Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Niobium-doped lead zircomate titanate (PNZT) thin film dielectric material has been produced on a large scale using a thick-coating sol-gel process. The material has been applied to the fabrication of commercial integrated capacitor array devices. Compared to conventional processes, this low-cost, long-shelf-life procedure had at least a 4-fold processing time enhancement. The specific capacitance of 2500 nF/cm2 and integrated density of over 200 component/cm2 have been demonstrated. The frequency domain capacitance measurement of integrated PNZT capacitors exhibits a frequency-independent behavior up to 2 GHz when a DC bias is applied. Leakage-voltage dependence follows the space-charge-limited-current (SCLC) mechanism. The fabricated integrated capacitor arrays pass the industrial standard of reliability for discrete multilayer capacitors.