• DocumentCode
    939455
  • Title

    Wide-Tunable Low-Field Interdigitated Barium Strontium Titanate Capacitors

  • Author

    Al Ahmad, Mahmoud ; Brunet, Magali ; Payan, Sandrine ; Michau, Dominique ; Maglione, Mario ; Plana, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. de Toulouse, Toulouse
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    769
  • Lastpage
    771
  • Abstract
    This letter reports low-field wide-tunable interdigitated barium strontium titanate (BST) capacitors. The capacitors consisting of BST thin film dielectric, silicon substrate, and gold metallization have been fabricated. The capacitance exhibits 0.2 pF at zero-bias and shows a tunability of 63% with an applied electric field of 1.4 V/mum. This corresponds to a 3.5 mum electrode gap width and a 5 V dc bias. Microwave measurements reveal a zero bias film quality of 50 around 30 GHz.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; dielectric thin films; silicon; tuning; varactors; BST thin film dielectric; Si - Surface; capacitance 0.2 pF; gold metallization; microwave measurements; silicon substrate; tunable circuit; varactors; voltage 5 V; wide-tunable low-field interdigitated barium strontium titanate capacitors; Barium strontium titanate (BST); capacitors; thin film; tunable circuit; varactors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1531-1309
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LMWC.2007.908044
  • Filename
    4357992