ferroelectric film was fabricated by the sol-gel method. And then, we compared the surface characteristics before and after CMP process of BST films. We expect that our results will be useful promise of global planarization for FRAM application in the near future.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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• pp.140-141
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• 2007

To fabricate the metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) structure for the ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) application, we prepared the ferroelectric $Sr_{0.9}Bi_{2.1}Ta_2O_9$ (SBT) and the insulator LaZrOx (LZO) thin films on the silicon substrate using a sol-gel method. In this study, we will investigate the feasibility of the SBT/LZO/Si structure as one of the promising gate configuration for the 1-transistor (1-T) type FRAM, by measurements of the electrical properties and the physical properties.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2003년도 추계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.180-180
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• 2003

FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory)은 DRAM(Dynamic Random Access Memory)in 커패시터 재료을 상유전체 물질에서 강유전체 물질로 대체하여 전원 공급이 차단되어도 정보를 기억할 수 있고, 데이터의 고속처리가 가능하고 저소비전력과 집적화가 뛰어난 차세대 메모리 소자이다. 본 연구에서는 n-Well/P-Si(100) 기판위에 $Y_2$O$_3$ 박막을 중간층 (buffer layer)으로 사용하여 (Bi,La) Ti$_3$O$_{12}$ (BLT) 강유전체 박막을 졸-겔 방법으로 형성하여 MFM(I)S(Metal Ferroelectric Metal (Insulation) Silicon) 구조의 커패시터 및 전계효과형 트랜지스터(Field Effect Transistor) 소자를 제작하였다. 제작된 소자에 대해 형상학적, 전기적 특성을 조사, 분석하였다.

• 한국세라믹학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국세라믹학회 2002년도 추계총회 및 연구발표회 초록집
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• pp.207.1-207
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• 2002

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2013년도 제48차 하계학술발표논문집 21권2호
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• pp.343-344
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 RF sputtering법을 이용하여 Si기판 위에 SBN 박막을 증착시켜서, 온도 범위 600~800[$^{\circ}C$]에서 열처리를 하였는데, 650[$^{\circ}C$]에서 열처리된 박막의 경우 표면거칠기는 약 0.42[nm]로 나타났으며, 누설전류밀도는 전압 범위 -5~+5[V]에서 10-5[$A/cm^2$] 이하로 안정된 값을 나타내었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기물성,응용부문
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• pp.105-106
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• 2006

The ferroelectric materials of the PZT, SBT attracted much attention for application to ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) devices. Through the last decade, the lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is one of the most attractive perovskite-type materials for the ferroelectric products due to its higher remanant polarization and the ability to withstand higher coercive fields. FRAM has been currently receiving increasing attention for one of future memory devices due to its ideal memory properties such as non-volatility, high charge storage, and faster switching operations. In this study, we first applied the damascene process using chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) to the fabricate the $Pb_{1.1}(Zr_{0.52}Ti_{0.48})O_3$ thin film capacitor in order to solve the problems of plasma etching such as low etching profile and ion charging. The structural characteristics were compared with specimens before and after CMP process of PZT films. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis was performed to compare the morphology surface characteristics of $Pb_{1.1}(Zr_{0.52}Ti_{0.48})O_3$ capacitors. The densification by the vertical sidewall patterning and charging-free ferroelectric capacitor could be obtained by the damascene process without remarkable difference of the characteristics.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.378-388
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• 2008

플래시 메모리는 전력 소모가 작고 충격과 진동에 강하며 크기가 작다는 특성 때문에 최근 노트북이나 UMPC(Ultra Mobile PC)와 같은 이동 컴퓨팅 시스템에서 하드디스크를 대체할 대용량 저장 매체로서 주목 받고 있다. 플래시 메모리에 기반한 저장 장치는 일반적으로 랜덤 읽기 성능이나 순차 읽기, 순차 쓰기 성능이 매우 좋은데 비해, 덮어쓰기가 불가능한 플래시 메모리의 물리적인 제약으로 인하여 소량의 랜덤 쓰기 성능은 떨어진다. 본 논문은 이 문제를 해결하기 위한 두 가지 중요한 특징을 갖는 SSD(Solid State Disk) 아키텍처를 제안하였다. 첫 번째로 비휘발성 이면서도 SRAM과 동일한 인터페이스로 덮어쓰기가 가능한 작은 크기의 FRAM(Ferroelectric RAM)을 NAND 플래시 메모리와 함께 사용하여 소량 쓰기 오버헤드를 최소화하였다. 두 번째, 호스트 쓰기 요청들도 소량 랜덤 쓰기와 대량 순차 쓰기로 분류하여 각각에 대해 최적의 쓰기 버퍼 관리 방법을 적용하였다. 평가 보드 상에서 SSD 프로토타입을 구현하고 PC 사용 환경의 워크로드에 기반한 벤치마크를 이용하여 성능을 평가해 본 결과 랜덤 패턴을 보이는 워크로드에서는 하드디스크나 기존의 상용 SSD들에 비해 처리율(throughput) 측면에서 3배 이상의 성능을 보였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기물성,응용부문
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• pp.101-102
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• 2006

PZT thin films, which are the representative ferroelectric materials in ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM), have some serious problem such as the imprint, retention and fatigue which ferroelectric properties are degraded by repetitive polarization. BL T thin film capacitors were fabricated by plasma etching, however, the plasma etching of BLT thin film was known to be very difficult. In our previous study, the ferroelectric materials such as PZT and BLT were patterned by chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) using damascene process to top electrode/ferroelectric material/bottom electrode. It is also possible to pattern the BLT thin film capacitors by CMP, however, the CMP damage was not considered in the experiments. The properties of BLT thin films were changed by the change of polishing pressure although the removal rate was directly proportional to the polishing pressure in CMP process.