• DocumentCode
    453493
  • Title

    Tunable microwave components based on KTaxNb1-xO3 ferroelectric material

  • Author

    Laur, Vincent ; Rousseau, Anthony ; Tanne, Gerard ; Laurent, Paul ; Huret, Fabrice ; Guilloux-viry, Maryline ; Della, Bernard

  • Author_Institution
    LEST - UBO/ENSTBr, Brest, France
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4-6 Oct. 2005
  • Abstract
    We made tunable microwave ferroelectric interdigital capacitors (IDCs) and resonators with different KTaxNb1-xO3 (KTN) materials. Measurement results highlighted interesting variations, i.e. about 9.27% at 2 GHz on the capacitance value, at low bias voltage (∼15 kV/cm). This study enabled us to choose KTa0.5Nb0.5O3 among three KTN compositions because, at room temperature, it showed the best properties for achievement of tunable devices. To our knowledge, among the few circuits based on a ferroelectric thin film other than BaxSr1-xTiO3 (BST) material, the ones we proposed demonstrate very promising performances for microwave applications. In the future, KTNs could compete with BSTs for tunable devices.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; ferroelectric capacitors; ferroelectric materials; ferroelectric thin films; niobium compounds; potassium compounds; resonators; strontium compounds; tantalum compounds; thin film capacitors; BST material; BaSrTiO3; IDC; KTN compositions; KTN materials; KTa0.5Nb0.5O3; ferroelectric material; ferroelectric thin film; interdigital capacitors; microwave ferroelectric capacitors; tunable microwave components; Binary search trees; Capacitance measurement; Capacitors; Ferroelectric materials; Low voltage; Microwave circuits; Niobium; Temperature; Thin film circuits; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2005 European
  • Print_ISBN
    2-9600551-2-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMC.2005.1608938
  • Filename
    1608938