Dielectric Characteristics of Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3 Thin Films by Sol-Gel Method

Ferroelectric Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3 (BST) thin films on the Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate have been successfully prepared by sol-gel. Such films have approximately 300 nm thicknesses with a remnant polarization of about 2.95 C/cm2 and a coercive field of about 21.5 kV/cm. The investigations of X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy show that the BST films annealed at 650 ℃ exhibit a tetragonal structure and that the films dominantly consist of large column or grains of about 89 nm in diameter. The curves of the temperature dependence of dielectric coefficient in different frequencies display the curie transition at the temperature around 23 ℃. The dielectric loss tangent of BST thin films at 100 kHz is less than 0.04. As a result, the BST thin films are more applicable for fabrication of infrared detector compared with the BST thin films reported previously.     

溶胶-凝胶法制备外延Ba1-xSrxTiO3薄膜及其结构与性能研究

应用溶胶-凝胶技术在Pt/MgO(100)衬底上成功地制备了Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3外延薄膜.XRD和SEM分析结果表明该薄膜在O2气氛中650℃热处理1h后,其(001)面是沿着Pt(100)和MgO(100)面外延取向生长的;薄膜表面均匀致密,厚度为260nm,平均晶粒大小为48.5nm.当测试频率为10kHz时,BST薄膜的介电常数和损耗因子分别为480和0.02.介电常数-温度关系测试结果表明sol-gel工艺制备的Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3薄膜其居里温度在35℃左右,且在该温度下Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3薄膜存在扩散铁电相变特征.当外加偏置电压为3V时,BST薄膜的漏电流密度为1.5×10-7A/cm2.该薄膜可作为制备新型非制冷红外焦平面阵列和先进非制冷红外热像仪的优选材料.     

溅射工艺参数对BST薄膜介电常数的影响

采用射频磁控溅射法在ITO玻璃基片上制备了约700nm的Ba0.5Sr0.5Ti03(BST)薄膜。研究了溅射功率、气压、ψ[O2/(Ar+O2)]比和基片温度对εr的影响,获得各种溅射条件下的薄膜的εr为250~310。提出了较优的工艺,即本底真空1.5×10–3Pa、靶基距6.2cm、功率300W、气压1.8Pa、ψ[O2/(Ar+O2)]为30%和衬底温度500℃,并研究了薄膜的晶相、组成和形貌。     

高度(100)取向的BST薄膜及其高介电调谐率

用脉冲激光沉积法制备(Ba1-xSrx)TiO3(x=0.35,0.50简称BST35和BST50)介电薄膜。在650℃原位退火10min,获得高度(100)取向柱状生长的晶粒。BST35薄膜的平均晶粒尺寸为50nm,BST50薄膜的晶粒尺寸为150~200nm。在室温和1MHz条件下,BST35的最大εr和调谐率分别达到810和76%,其介电调谐率高于国内外同类文献报道的数据;BST50的εr和调谐率最大分别达到875和63%。薄膜为(100)取向生长,因为薄膜沿平面c轴极化而产生应力,在电场作用下,而获得高介电调谐率。     

Thermo-Sensitive Ba0.64Sr0.36TiO3 Thin Film Capacitors for Dielectric Type Uncooled Infrared Sensors

Ba_0.64Sr_0.36TiO₃ (BST) thin films are prepared on Pt/Ti/SiO₂/Si₃N₄/SiO₂/Si substrates by a sol-gel method. Thermo-sensitive BST thin film capacitors with a Metal-Ferroelectrics-Metal (M-F(BST)-M) structure are fabricated as the active elements of dielectric type uncooled infrared sensors. XRD are employed to analyze the crystallographic structures of the films. AFM observations reveal a smooth and dense surface of the films with an average grain size of about 35 nm. Rapid temperature annealing (RTA) process is a very efficient way to improve crystallization quality. The preferable annealing temperature is 800°C for 1 min. The butterfly shaped C-V curves of the capacitors indicate the films have a ferroelectric nature. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the films at 100 kHz are 450 and 0.038, respectively. At 25°C, where the thermo-sensitive capacitors work, the temperature coefficient of dielectric constant (TCD) is about 5.9 %/°C. These results indicate that the capacitors with sol-gel derived BST thin films are promising to develop dielectric type uncooled infrared sensors.     

