Abstract: Provided are a thin film structure, a capacitor including the thin film structure, a semiconductor device including the thin film structure, and a method of manufacturing the thin film structure, in which the thin film structure may include: a first electrode thin film disposed on a substrate and including a first perovskite-based oxide; and a protective film disposed on the first electrode thin film and including a second perovskite-based oxide that is oxygen-deficient and includes a doping element. The thin film structure may prevent the deterioration of conductivity and a crystalline structure of a perovskite-based oxide electrode, which is a lower electrode, even in a high-temperature oxidizing atmosphere for subsequent dielectric film deposition.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a lower electrode layer including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including SnO2 doped with an impurity; a dielectric layer on the second conductive layer, the dielectric layer including a rutile-phase oxide; and an upper electrode layer on the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode, a dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductive interface layer disposed between the first electrode and the dielectric layer. The conductive interface layer includes a first conductive interface layer disposed between the first electrode and the dielectric layer, and a second conductive interface layer disposed between the first conductive interface layer and the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer includes a rutile-phase dielectric material. The first conductive interface layer includes a conductive metal oxide material having a stable crystal structure in a rutile phase. A conduction band offset between the second conductive interface layer and the dielectric layer is greater than a conduction band offset between the first conductive interface layer and the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A capacitor including a lower electrode; an upper electrode apart from the lower electrode; and a between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the dielectric including a dielectric layer including TiO2, and a leakage current reducing layer including GeO2 in the dielectric layer. Due to the leakage current reducing layer, a leakage current is effectively reduced while a decrease in the dielectric constant of the dielectric thin-film is small.

Abstract: A capacitor including a lower electrode; an upper electrode apart from the lower electrode; and a between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the dielectric including a dielectric layer including TiO2, and a leakage current reducing layer including GeO2 in the dielectric layer. Due to the leakage current reducing layer, a leakage current is effectively reduced while a decrease in the dielectric constant of the dielectric thin-film is small.

Abstract: A capacitor is provided. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode, a dielectric layer of a rutile phase, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an interface layer between the first electrode and the dielectric layer, wherein the interface layer includes a first interface layer and a second interface layer, the first interface layer is adjacent to the first electrode, the second interface layer is adjacent to the dielectric layer, the first interface layer includes a conductive metal oxide having a work function in a range of about 4.8 eV to about 6.0 eV, the second interface layer includes a metal oxide having a rutile-phase crystal structure, and a thickness of the second interface layer is smaller than a thickness of the first interface layer.

Abstract: Provided are a capacitor, a method of preparing the capacitor, and an electronic device including the capacitor, the capacitor including a lower electrode, an upper electrode spaced apart from the lower electrode, a dielectric between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, a first layer between the lower electrode and the dielectric, and a second layer between the dielectric and the upper electrode, wherein the dielectric comprises TiO2 having a rutile phase and is doped with magnesium, the first layer includes a material having a higher work function than that of a material included in the lower electrode, and the second layer includes a dielectric protective material.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the lower electrode; and a dielectric layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and including a first metal oxide region, a second metal oxide region, and a third metal oxide region.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode disposed to face the lower electrode, and a dielectric layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The lower electrode includes a first lower electrode layer apart from the dielectric layer and a second lower electrode layer between the first lower electrode layer and the dielectric layer. The second lower electrode layer includes vanadium oxide.

Abstract: A capacitor including a first thin-film electrode layer, a second thin-film electrode layer, a dielectric layer between the first and second thin-film electrode layers, and a first interlayer between the first thin-film electrode layer and the dielectric layer and/or between the second thin-film electrode layer and the dielectric layer may be provided. The first interlayer includes first metal oxide, at least one of the first and second thin-film electrode layers includes second metal having a conductive rutile crystal structure, the second metal oxide includes non-noble metal, the dielectric layer includes third metal oxide having a dielectric rutile crystal structure, and the first metal oxide, the second metal oxide, and third metal oxide have different compositions from each other, the first metal oxide includes GeO2, the third metal oxide includes TiO2, and a thickness of the first interlayer is smaller than that of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first electrode; a second electrode which is apart from the first electrode; and a dielectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric layer may include a base material including an oxide of a base metal, the base material having a dielectric constant of about 20 to about 70, and co-dopants including a Group 3 element and a Group 5 element. The Group 3 element may include Sc, Y, B, Al, Ga, In, and/or Tl, and the Group 5 element may include V, Nb, Ta, N, P, As, Sb, and/or Bi.

Abstract: Disclosed are a high-dielectric and method of manufacturing the same, a target material used for manufacturing the high-dielectric, an electronic device including the high-dielectric, and an electronic apparatus including the electronic device. The high-dielectric includes a first material including oxygen and at least two components, and a second material different from the first materials. The first material is a dielectric having a dielectric constant greater than a dielectric constant of silicon oxide, and the second material is an element for reducing a crystallization temperature of the first material. The content of the second material with respect to the first material may be within a range that does not deteriorate leakage current characteristics of the first material. The content of the second material may be in a range of about 0.1 atomic % to about 10 atomic %, about 0.1 atomic % to about 8.5 atomic %, or about 0.1 atomic % to about 2 atomic %.

Abstract: A capacitor includes a lower electrode layer including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including SnO2 doped with an impurity; a dielectric layer on the second conductive layer, the dielectric layer including a rutile-phase oxide; and an upper electrode layer on the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A capacitor including a lower electrode; an upper electrode apart from the lower electrode; and a between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the dielectric including a dielectric layer including TiO2, and a leakage current reducing layer including GeO2 in the dielectric layer. Due to the leakage current reducing layer, a leakage current is effectively reduced while a decrease in the dielectric constant of the dielectric thin-film is small.

Abstract: Provided are a thin film structure, a capacitor including the thin film structure, a semiconductor device including the thin film structure, and a method of manufacturing the thin film structure, in which the thin film structure may include: a first electrode thin film disposed on a substrate and including a first perovskite-based oxide; and a protective film disposed on the first electrode thin film and including a second perovskite-based oxide that is oxygen-deficient and includes a doping element. The thin film structure may prevent the deterioration of conductivity and a crystalline structure of a perovskite-based oxide electrode, which is a lower electrode, even in a high-temperature oxidizing atmosphere for subsequent dielectric film deposition.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first electrode; a second electrode which is apart from the first electrode; and a dielectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric layer may include a base material including an oxide of a base metal, the base material having a dielectric constant of about 20 to about 70, and co-dopants including a Group 3 element and a Group 5 element. The Group 3 element may include Sc, Y, B, Al, Ga, In, and/or Tl, and the Group 5 element may include V, Nb, Ta, N, P, As, Sb, and/or Bi.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower electrode; an upper electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the lower electrode; and a dielectric layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and including a first metal oxide region, a second metal oxide region, and a third metal oxide region.