A system for investigating hysteresis behavior of ferroelectric devices

Interest in ferroelectric devices is increasing due to the extremely various applications involving sensors and actuators with a ferroelectric core. In particular, the hysteretic behavior of these devices is a key-point in many fields of application and the need of a deep characterization of such a behavior occurs. Industrial equipment for producing this kind of characterization is expensive and complex systems are needed for specific tasks. In this work a fully-automatic tool for addressing the properties of ferroelectric capacitors is proposed, with high flexibility and low cost features.