Structural and electrical properties of RF magnetron sputtered tantalum oxide films

  • S. V.Jagadeesh Chandra*
  • , D. S. Park
  • , S. Uthanna
  • , Chel Jong Choi
  • , A. Guruva Reddy
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

RF magnetron sputtering technique was employed for deposition of tantalum oxide films on p-type silicon substrates by sputtering of pure tantalum oxide target in the presence of oxygen and argon gases at a temperature of 303 K. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction studies indicated that the films annealed at 773 K were stoichiometric and polycrystalline respectively. The accumulation capacitance for the devices in a structure of Al/Ta2O5/p-Si has been decreased noticeably lower values for the devices annealed at high temperatures. Improved currentvoltage characteristics were observed for all annealed devices with PooleFrenkel conduction mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)749-753
Number of pages5
JournalInternational Journal of Nanoscience
Volume10
Issue number4-5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011.08

Keywords

  • capacitance
  • conduction mechanism
  • MOS structure
  • RF magnetron sputtering
  • thin film

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Computer Science & Information Systems
  • Engineering - Electrical & Electronic
  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Data Science
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Biological Sciences

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