Electrical Characteristics of Aluminum-Zirconium Oxide-barium Magnesium Fluoride-p Silicon MIS Capacitors,

Abstract

The Barium Magnesium Fluoride films have been deposit on p-Si wafers at a temperature in the range of 400-450 deg C in an ion assisted deposition system. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the films are polycrystalline in nature. The BMF films were encapsulated with an electron be evaporated ZrO2 film of thickness 300 deg A. The capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics of Aluminum-ZrO2-BMF-p Si MIS capacitors show hysteresis and the direction of the hysteresis corresponds to ferroelectric polarization it the BMF film. The shift in threshold voltage was found to depend on bias voltage, ramp rate as well as measurement temperature.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 1991
Accession Number
ADP006689

Entities

People

  • L. Kammerdinner
  • L. Levenson
  • R. Y. Kwor
  • T. S. Kalkur

Organizations

  • University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Capacitance
  • Capacitors
  • Colorado
  • Diffraction
  • Diffraction Analysis
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Fluorides
  • Hysteresis
  • Magnesium
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Zirconium
  • Zirconium Oxides

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene