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Process for producing a ferroelectric film device
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1992-09-01
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Granted: 1994-05-03
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Expires: 2012-09-01
Abstract
Abstract For applying ferroelectrics to electronic devices, the poling treatment of the ferroelectrics has been necessary in order to uniform directions of spontaneous polarizations, Ps, in each ferroelectric. This treatment brings about (1) low yields of the devices, (2) difficulties in the fabrication of array devices, and (3) difficulties in the formation of ferroelectric films on semiconductor devices. Now it has been found that a self-polarized film in which spontaneous polarizations, Ps, are unidirectional can be formed by sputtering a ferroelectric materials containing lead under such conditions that the orientation of Ps will be controlled without poling treatment and a high-performance ferroelectric device can be obtained in a high yield by using this film, and thus a process for producing such devices has been found.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Iijima
- 👤 Ryoichi Takayama
- 👤 Yoshihiro Tomita
- 👤 Ichiro Ueda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 05:03
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/06; C23C14/08; C23C14/088; H; H10; H10N; H10N15/00; H10N15/10; H10N15/15; H10N30/00; H10N30/01; H10N30/07; H10N30/074; H10N30/076; H10N30/80; H10N30/85; H10N30/853; H10N30/8548; H10N30/8554; H10N30/04; H10N30/045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A process for producing a ferroelectric film device provided with a ferroelectric thin film in which spontaneous polarizations in said film are oriented in the same direction without any poling treatment being applied to said film, said film having a composition which is represented by the chemical formula (PbxLay)(TizZrw)O 3 and lies in a range selected from (a) 0.70≦x≦1, 0.9≦x+y≦1, 0.95≦x≦1, w=0, (b) x=1, y=0, 0.45≦x<1, x+w=1, and (c) 0.83≦x<1, x+y=1, 0.5≦z<1, 0.96≦z+w≦1, characterized in that the ferroelectric film is formed on an MgO substrate by sputtering and the speed of film formation is less than 30 Å/min.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A process for producing a ferroelectric film device provided with a ferroelectric thin film in which spontaneous polarizations in said film are oriented in the same direction without any poling treatment being applied to said film, said film having a composition which is represented by the chemical formula (PbxLay)(TizZrw)O 3 and lies in a range selected from (a) 0.70≦x≦1, 0.9≦x+y≦1, 0.95≦x≦1, w=0, (b) x=1, y=0, 0.45≦x<1, x+w=1, and (c) 0.83≦x<1, x+y=1, 0.5≦z<1, 0.96≦z+w≦1, characterized in that the ferroelectric film is formed on an MgO substrate by sputtering and the speed of film formation is less than 30 Å/min.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process for producing a ferroelectric film device according to claim 1, wherein the pressure of sputtering atmospheric gas is lower than 5 Ps during the formation of the ferroelectric film by sputtering.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process for producing a ferroelectric film device according to claim 1, wherein an argon-oxygen gas mixture containing at least 80% of argon is used as the sputtering atmosphere in the formation of the ferroelectric film by sputtering.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The process for producing a ferroelectric film device according to claim 1, wherein the target to sputter has a composition represented by the formula {(1-Y)PbxLayTizZrwO 3 +YPbO} where Y is in the range of 0.05 to 0.30 during the formation of the ferroelectric film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The process for producing a ferroelectric film device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is maintained at a temperature of 550° to 625° C. during the formation of the ferroelectric film by sputtering.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
The process for producing a ferroelectric film device according to claim 1 wherein the ferroelectric thin film is formed by sputtering from a target and the superficial the superficial composition of the target, before each sputtering operation, is controlled so as to become equal to the original composition of the whole target compounded.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process for producing a ferroelectric film device according to claim 1, wherein the ferroelectric film is formed over the substrate by sputtering while maintaining the substrate to have a positive potential.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process for producing a ferroelectric film device according to claim 1, wherein at least 75% of said spontaneous polarizations are oriented in said same direction without any poling treatment.
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