Vol. 39, Issue 4, pp. 717-722 (2009)
Keywords
aluminum nitride (AlN), thin films, reactive magnetron sputtering, alternative dielectrics
Abstract
In this paper, the results of investigation of the influence of cathode current on optical and dielectric AlNx thin-film properties are presented. AlNx films were prepared by pulsed DC reactive magnetron sputtering of Al target on substrates at room temperature. For characterization of fabricated test structures C-V spectroscopy, ellipsometry measurement and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used.