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Large area BST thin films for microwave applications deposited by pulsed laser ablation
Thin Solid Films
  • C. V. Varanasi, University of Dayton
  • K. D. Leedy, Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  • D. H. Tomich, Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  • Guru Subramanyam, University of Dayton
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2-2009
Abstract

Large area Ba1 − xSrxTiO3 (BST) thin films with x = 0.4 or x = 0.5 were deposited on 75 mm diameter Si wafers in a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) chamber enabling full-wafer device fabrication using standard lithography. The deposition conditions were re-optimized for large PLD chambers to obtain uniform film thickness, grain size, crystal structure, orientation, and dielectric properties of BST films. X-ray diffraction and microstructural analyses on the BST films grown on Pt/Au/Ti electrodes deposited on SiO2/Si wafers revealed films with (110) preferred orientation with a grain size < 100 nm. An area map of the thickness and crystal orientation of a BST film deposited on SiO2/Si wafer also showed (110) preferred orientation with a film thickness variation < 6%. Large area BST films were found to have a high dielectric tunability of 76% at an electric field of 400 kV/cm and dielectric loss tangent below 0.03 at microwave frequencies up to 20 GHz and a commutation quality factor of ~ 4200.

Inclusive pages
2878–2881
ISBN/ISSN
0040-6090
Publisher
Elsevier ScienceDirect
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Keywords
  • Physical vapor deposition; Ferroelectric properties;Laser ablation; Oxides
Citation Information
C. V. Varanasi, K. D. Leedy, D. H. Tomich and Guru Subramanyam. "Large area BST thin films for microwave applications deposited by pulsed laser ablation" Thin Solid Films Vol. 517 Iss. 9 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/guru_subramanyam/26/