摘要:
A thin film capacitor including a first electrode having on its surface a (100) face of cubic system or a (001) face of tetragonal system, a dielectric thin film epitaxially grown on the first electrode and exhibiting a crystal structure which inherently belongs to a perovskite structure of cubic system, and a second electrode formed on the dielectric thin film. Further, the dielectric thin film meets the following relationship V/V.sub.0 .gtoreq.1.01 where a unit lattice volume of true perovskite crystal structure belonging to the cubic system (lattice constant a.sub.0) is represented by V.sub.0 =a.sub.0.sup.3, and a unit lattice volume (lattice constant a=b.noteq.c) which is strained toward a tetragonal system after the epitaxial growth is represented by V=a.sup.2 c, and also meets the following relationship c/a.gtoreq.1.01 where c/a represents a ratio between a lattice constant "c" in the direction thicknesswise of the film and a lattice constant "a" in the direction parallel with a plane of the film.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device is constituted by arranging a plurality of memory cells in a matrix format, each of which includes a thin-film capacitor having a ferroelectric film and a pair of electrodes facing each other via the ferroelectric film, and a transfer gate transistor connected to the thin film capacitor. A voltage corresponding to the width of a hysteresis curve obtained when the thin-film capacitor is saturated and polarized falls within the range of 5% or higher to 20% or lower of the voltage difference between the positive and negative directions in a writing operation. A remanent polarization amount obtained when the thin-film capacitor is saturated and polarized falls within the range of 5% or higher to 30% or lower of the total polarization amount obtained upon application of a voltage in the writing operation.
摘要:
A semiconductor memory device comprising a silicon substrate, a plurality of switching transistors formed on the silicon substrate, an insulating layer having an opening and formed on a surface portion of the silicon substrate where the plurality of switching transistors formed, and a plurality of capacitors for accumulating electric charge formed on the insulating layer and connected respectively to the switching transistors via a conductive film buried in the opening of insulating layer, wherein each of the capacitors for accumulating electric charge is provided with an underlying crystal layer formed on the insulating layer and with a dielectric film consisting essentially of a ferroelectric material and epitaxially or orientationaly grown on the underlying crystal layer, and the switching transistors and the capacitors for accumulating electric charge connected to each other constitute a plurality of memory cells arranged in a two-dimensional pattern.
摘要:
A thin film dielectric device is disclosed, that comprises a substrate, a lower electrode formed on the substrate and composed of a laminate film having columnar grains that have grown in a vertical to a surface of the substrate, a dielectric thin film formed on the lower electrode and composed of a perovskite oxide, the dielectric thin film being a polycrystalline film having columnar grains that have successively grown from the columnar grains of the lower electrode and that takes over a crystal orientation of the lower electrode, the lattice constant of the lower electrode being matched with the lattice constant of the dielectric thin film at the interface therebetween with the columnar grains, and an upper electrode formed on the dielectric thin film. The lattice matching of the columnar grains solves problems of the increase of the leak current of the thin film dielectric device and the degradation of the dielectric breakdown resistance. In addition, the polycrystalline film having the columnar grains that succeed at the interface of the electrode/dielectric thin film can be properly formed on the semiconductor substrate such as Si substrate. Thus, the thin film dielectric device according to the present invention can be applied to a real LSI circuit and so forth.
摘要:
A receiver has a first voltage control oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation signal, a second voltage control oscillator configured to generate a second oscillation signal having a first phase, a first phase comparator configured to detect a phase difference between the first and second oscillation signals, a demodulator configured to perform demodulation processing of the received signal and to generate timing information of a second phase included in the first oscillation signal, a second phase comparator configured to detect the phase difference between the first and second oscillation signals, and a first control voltage generator configured to generate a first control voltage for controlling a phase and a frequency of the second voltage control oscillator based on the phase difference detected by the second phase comparator.
摘要:
A piezoelectric actuator includes a first beam including a first bottom electrode, a first piezoelectric film on the first bottom electrode, and a first top electrode on the first piezoelectric film, a fixed end assigned at an end of the first beam and fixed on a substrate, a connecting end assigned at another end of the first beam and suspended over a free space; and a second beam including a second piezoelectric film connected to the first piezoelectric film at the connecting end, a second bottom electrode under the second piezoelectric film, and a second top electrode on the second piezoelectric film, a working end assigned at an end of the second beam opposite to another end to which the connecting end is assigned and suspended over the free space; wherein a distance between centers of the fixed end and the working end is shorter than a distance from the working end to the connecting end.
摘要:
A piezoelectric actuator includes a first beam including a first bottom electrode, a first piezoelectric film on the first bottom electrode, and a first top electrode on the first piezoelectric film, a fixed end assigned at an end of the first beam and fixed on a substrate, a connecting end assigned at another end of the first beam and suspended over a free space; and a second beam including a second piezoelectric film connected to the first piezoelectric film at the connecting end, a second bottom electrode under the second piezoelectric film, and a second top electrode on the second piezoelectric film, a working end assigned at an end of the second beam opposite to another end to which the connecting end is assigned and suspended over the free space; wherein a distance between centers of the fixed end and the working end is shorter than a distance from the working end to the connecting end.
摘要:
A high frequency filter comprises thin film piezoelectric resonators connected in series between the input/output nodes, thin film piezoelectric resonators connected in parallel between the input/output nodes and a variable voltage circuit adapted to change the voltage applied to at least either the thin film piezoelectric resonators connected in series or the thin film piezoelectric resonators connected in parallel. The resonance characteristic of at least either the thin film piezoelectric resonators connected in series or the thin film piezoelectric resonator connected in parallel is shifted by changing the voltage applied by the variable voltage circuit to change the pass characteristic of the filter.
摘要:
To provide a miniaturized voltage controlled oscillator which can oscillate simultaneously a plurality of frequencies and has high stability of frequency, an excellent low phase noise, small variation per hour, and a wide frequency variable range. A thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator using single crystal ferroelectric material equal to or smaller than 10 &mgr;m in thickness whose direction of polarization is aligned to the direction of thickness is utilized as the piezoelectric member. The voltage controlled oscillator having large changing rate of the oscillation frequency of 0.01%/V or more and an extremely small phase noise is provided by changing the voltage applied to the electrodes.
摘要:
In a MEMS type variable capacity having a piezoelectric driving mechanism, a movable head having movable electrodes are arranged thereon, stationary electrodes is positioned to face the movable electrodes, and a piezoelectric driving beam structure is joined to the movable head and have one end fixed to the substrate. The movable electrode and the stationary electrode form a variable capacity. In the variable capacity, the distance and capacitance between the movable electrode and the stationary electrode of the variable capacity can be maintained constant so as to realize a reproducibility and a reliable controllability.