@inproceedings{33400, keywords = {Energy efficiency, Iron, Transient analysis, Ferroelectricity, Negative capacitance, Ferroelectric devices, Ferroelectric capacitors, Single-crystalline, Capacitance, Ferroelectric switching, Capacitors, Resistors, Semiconductor devices, Switches, External resistors, Semiconductor device measurements, Subthreshold characteristics, Transistor structure}, author = {A.I Khan and K Chatterjee and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and S Salahuddin}, title = {Understanding negative capacitance dynamics in ferroelectric capacitors}, abstract = {We investigate negative capacitance transients-the time period during ferroelectric switching when the voltage across a ferroelectric changes in a direction opposite to that of the charge-by constructing a simple series network of an isolated single crystalline ferroelectric capacitor and an external resistor. A study of negative capacitance dynamics in such a circuit reveals that the time scale of this phenomenon is controlled by the external resistor rather than by the material dependent intrinsic speeds. As a canonical approach for directly measuring ferroelectric negative capacitance, these experiments could guide the efforts to stabilize negative capacitance in a transistor structure for sub-60 mV/decade subthreshold characteristics as well as help assess negative capacitance response speed at technologically relevant dimensions. © 2015 IEEE.}, year = {2015}, journal = {2015 4th Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems, E3S 2015 - Proceedings}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, isbn = {9781467385688}, doi = {10.1109/E3S.2015.7336793}, note = {cited By 2}, language = {eng}, }