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April 18, 2026Scientific Reports1 citationsOpen Access

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

JKJoonhan KimJLJoonhyeok LeeJPJuhwan Park

Key Points

  • The aim is to enhance parameter extraction and model calibration for ferroelectric devices, specifically addressing asymmetry in ferroelectric materials.
  • Develop an asymmetry-aware ferroelectric compact model.
  • Create parameterized P-V datasets and train a Transformer-encoder model.
  • Form ID-VG datasets and train a 1D-CNN-Transformer model.
  • Implement a hierarchical MLP head network and soft physics prior in the training process.
  • Achieved near-unity correlation and sub-5% error in parameter extraction for FeCAPs and FeFETs.
  • Demonstrated effective interpolation/extrapolation in device parameters.
  • Reduced manual effort and inter-operator variance in parameter extraction workflows.

Abstract

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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Kim et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e320fd40886becb654031dhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-48536-w
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