A thin film capacitance element, comprising a lower portion electrode, a dielectric thin film including a bismuth layer compound having a c-axis oriented vertically with respect to a substrate surface, and an upper portion electrode are successively formed on the substrate, wherein:
- the bismuth layer compound is composed of a thin film capacitance element composition;
- the bismuth layer compound is expressed by a composition formula of (Bi2O2)2+(Am−1BmO3m+1)2− or Bi2Am−1BmO3m+3, wherein:
- “m” is an even number,
- “A” is at least one element selected from Na, K, Pb, Ba, Sr, Ca and Bi, and
- “B” is at least one element selected from Fe, Co, Cr, Ga, Ti, Nb, Ta, Sb, V, Mo and W;
- Bi in said bismuth layer compound is excessively included with respect to said composition formula of (Bi2O2)2+(Am−1BmO3m+1)2− or Bi2Am−1BmO3m+3, and the excessive content of Bi is in a range of 0<Bi<0.5×m mol in terms of Bi;
- a c-axis orientation degree of the bismuth layer compound is 80% or higher;
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- the lower portion electrode is oriented in a [100] direction.