Parallel-plate Ba0.25Sr0.75TiO3 (BST) varactors with a record high Q factor are fabricated on Si substrate. At 45 GHz the Q factor is about 40, and the tuneability at 25 V is more than 40% in the measured frequency range 0.045–45 GHz. The improvement in the Q factor is achieved by using a thick bottom electrode consisting of Pt (50 nm)/Au (0.5 μm) allowing us to reduce the microwave losses associated with metal layers. The BST films exhibit relatively high permittivity (150) at zero bias and high resistivity (1010 Ω cm) at fields up to 700 kV/cm. © 2003 American Institute of Physics.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:83
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Issue:
15
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Date of Publication:
Oct 2003
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3144
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3146
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.1619213
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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18 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Oct 2003