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Microwave Properties of Parallel Plate Capacitors based on (Ba,Sr)TiO3 Thin Films Grown on SiO2/Al2O3 Substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

I. P. Koutsaroff ,
T. Bernacki ,
M. Zelner ,
A. Cervin-Lawry ,
A. Kassam ,
P. Woo ,
L. Woodward  and
A. Patel
I. P. Koutsaroff
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
T. Bernacki
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
M. Zelner
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
A. Cervin-Lawry
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
A. Kassam
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
P. Woo
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
L. Woodward
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
A. Patel
Affiliation:
Gennum Corporation, 970 Fraser Drive, Burlington, Ontario L7L 5P5 Canada, ikoutsar@gennum.com
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Abstract

Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 (BST) single and quadruple layer capacitors with Pt electrodes were fabricated together on polycrystalline alumina substrates with a SiO2-based multicomponent amorphous buffer layer (SiO2/Al2O3). This paper presents the results of the characterization of these capacitors, to demonstrate their suitability for application as decoupling (high value) capacitors and as components in tunable RF applications (e.g., phase shifters and filters). BST films of different compositions, (Ba0.7Sr0.3)TiO3 and (Ba0.5Sr0.5)TiO3, were grown by metal-organic decomposition (MOD) and RF magnetron reactive sputtering. The capacitance density of 90–140 nm thick BST films was in the range of 20 to 70 fF/μm 2. Parallel plate capacitors with areas from 16 μm2 to 2.25 mm2 were fabricated using photolithography and ion milling techniques. For large capacitors (0.125 to 2.25 mm2), capacitance and tanδ were measured at low frequencies (1 KHz - 1 MHz) using an LCR meter. Smaller capacitors (16 μm2 to 3600 μm2) were additionally characterized in the frequency range of 50 MHz - 20 GHz. In such case, capacitance, tanδ and equivalent series resistance (ESR) were extracted from two port scattering parameters obtained using a vector network analyzer (VNA). The relationship between dielectric loss, tunability and calculated figure of merit vs. BST composition and deposition temperature was outlined. In addition, loss and ESR at high frequencies was investigated. The typical achieved leakage current density of sputtered BST films for 2.25 mm2 capacitors fabricated on SiO2/Al2O3 was 7.3×10-9 A/cm2 at 300 kV/cm (65 fF/μm2), about 2 times lower than for (Ba0.7Sr0.3)TiO3 films deposited by MOD (1.4×10-8 A/cm2 at 300 kV/cm, 34.5 fF/μm2). Furthermore, the tunability of (Ba0.7Sr0.3)TiO3 deposited by both methods on SiO2/Al2O3 was ∼60% at 350 kV/cm.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 784: Symposium C – Ferroelectric Thin Films XII , 2003 , C5.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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