A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer extending in a first direction and including a source region and a drain region, which are apart from each other in the first direction; an insulating layer surrounding the semiconductor layer; a first gate electrode layer surrounding the insulating layer; a ferroelectric layer provided on the first gate electrode layer; and a second gate electrode layer provided on the ferroelectric layer.

A ferroelectric memory device includes a substrate, a gate electrode, a ferroelectric layer, and a pair of source/drain electrodes. The gate electrode is disposed over the substrate. The ferroelectric layer at least covers two adjacent side surfaces of the gate electrode. The pair of source/drain electrodes is over the substrate and disposed on two opposite sides of the gate electrode respectively.

A ferroelectric memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and a memory opening fill structure located in the memory opening and containing a vertical stack of memory elements and a vertical semiconductor channel. Each memory element within the vertical stack of memory elements includes a crystalline ferroelectric memory material portion and an epitaxial template portion.

A reconfigurable field effect transistor (RFET) includes a nanowire, wherein the nanowire comprises two Schottky contacts, as well as two gate contacts partially enclosing the nanowire in cross section. An integrated circuit can be produced therefrom. The aim of producing CMOS circuits with enhanced functionality and a more compact design is achieved in that the nanowire is divided along the cross section thereof into two nanowire parts, wherein each nanowire part comprises a respective Schottky contact and a respective gate contact, and the two nanowire parts are connected electrically to one another via a common substrate and stand vertically on the substrate. In a nanowire-parts-array, between the nanowire parts, a respective top-gate contact and/or back-gate contact can be formed in a substrate defining a substrate plane.

Provided are an electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic device may include a first device provided on a first region of a substrate; and a second device provided on a second region of the substrate, wherein the first device may include a first domain layer including a ferroelectric domain and a first gate electrode on the first domain layer, and the second device may include a second domain layer including a ferroelectric domain and a second gate electrode on the second domain layer. The first domain layer and the second domain layer may have different characteristics from each other at a polarization change according to an electric field. At the polarization change according to the electric field, the first domain layer may have substantially a non-hysteretic behavior characteristic and the second domain layer may have a hysteretic behavior characteristic.

Provided are an electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic device may include a first device provided on a first region of a substrate; and a second device provided on a second region of the substrate, wherein the first device may include a first domain layer including a ferroelectric domain and a first gate electrode on the first domain layer, and the second device may include a second domain layer including a ferroelectric domain and a second gate electrode on the second domain layer. The first domain layer and the second domain layer may have different characteristics from each other at a polarization change according to an electric field. At the polarization change according to the electric field, the first domain layer may have substantially a non-hysteretic behavior characteristic and the second domain layer may have a hysteretic behavior characteristic.

The present disclosure describes a device that is protected from the effects of an oxide on the metal gate layers of ferroelectric field effect transistors. In some embodiments, the device includes a substrate with fins thereon; an interfacial layer on the fins; a crystallized ferroelectric layer on the interfacial layer; and a metal gate layer on the ferroelectric layer,

A transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed spaced apart from each other on the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate electrode spaced apart from the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer disposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and a graphene layer disposed between the gate electrode and the gate insulating layer and doped with a metal.

A memory device including a plurality of memory cells, at least one of the plurality of memory cells includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The first transistor includes a first drain/source path and a first gate structure electrically coupled to a write word line. The second transistor includes a second drain/source path and a second gate structure electrically coupled to the first drain/source path of the first transistor. The third transistor includes a third drain/source path electrically coupled to the second drain/source path of the second transistor and a third gate structure electrically coupled to a read word line. Where, the first transistor, and/or the second transistor, and/or the third transistor is a ferroelectric field effect transistor or a negative capacitance field effect transistor.

A memory device including a plurality of memory cells, at least one of the plurality of memory cells includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The first transistor includes a first drain/source path and a first gate structure electrically coupled to a write word line. The second transistor includes a second drain/source path and a second gate structure electrically coupled to the first drain/source path of the first transistor. The third transistor includes a third drain/source path electrically coupled to the second drain/source path of the second transistor and a third gate structure electrically coupled to a read word line. Where, the first transistor, and/or the second transistor, and/or the third transistor is a ferroelectric field effect transistor or a negative capacitance field effect transistor.