Characterization of ferroelectric SrBi2Ta2O9 thin films deposited by a radio frequency magnetron sputtering technique

Sang Shik Park, Cheol Hoon Yang, Soon Gil Yoon, Jun Hyung Ahn, Ho Gi Kim

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Abstract

Fatigue-free Bi-layer SrBi2Ta2O9 films were deposited on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The addition of 30 mole percent (m/o) SrCO3 and 20 m/o Bi2O3 into the target was necessary in order to compensate for the lack of Sr and Bi in the films. A 200 nm thick Sr0.7Bi2.0Ta2.0O9 film annealed at 800°C exhibited dense morphology, a dielectric constant of 210, and a dissipation factor of 0.06 at a frequency of 1 MHz. The remnant polarization 2Pr and the coercive field 2Ec of the films were 9.1 μC/cm2 and 85 kV/cm, respectively, at an applied voltage of 5 V. The leakage current density was about 7 × 10-7 A/cm2 at 150 kV/cm. The films showed fatigue-free characteristics under a ±5 V bipolar square pulse of 1 MHz up to 1.0 × 1010 Hz. The SrBi2Ta2O9 films prepared by radio frequency magnetron sputtering are attractive for application to nonvolatile memory devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2855-2858
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume144
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1997

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