GROWTH AND DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF YTTRIUM-OXIDE THIN-FILMS DEPOSITED ON SI BY RF-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING

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CRANTON, WM
SPINK, DM
STEVENS, R
THOMAS, CB
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[1] Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bradford, Bradford
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10.1016/0040-6090(93)90222-B
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T [工业技术];
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Thin films of Y2O3 have been deposited by r.f.-magnetron sputtering onto 100 mm diameter n-type single crystal Si wafers. The growth conditions are discussed including an optical interferometric technique for in-situ thickness monitoring. The dielectric properties of films deposited at 60-degrees-C, 100-degrees-C and 190-degrees-C are measured, with optimum values of the relative dielectric constant and breakdown strength determined as epsilon(r) = 16 and E(bd) = 3.85 MV cm-1 respectively. Deposition was uniform with respect to film thickness over 50 cm2 (+/- 5%), and the refractive index of the Y2O3 was determined as n = 1.911
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