%0 Journal Article
%K Electrodes
%K Polarization
%K Ferroelectricity
%K Strontium compounds
%K Ferroelectric devices
%K Lead compounds
%K Capacitors
%K Lead zirconate titanate (PZT)
%K Thermal effects
%K Polycrystalline materials
%K Sol-gels
%K Data storage equipment
%A S Aggarwal
%A I.G Jenkins
%A B Nagaraj
%A C.J Kerr
%A C Canedy
%A Ramamoorthy Ramesh
%A G Velasquez
%A L Boyer
%A J .T Jr
%B Applied Physics Letters
%D 1999
%G eng
%I American Institute of Physics Inc.
%P 1787-1789
%R 10.1063/1.124820
%T Switching properties of Pb(Nb, Zr,Ti)O3 capacitors using SrRuO3 electrodes
%V 75
%X We report on ferroelectric properties of polycrystalline sol-gel derived Pb(Nb,Zr,Ti)O3 (PNZT) thin films with SrRuO3 (SRO) electrodes. The processing temperature of the bottom electrode was varied between 550 and 850°C. The polarization of the ferroelectric capacitors was dependent on the processing temperature of the bottom electrode. The capacitors exhibit low switching fields (40 kV/cm), high resistivity (1011 Ω cm at 3 V) and high remanent polarization values (19 μC/cm2 at 3 V), desirable properties for high-density ferroelectric memories. The activation field for these capacitors was measured to be ∼350 kV/cm and the polarization values exhibited a shallow dependence on the pulse width from 1 s to 1 μs. Fatigue, logic state retention, and dynamic imprint tests indicate robust capacitors from a memory viewpoint. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.