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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1992
Kenji Iijima, Kyoto, JP;
Ryoichi Takayama, Suita, JP;
Yoshihiro Tomita, Neyagawa, JP;
Ichiro Ueda, Nishinomiya, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
For applying ferroelectrics to electronic devices, the poling treatment of the ferroelectrics has been necessary in order to uniform directions of spontaneous polarizations, Ps, in each ferroelectric. This treatment brings about (1) low yields of the devices, (2) difficulties in the fabrication of array devices, and (3) difficulties in the formation of ferroelectric films on semiconductor devices. Now it has been found that a self-polarized film in which spontaneous polarizations, Ps, are unidirectional can be formed by sputtering a ferroelectric materials containing lead under such conditions that the orientation of Ps will be controlled without poling treatment and a high-performance ferroelectric device can be obtained in a high yield by using this film, and thus a process for producing such devices has been found.