BST薄膜的膜厚与铁电性能关系研究

采用射频磁控溅射法制备了Ba.6Sr0.4TiO3(BST)薄膜,研究了不同膜厚的BST薄膜的介电偏压特性曲线和电滞回线。结果表明,当膜厚从250nm增加到650nm时,BST薄膜的εr、εr的电压变化率和最大极化强度分别从195,9%,4.7×10–6C/cm2逐渐增加到1543,19%,30×10–6C/cm2,而矫顽场强随膜厚的变化较复杂。进一步分析发现,膜厚通过影响矫顽场强和最大极化强度进而影响铁电薄膜的电压非线性。     

Electrical properties of sputtered (Ba, Sr)TiO3 thin films prepared by two-step deposition method

The influence of two-step deposition on the electrical properties of sputtered (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ thin films was investigated. BST thin films with thickness 40 nm were deposited by a simple two-step radio frequency-magnetron sputtering technique, where the BST thin film consisted of a seed layer and a main layer. The dielectric constant was strongly dependent on the thickness of seed layer, but there was no dependence on deposition temperature of the seed layer. For a 2 nm seed layer, the dielectric constants were higher by about 29% than those of single-step BST thin films due to higher crystallinity and the leakage current was nearly the same as that of a single-step sample in bias voltage from −2 to 2.5 V. However, an improvement of the dielectric constant was not observed for samples having above 4 nm thick seed layers. A 40 nm thick BST film with 2 nm thick seed layer deposited by a two-step method exhibited a SiO₂ equivalent thickness of 0.385 nm and a leakage current density of 2.74 × 10⁻⁸A/cm²at+1.5V after post-annealing under an atmosphere of flowing N₂ for 30 min at 750°C.     

钛酸锶钡/铋锌铌多层复合薄膜的制备及性能

采用溶胶一凝胶法在Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si衬底上制备了钛酸锶钡/铋锌铌多层复合薄膜样品.研究了不同退火温度下多层复合薄膜的结构、微观形貌及介电性能.结果表明:在退火温度高于700℃时,所得复合薄膜中会出现立方焦绿石结构的铋锌铌和钙钛矿结构的钛酸锶钡.750℃退火处理得到的多层复合薄膜,表面致密,无裂纹,其相对介电常数...     

Structural and Electrical Characters of Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3/La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 Thin Films by Plus Laser Deposition

Epitaxial Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 (BST) thin films were deposited on LaAlO3 (LAO) substrates with the conductive metallic oxide La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 (LSCO) film as a bottom electrode by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). X-ray diffraction ~2 and Ф scan showed that the epitaxial relationship of BST/LSCO/LAO was [001] BST//[001] LSCO//[001] LAO. The atomic force microscope (AFM) revealed a smooth and crack-free surface of BST films on LSCO-coated LAO substrate with the average grain size of 120 nm and the RMS of 1.564 nm for BST films. Pt/BST/LSCO capacitor was fabricated to perform CapacitanceVoltage measurement indicating good insulating characteristics. For epitaxial BST film, the dielectric constant and dielectric loss were determined as 471 and 0.03, respectively. The tunabilty was 79.59% and the leakage current was 2.6310-7 A/cm2 under an applied filed of 200 kV/cm. Furthermore, it was found that epitaxial BST (60/40) films demonstrate well-behaved ferroelectric properties with the remnate polarization of 6.085 C/cm2 and the coercive field of 72 kV/cm. The different electric properties from bulk BST (60/40) materials with intrinsic paraelectric characteristic are attributed to the interface effects.     

Low-Dielectric-Loss Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films with MgO Buffer Layer for Tunable Microwave Devices

The dielectric and microwave properties of Ba_0.6Sr_0.4TiO₃ (BST60) thin films with a MgO buffer layer deposited on Al₂O₃ substrates were investigated. Insertion of the MgO buffer layer is demonstrated to be an effective approach to fabricate low-dielectric-loss BST thin films. x-Ray pattern analysis indicates that the thin films exhibit good crystalline quality with a pure perovskite phase and that insertion of the MgO buffer layer does not change the crystal structure of BST. The nonlinear dielectric properties of the BST films were measured by using an interdigital capacitor (IDC). At room temperature, the tunability of the BST films with a MgO buffer layer was 24.1% at a frequency of 1 MHz with an applied electric field of 80 kV/cm. The dielectric loss of the BST thin films is only 0.005 to 0.007 in the frequency range from 20 Hz to 2 MHz, the same as for BST films prepared on single-crystal MgO substrates. The microwave dielectric properties of the BST thin films were also measured by a vector network analyzer from 50 MHz to 10 GHz.     

