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TF 2000 FE module | PS module | RX module | DR module | In-situ compensation | Dynamic Leakage Current Compensation FeaturesFE module The FE module is available in different performance levels. The standard configuration offers a frequency range from 1 mHz to 1 kHz. The enhanced configuration offers a frequency range up to 250 kHz. Since 2005 a new version up to 1 MHz hysteresis frequency has been available for high speed applications. The ferroelectric test module TF Analyzer 2000 FE is designed to make various measurements on ferroelectric materials to determine its main electronic characteristics. Standard features of the FE-Module are:
As further options, which are essentially for testing ultra thin films and for ultra small capacitors, aixACCT offers as unique features of the TF Analyzer 2000 series: PS module Investigation of the ferroelectric switching kinetics: pulse generation down to 50 ns pulse width and 1.2 ns rise time. The pulse switching module - TF Analyzer 2000 PS is designed to measure the switching velocity of the ferroelectric polarization. The system gives information on the current response in the 'switching' and the 'non-switching' case of the material. The user is able to investigate the difference of the polarization point which is reached in the switching case using the fast pulse switching module of the TF Analyzer 2000 and the point known from the hysteresis curve recorded with low frequency excitation. The PS module includes a high precision analog output board, an external probe head containing the ultra fast switching unit, and the digital time base. The system offers the test environment for ferroelectric materials close to real world application like FeRAM. The rise time of the pulses are in the 1 ns regime at ohmic loads. The minimum pulse width amounts to 50 ns and repetition rates of 100 kHz are available. RX module The relaxation module TF Analyzer 2000 RX is designed to investigate polarization and depolarization currents of dielectric and ferroelectric materials. This module uses the voltage step method with a six decade current amplifier, which allows measurements without changing the amplification range. It is especially designed to investigate the relaxation behavior and the leakage current of integrated capacitors. It includes a high precision analog output board, and an external probe head containing the ultra fast voltage-step generator and the high resolution current amplifier. DR module Investigation of the self discharge behavior of dielectric materials: voltage pulse method with a charge amplifier offering 30 fF input capacitance. The DRAM module TF Analyzer 2000 DR is designed to measure the self-discharge behaviour of charged integrated capacitors to test the suitability of the material for DRAM applications and to check the minimum pulse width of a write operation. It includes a high precision analog output board, and an external probe head containing the ultra fast, high insulating switching unit and the electrometer amplifier. The module uses the voltage-pulse method. In-situ compensation With small pad sizes, starting from approximately 10 µm squared capacitors the influence of the parasitic capacitance becomes increasingly important. For sub micrometer dimensions the compensation is essentially in order to derive correct and precise results. The only way to measure these data correctly is with the aixACCT patented method of a compensation of the influence during the measurement. Using a numerical calculation to compensate this influence does not work, because the recording amplifier is already saturated by the contribution of the parasitic capacitor to the current response. Dynamic Leakage Current Compensation With ultra thin films the influence of leakage current becomes significant on the results of the hysteresis curve of the ferroelectric material. A compensation based on static leakage current measurements is not very accurate and is very time consuming. Therefore a method has been developed by aixACCT to eliminate the influence of the leakage current on the results of the hysteresis curve. Using hysteresis measurements, the influence of the leakage current can be eliminated and the remaining material property is received. |
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