The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • pISSN : 1738-8228
  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title Low Temperature Direct Liquid Injection Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Pb-based Ferroelectric Films
Authors 변경문(Byeon Gyeong Mun); 이원종(Lee Won Jong)
Page pp.89-95
ISSN 1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN)
Keywords Pb(Zr;Ti)O3(PZT); Direct Liquid Injection; DLI; Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition; MOCVD; Ferroelectric Random Access Memory; FRAM; Pulsed Plasma
Abstract In order to apply for three-dimensional capacitors of high-density ferroelectric random access memories (FRAMs), the low temperature direct liquid injection metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (DLI-MOCVD) of Pb-based ferroelectric films has been investigated. The combination of Pb(TMHD)₂/Zr(TMHD)(O-i-Pr)₃/Ti(TMHD)₂(Oi- Pr)₂ was selected for metalorganic precursors and n-butylacetate was also selected for solvent. The lowest temperature to grow Pb-based films using those metalorganic precursors was found to be 360℃ at which Ti(TMHD)₂(O-i-Pr)₂ could be sufficiently decomposed. The film grown at 380℃ exhibited the good step coverage characteristic. However, the small variation in the precursor input flow rate ratios led to the large variation in film compositions, which means that the composition control is difficult at the low temperature. The application of pulsed plasma expanded the process window to obtain the stoichiometric films, thereby making the control of film composition somewhat easier.