Microwave measurement of Ba$^{0.7}Sr^{0.3}TiO^{3}$ thin film capacitors

Ba$^{0.7}Sr^{0.3}TiO^{3}$ 박막 커패시퍼의 마이코로파 측정

  • 장병택 (한국과학기술원 전기 및 전자공학과) ;
  • 차선용 (한국과학기술원 전기 및 전자공학과) ;
  • 이승훈 (한국과학기술원 전기 및 전자공학과) ;
  • 곽동화 (한국과학기술원 전기 및 전자공학과) ;
  • 이희철 (한국과학기술원 전기 및 전자공학과) ;
  • 유병곤 (전자통신연구소 반도체연구단) ;
  • 백종태 (전자통신연구소 반도체연구단) ;
  • 유형준 (전자통신연구소 반도체연구단)
  • Published : 1996.02.01

Abstract

Thin film Ba$^{0.7}Sr^{0.3}TiO^{3}$ (BST) capacitors were fabricated on SiO$_{2}$/Si substrates by RF magnetron sputtering method and characterized at microwave frequencies ranging from 40 MHz to 1GHz to examine the dielectric dispersion of the capacitors. The BST thin films were electrode material of BST thin films capacitor which is known as one of the best electrode materials for BST films. 50$\AA$-thick titanium (Ti) layers were introduced to increase adhesion between bottom Pt and SiO$_{2}$. The leakage current density of the capacitors was about 1.7${\times}10^{7}A/cm^{2}$ at 1.5V and the dielectric constant was about 140 at 1MHz. Microwave measurement patterns having a coplanar waveguide type were fabricated and their S parameters were measured using network analyzer. After de-embedding parasitic components in microwave measurement patterns nearly frequency-invariant dielectric constant of about 120 was extracted in the measurement range of 40 MHz to 1 GHz.

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