Structural and Electrical Characters of Ba0.6Sro.4TiO3/La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 Thin Films by Plus Laser Deposition

Epitaxial Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 (BST) thin films were deposited on LaAlO3 (LAO) substrates with the conductive metallic oxide La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 (LSCO) film as a bottom electrode by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Xray relationship of BST/LSCO/LAO was [001] BST//[001]LSCO//[001] LAO. The atomic force microscope (AFM)revealed a smooth and crackfree surface of BST films on LSCOcoated LAO substrate with the average grain size of 120 nm and the RMS of 1.564 nm for BST films.Pt/BST/LSCO capacitor was fabricated to perform CapacitanceVoltage measurement indicating good insulating characteristics. For epitaxial BST film, the dielectric constant and dielectric loss were determined as 471 and 0.03, respectively. The tunabilty was 79.59% and the leakage current was 2.63×107 A/crm2 under an applied filed of 200 kV/cm. Furthermore, it was found that epitaxial BST (60/40) films demonstrate wellbehaved ferroelectric properties with the remnate polarization of 6.085 μC/cm2 and the coercive field of 72 kV/cm. The different electric properties from bulk BST (60/40)materials with intrinsic paraelectric characteristic are attributed to the interface effects.     

BST/LSCO异质结构的研究

利用脉冲激光沉积法在STO(001)基片上外延生长了La0.5Sr0.5CoO3(LSCO)导电氧化物薄膜,研究了基片温度对LSCO薄膜结构和电性能的影响,并制备了Ni-Cr/BST/LSCO多层膜结构。XRD谱发现,沉积温度在450~700℃均能得到高度(00 l)取向的LSCO薄膜,LSCO(002)峰的半高峰宽FWHM=0.1°~0.2°;在LSCO薄膜上制备的BST介质膜具有良好的c轴取向和较高的表面平整度,其εr约为470,tgδ为0.036~0.060。     

Zn掺杂对BST薄膜介电调谐性能的影响

用sol-gel法在Pt/SiO2/Si基片上制备了未掺杂和掺杂Zn的钛酸锶钡(BST)薄膜。用XRD对BST薄膜进行了物相分析,研究了Zn掺杂对薄膜的表面形貌和介电调谐性能的影响。结果表明:室温下,随着Zn加入量的增加,BST薄膜的介电常数减小,介质损耗降低,介电调谐量增加。x(Zn)为0.025的BST薄膜具有最大的优越因子(FOM),其值为29.28。     

Effect of bottom electrode materials on the electrical andreliability characteristics of (Ba, Sr)TiO3 capacitors

The dielectric constant and the leakage current density of (Ba, Sr)TiO₃ (BST) thin films deposited on various bottom electrode materials (Pt, Ir, IrO₂/Ir, Ru, RuO₂/Ru) before and after annealing in O₂ ambient were investigated. The improvement of crystallinity of BST films deposited on various bottom electrodes was observed after the postannealing process. The dielectric constant and leakage current of the films mere also strongly dependent on the postannealing conditions. BST thin film deposited on Ir bottom electrode at 500°C, after 700°C annealing in O₂ for 20 min, has the dielectric constant of 593, a loss tangent of 0.019 at 100 kHz, a leakage current density of 1.9×10 ^-8 A/cm² at an electric field of 200 kV/cm with a delay time of 30 s, and a charge storage density of 53 fC/μm² at an applied field of 100 kV/cm. The BST films deposited on Ir with post-annealing can obtain better dielectric properties than on other bottom electrodes in our experiments. And Ru electrode is unstable because the interdiffusion of Ru and Ti occurs at the interface between the BST and Ru after postannealing. The ten year lifetime of time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) studies indicate that BST on Pt, Ir, IrO₂/Ir, Ru, and RuO₂/Ru have long lifetimes over ten gears on operation at the voltage bias of 2 V     

