Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes

In this research work, the microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate (SbBST) Schottky barrier diode with tunabilty characteristics similar to that of the single crystal varactor diode and the related dielectric properties are reported. The apparent...

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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-500632018-09-04T04:29:33Z Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes N. Sirikulrat Materials Science Physics and Astronomy In this research work, the microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate (SbBST) Schottky barrier diode with tunabilty characteristics similar to that of the single crystal varactor diode and the related dielectric properties are reported. The apparent colossal dielectric constant (εra) of about 4.4 × 106arising mainly from the internal barrier layer capacitance (IBLC) at room temperature and a test frequency of 1 kHz is observed. From the Maxwell-Wagner layer model and by using the approximate average grain size and grain boundary thickness of about 10 μm and 0.2 μm, the high εraof 4.4 × 106can be converted to be the grain boundary dielectric constant of about 88000. Analyses and comparative simulation of the loss tangent of the equivalent circuit to experimental values found that the surface barrier layer capacitance (SBLC) and IBLC are clearly co-related affecting on dielectric properties with the capacitance ratio (CR) of the SBLC to IBLC of about 60:1 at high temperature. The CRprojection from high temperature indicates that the depletion layer at the metal-semiconductor interface is very narrow and accumulates highly dense space charges. The total effective depletion width at room temperature, the donor concentration and the mobility of about 44 μm, 7.6 × 1015/cm3and 0.34 cm2/V-s are respectively obtained. Results from measurements of tunabilty at a higher temperature found that the second transition beyond the ferroelectric-paraelectric transition is observed as the semiconductor-insulator transition or the heat affected tunability cutoff with the transition temperature of about 100 °C. The temperature independent built-in potential with a constant value of 1.5 V prior to the tunability cutoff is obtained. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. 2018-09-04T04:23:02Z 2018-09-04T04:23:02Z 2011-10-31 Journal 00406090 2-s2.0-80054022121 10.1016/j.tsf.2011.08.014 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=80054022121&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50063
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Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes
description In this research work, the microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate (SbBST) Schottky barrier diode with tunabilty characteristics similar to that of the single crystal varactor diode and the related dielectric properties are reported. The apparent colossal dielectric constant (εra) of about 4.4 × 106arising mainly from the internal barrier layer capacitance (IBLC) at room temperature and a test frequency of 1 kHz is observed. From the Maxwell-Wagner layer model and by using the approximate average grain size and grain boundary thickness of about 10 μm and 0.2 μm, the high εraof 4.4 × 106can be converted to be the grain boundary dielectric constant of about 88000. Analyses and comparative simulation of the loss tangent of the equivalent circuit to experimental values found that the surface barrier layer capacitance (SBLC) and IBLC are clearly co-related affecting on dielectric properties with the capacitance ratio (CR) of the SBLC to IBLC of about 60:1 at high temperature. The CRprojection from high temperature indicates that the depletion layer at the metal-semiconductor interface is very narrow and accumulates highly dense space charges. The total effective depletion width at room temperature, the donor concentration and the mobility of about 44 μm, 7.6 × 1015/cm3and 0.34 cm2/V-s are respectively obtained. Results from measurements of tunabilty at a higher temperature found that the second transition beyond the ferroelectric-paraelectric transition is observed as the semiconductor-insulator transition or the heat affected tunability cutoff with the transition temperature of about 100 °C. The temperature independent built-in potential with a constant value of 1.5 V prior to the tunability cutoff is obtained. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
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title Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes
title_short Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes
title_full Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes
title_fullStr Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes
title_full_unstemmed Colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate Schottky barrier diodes
title_sort colossal dielectric constant and a microfarad tunable capacitance in platinum thin film-antimony doped barium strontium titanate schottky barrier diodes
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