Patent 7221237 was granted and assigned to National Tsing Hua University on May, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A frequency tunable device includes a substrate, and a capacitor structure supported by the substrate and including a ferroelectric film and first and second electrodes. The ferroelectric film has two opposite sides, and is made from a ferroelectric material having a formula of Pb1−xBaxZrO3, where x is a positive number greater than 0.3 and less than 0.6. The first and second electrodes are respectively formed on the sides of the ferroelectric film. The dielectric constant of the ferroelectric film varies with a voltage applied to the first and second electrodes.