溶胶–凝胶法制备BST薄膜的结晶特性研究

采用改进的溶胶–凝胶(sol-gel)工艺配制了(Ba0.65,Sr0.35)TiO3(BST)溶胶。利用旋转涂覆工艺将BST溶胶涂覆在SiO2/Si衬底上,在不同的热处理条件下制备出BST薄膜。XRD分析结果表明:制得的BST薄膜形成了单一钙钛矿结构;AFM测试结果表明,BST薄膜表面平整致密,无裂纹。表面均方根粗糙度为3~6nm,晶粒大小分布均匀,直径约为40~100nm。随着热处理温度的提高,BST薄膜的晶粒变大,表面粗糙度变大。     

Thermal-sensitive BST thin film capacitors for dielectric bolometer prepared by RF magnetron sputtering

We have been developing a monolithic microbolometer technology for uncooled infrared focal plane arrays (Uncooled IRFPAs) along the route from fabricating pixels of thin-film dielectric bolometers on micromachined silicon substrates. In the paper, the thermal-sensitive barium strontium titanate (BST) thin film capacitors for that objective prepared by Radio-Frequency Magnetron sputtering have been investigated focusing on the condition of fabrication of BST thin films. Capacitor-Temperature properties of the thermal-sensitive BST thin film capacitors have been measured with impedance analyzer. According to the Capacitor-temperature curves, these indicated that the temperature coefficient of dielectric constant (TCD) within the ambient temperature region highly depended on the Radio-Frequency Magnetron sputtering condition of fabrication of BST thin films. BST thin film capacitors with TCD-value more than 21%/K have been prepared on the optimized condition. That is a good base for preparation of dielectric bolometer mode of uncooled IRFPAs.     

Co掺杂对BST薄膜介电性能的影响

用sol-gel法在Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si(100)衬底上制备了掺Co的钛酸锶钡(BST)薄膜,研究了Co的掺杂量x(Co)对BST薄膜的晶相结构和电学性能的影响。结果表明:随着x(Co)的增加,BST薄膜的介电常数εr,介质损耗tgδ和漏电流密度JL均降低;当x(Co)为5%时,BST薄膜的εr、tgδ、JL、可调性和品质因子分别为:228.3、0.013、3.69×10–7 A/cm2、15.4%、12.03。     

La掺杂对BLT薄膜微观结构与性能的影响

采用sol-gel工艺低温制备了Si基Bi4–xLaxTi3O12(BLT)铁电薄膜。研究了La掺杂量对薄膜微观结构、介电和铁电性能的影响。结果表明,600～650℃退火处理的BLT薄膜表面平整无裂纹,晶粒均匀,无焦绿石相或其它杂相,薄膜为多晶生长;La掺杂量x在0.5～0.85的BLT薄膜介电与铁电性能优良,其εr和tanδ分别介于284～289和(1.57～1.63)×10–2,4V偏压下薄膜的漏电流密度低于10–8A/cm2,Pr可达(13.0～17.5)×10–6C/cm2,Ec低至(102.5～127.8)×103V/cm。     

Sol-Gel法制备BST铁电薄膜及其性能分析

用Sol-Gel法制备出表面致密,界面清晰的BST铁电薄膜。分析了BST薄膜的J-V特性,由于使用了不同的上下电极,导致J-V曲线的不对称,且在外延生长的Pt电极上制备的BST薄膜有较低的漏电流。分别在大气和干燥气氛下测量了BST薄膜的介电特性,分析结果表明:湿度对BST薄膜的介电特性有很大的影响,为了得到正确的介电特性,其测量必须在真空或干燥气氛下进行。     

BST薄膜的残余应力分析

采用射频磁控溅射在Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si(100)衬底上制备了钛酸锶钡(BST)薄膜,利用气氛炉对薄膜进行晶化处理,晶化后薄膜的应力采用XRD表征。研究其残余应力随晶化温度变化的趋势。结果表明:在550,650,700℃晶化后的BST薄膜宏观残余应力表现为压应力,且随着晶化温度的升高,呈线性变大。