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Ferroelectric thin film coated substrate, producing method thereof and capacitor structure element using thereof
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1996-05-08
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Granted: 1998-05-26
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Expires: 2016-05-08
Abstract
Abstract A ferroelectric thin film coated substrate is obtained by a producing method of forming a crystalline thin film on a substrate by means of a MOCVD method at a substrate temperature at which crystal grows and of forming a ferroelectric thin film on the crystalline thin film by means of the MOCVD method at a film forming temperature, which is lower than the film forming temperature of the crystalline thin film. This producing method makes it possible to produce a ferroelectric thin film, where a surface of the thin film is dense and even, leakage current properties are excellent and sufficiently large remanent spontaneous polarization is shown, at a lower temperature.
Inventors
- 👤 Sakiko Satoh
- 👤 Takeshi Kijima
- 👤 Hironori Matsunaga
- 👤 Masayoshi Koba
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 03:12
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/682; H10D1/684
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A ferroelectric thin film coated substrate, comprising: a substrate; a crystalline thin film formed on said substrate at a first substrate temperature at which crystal grows; and a ferroelectric thin film formed on said crystalline thin film at a second substrate temperature which is lower than the first substrate temperature, wherein a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said crystalline thin film is smaller than a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film, so as to promote crystal growth in said ferroelectric thin film and make the particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film sufficiently small.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A ferroelectric thin film coated substrate, comprising: a substrate; a crystalline thin film formed on said substrate at a first substrate temperature at which crystal grows; and a ferroelectric thin film formed on said crystalline thin film at a second substrate temperature which is lower than the first substrate temperature, wherein a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said crystalline thin film is smaller than a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film, so as to promote crystal growth in said ferroelectric thin film and make the particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film sufficiently small.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 1, wherein the particle diameter of crystal grains composing said crystalline thin film is approximately 5 nm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 1, wherein a film thickness of said crystalline thin film is smaller than a film thickness of said ferroelectric thin film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 3, wherein: the film thickness of said crystalline thin film is in the range of 5 nm to 10 nm, the thickness of said ferroelectric thin film is greater than the thickness of said crystalline thin film but less than 300 nm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one of constituent elements of said crystalline thin film is same as one of constituent elements of said ferroelectric thin film.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 5, wherein said crystalline thin film is composed of bismuth titanate and the ferroelectric thin film is composed of bismuth titanate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 6, wherein said crystalline thin film and said ferroelectric thin film are made of Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 with random orientation including a-axis orientation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 6, wherein said crystalline thin film is made of Bi 2 Ti 2 O 7 and said ferroelectric thin film is made of Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 1, wherein said ferroelectric thin film is composed of a Bi ferroelectric material having a layered perovskite structure.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 1, wherein said ferroelectric thin film is composed of a material which is selected from a group of PZT, PLZT, SrTiO 3 and Ba 1-x Sr x TiO 3 .
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
The ferroelectric thin film coated substrate as defined in claim 1, wherein: the first substrate temperature is in the range of 450° C. to 650° C., and the second substrate temperature is in the range of 400° C. to 500° C., with the proviso that the second substrate temperature is lower than and the first substrate temperature.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
135 words
A capacitor structure element, comprising: a substrate; a crystalline thin film formed on a substrate at a first substrate temperature at which crystal grows; a ferroelectric thin film formed on said crystalline thin film at a second substrate temperature, which is lower than the first substrate temperature, wherein a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said crystalline thin film is smaller than a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film, so as to promote crystal growth in said ferroelectric thin film and make the particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film sufficiently small; a lower electrode made of a conductive material, which is formed between said substrate and said crystalline thin film; and an upper electrode made of a conductive material, which is formed on said ferroelectric thin film.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
135 words
A capacitor structure element, comprising: a substrate; a crystalline thin film formed on a substrate at a first substrate temperature at which crystal grows; a ferroelectric thin film formed on said crystalline thin film at a second substrate temperature, which is lower than the first substrate temperature, wherein a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said crystalline thin film is smaller than a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film, so as to promote crystal growth in said ferroelectric thin film and make the particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film sufficiently small; a lower electrode made of a conductive material, which is formed between said substrate and said crystalline thin film; and an upper electrode made of a conductive material, which is formed on said ferroelectric thin film.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
80 words
A ferroelectric thin film coated substrate, comprising: a substrate; a crystalline thin film formed on said substrate; and a ferroelectric thin film formed on said crystalline thin film, wherein a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said crystalline thin film is smaller than a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film, so as to promote crystal growth in said ferroelectric thin film and make the particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film sufficiently small.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
80 words
A ferroelectric thin film coated substrate, comprising: a substrate; a crystalline thin film formed on said substrate; and a ferroelectric thin film formed on said crystalline thin film, wherein a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said crystalline thin film is smaller than a particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film, so as to promote crystal growth in said ferroelectric thin film and make the particle diameter of crystal grains composing said ferroelectric thin film sufficiently small.
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