%0 Journal Article %K oxidation %K sputter deposition %K diffusion %K annealing %K electrodes %K multilayers %K film growth %K Permittivity %K Dielectric losses %K Magnetron sputtering %K Multilayered electrodes %A W Fan %A S Saha %A J.A Carlisle %A O Auciello %A R.P.H Chang %A Ramamoorthy Ramesh %B Applied Physics Letters %D 2003 %G eng %P 1452-1454 %R 10.1063/1.1556959 %T Layered Cu-based electrode for high-dielectric constant oxide thin film-based devices %V 82 %X The integration of amorphous Ti-Al was investigated for Cu for fabrication of oxide thin film-based capacitors. The Cu and Ta layers remained intact through high temperature oxygen annealing due to the thin oxide layer formed on the Ti-Al surface. The results demonstrated that the Ti-Al/Cu/Ta layered structure provided a good alternative electrode technology to Pt for the fabrication of BST capacitors.