Automated, physics-guided AI framework for asymmetry-aware ferroelectric compact models

Despite rapid progress in HfO₂-based ferroelectrics, asymmetry-aware characterization and its reflection in compact models remain insufficiently explored. Also, parameter extraction (PE) is still manual and inconsistent, particularly when asymmetric hysteresis and staged FeCAP (ferroelectric capacitor) to FeFET (ferroelectric field-effect transistor) calibration needs to be captured. To address this, we present an asymmetry-aware ferroelectric compact model and a physics-guided neural PE framework that automate this workflow. For FeCAPs, we generate P-V datasets parameterized by ferroelectric film thickness (tFE) and train a Transformer-encoder PE model to infer target Electrical Parameters (EPs), embedding light physics priors and filtering abnormal loops. For FeFETs, we form ID-VG datasets parameterized by gate length (Lg) and train a one-dimensional convolutional neural network–Transformer (1D-CNN–Transformer) encoder with a hierarchical multilayer perceptron (MLP) head network, regularized by a soft physics prior. In verification process using group-blocked test split, the FeCAP/FeFET PE achieves near-unity correlation and sub-5% error across both device types including interpolation/extrapolation tFE/Lg region. The proposed workflow reduces manual effort and inter-operator variance, enabling rapid and stable held-out interpolation/extrapolation generalization within the anchor-calibrated compact-model domain and thereby accelerating compact-model library generation, process design kit (PDK) enablement, and Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) workflows for FeCAP/FeFET technologies.

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Scientific Reports
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2026-04-16
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-48536-w
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Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
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Automated, physics-guided AI framework for asymmetry-aware ferroelectric compact models

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Automated, physics-guided AI framework for asymmetry-aware ferroelectric compact models

Minseop Kim, H. J. Kim, Juhwan Park, Hyunbo Cho, Hwan-Wook Choi, Joonhyeok Lee, Joonhan Kim, Jongwook Jeon, Jaeweon Kang
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Despite rapid progress in HfO₂-based ferroelectrics, asymmetry-aware characterization and its reflection in compact models remain insufficiently explored. Also, parameter extraction (PE) is still manual and inconsistent, particularly when asymmetric hysteresis and staged FeCAP (ferroelectric capacitor) to FeFET (ferroelectric field-effect transistor) calibration needs to be captured. To address this, we present an asymmetry-aware ferroelectric compact model and a physics-guided neural PE framework that automate this workflow. For FeCAPs, we generate P-V datasets parameterized by ferroelectric film thickness (tFE) and train a Transformer-encoder PE model to infer target Electrical Parameters (EPs), embedding light physics priors and filtering abnormal loops. For FeFETs, we form ID-VG datasets parameterized by gate length (Lg) and train a one-dimensional convolutional neural network–Transformer (1D-CNN–Transformer) encoder with a hierarchical multilayer perceptron (MLP) head network, regularized by a soft physics prior. In verification process using group-blocked test split, the FeCAP/FeFET PE achieves near-unity correlation and sub-5% error across both device types including interpolation/extrapolation tFE/Lg region. The proposed workflow reduces manual effort and inter-operator variance, enabling rapid and stable held-out interpolation/extrapolation generalization within the anchor-calibrated compact-model domain and thereby accelerating compact-model library generation, process design kit (PDK) enablement, and Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) workflows for FeCAP/FeFET technologies.

Scientific Reports
Korea Development Institute (KR), Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
National Research Foundation, National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea, Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion
Openalex Percentile: Top 9%
Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
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