title: Electrical properties and surface morphology of SiO(x)-Pt nano-composite thin films.
abstract: Recently, ceramic metals (cermets) have been widely investigated for use as embedded resistor materials. In this study, SiO-Pt nano-composite cermets were developed to control the resitivity and temperature coefficients of resistance (TCR) of embedded thin film resistors. The SiO-Pt nano-composite was prepared by the co-sputtering of a SiO(x) target and Pt chips onto glass. The experiments were conducted Pt concentrations in order to find the optimum conditions to achieve a high resistivity and low TCR. The electrical properties of the sputtered SiO-Pt thin films were investigated by probe station and their crystal structures were observed by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The surface morphology was observed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM). It was found that the Pt particles with a size of 3 approximately 5 nm were uniformly dispersed in the SiO matrix. A stable resistivity value of 26000 approximately 57000 microomega x cm and TCR value of -197 approximately -322 ppm/K were obtained at 3.5 approximately 3.7 at.% Pt.
authors.affiliation: School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 440-746, South Korea.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Oh
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authors.lastname: Suh