Reactive ion etching damage to the electrical properties of ferroelectric thin films

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Pan ◽  
C. L. Thio ◽  
S. B. Desu

Reactive ion etching damage to Pt/Pb(Zr, Ti)O3/Pt ferroelectric capacitors was evaluated under Ar bombardment and CHClFCF3 etch plasmas. The hysteresis and degradation properties, including fatigue and leakage current, were examined systematically to study the mechanism of damage. The damage was measured quantitatively by comparing the relative voltage shift with respect to the initial hysteresis loops. The damage effects were found to be dependent on etching time and mainly due to the physical effect of ion bombardment. The electrical properties of the etched Pt/Pb(Zr, Ti)O3/Pt capacitors were substantially recovered by annealing at 400 °C for 30 min.

1994 ◽  
Vol 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Pan ◽  
C.L. Thio ◽  
S.B. Desu ◽  
Cheewon Chung

ABSTRACTReactive ion etching damage to sputtered Pt/PZT/Pt ferroelectric capacitors was studied using Ar and CHCIFCF3 etch gases. Electrical properties, hysteresis, fatigue, and leakage current of PZT capacitors, before and after etching, were compared to examine the etching damage. It is found that the damage effects depend on etching time and are mainly due to the physical bombardment effect. The PZT capacitors etched with CHCIFCF3 plasma showed less damage than those etched in Ar plasma. The electric properties of etched Pt/PZT/Pt capacitors are recovered by annealing at 400 °C for 30min.


1999 ◽  
Vol 596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Hee Cho ◽  
Il Young Kwon ◽  
Chanro Park ◽  
Chang Ju Choi ◽  
Yeo Song Seol ◽  
...  

AbstractThe effects of reactive ion etching damage on the electrical properties of Pt/SBT/Pt capacitors have been investigated. The plasma treated SBT/Pt layers showed a significant decrease in remanent polarization compared with that of the reference sample. The remanent polarization of the plasma treated layers varied with the gas ratios of the Cl2/Ar plasma. XPS analysis of the plasma treated SBT/Pt samples showed that the surface composition was significantly changed as the gas ratios were varied, which resulted in a polarization decrease in the plasma treated samples. Plasma treatment also caused a voltage shift of the hysteresis loops along the voltage axis. The magnitude of the voltage shift was increased for the chlorine-rich plasma. The results of surface analysis revealed that the voltage shift is caused by oxygen deficiency at the SBT surface. Based on our experimental results, reactive ion etching damage was explained in terms of physical and electrical effects of the plasma on the electrical properties of the ferroelectric Pt/SBT/Pt capacitors.


2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Gou ◽  
Zhi-ming Wu ◽  
Hui-ling Tai ◽  
Kai Yuan

2001 ◽  
Vol 685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Won-Jae Lee ◽  
Chang-Ho Shin ◽  
In-Kyu You ◽  
Il-Suk Yang ◽  
Sang-Ouk Ryu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe SrTa2O6 (STO) thin films were prepared by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) with alternating supply of reactant sources, Sr[Ta(C2H5O)5(C4H10NO)]2 {Strontium bis-[tantalum penta-ethoxide dimethyllaminoethoxide]; Sr(Ta(OEt)5▪dmae)2} and O2plasma. It was observed that the uniform and conformal STO thin films were successfully deposited using PEALD and the film thickness per cycle was saturated at about 0.8 nm at 300°C. Electrical properties of SrTa2O6 (STO) thin films prepared on Pt/SiO2/Si substrates with annealing temperatures have been investigated. While the grain size and dielectric constant of STO films increased with increasing annealing temperature, the leakage current characteristics of STO films slightly deteriorated. The leakage current density of a 40nm-STO film was about 5×10−8A/cm2 at 3V.


2015 ◽  
Vol 587 ◽  
pp. 20-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Adalberto Garay ◽  
Su Min Hwang ◽  
Chee Won Chung

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