Ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) devices

Abstract: We review the history of, and recent advances in, ferroelectric memory, including ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM or FeRAM). FRAM is the first among advanced non-volatile memories, such as magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), phase-change random access memory (PRAM) and resistive random access memory (ReRAM), to be commercialized. Highly reliable FRAM with a memory density of a few Mb is currently available. Since FRAM has excellent electric properties, such as a high speed read/write (

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