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Layer-structured oxide and process of producing the same

US6207082A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1997
Grant dateMar 27, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/02269
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A layer-structured oxide exhibiting a paraelectric characteristic and a layer-structured oxide having a preferable remanent polarization, and a process of producing the same. A layer-structured oxide containing Bi, a first component Me, a second component R, and O is produced by heating raw materials at a high temperature of about 1400.degree. C. for several ten minutes by a self-flux method using Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 as a flux. The first component Me is composed of at least one kind selected from a group consisting of Sr, Pb, Ba, and Ca, and the second component R is composed of at least one kind selected from a group consisting of Nb and Ta. The composition formula of the oxide is expressed by Bi.sub.2-a Me.sub.1+b R.sub.2 O.sub.9+c where a, b, and c are values in ranges of 0<a<2, 0<b.ltoreq.0.4, and -0.3.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.1.4. The layer-structured oxide exhibits a paraelectric characteristic or a ferroelectric characteristic at a composition in a specific range out of the stoichiometric composition.

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