Thin films of MgTiO 3 high-k dielectric have been prepared by RF magnetron sputtering deposition at various substrate temperatures. X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy were used to characterize the deposited films. Experimental results show that substrate temperature has little effect on the stoichinometry. The electrical properties of MgTiO 3 metal–insulator–metal (MIM) capacitors were investigated at various deposition temperatures, Pt/MgTiO 3 /Pt/SiO 2 /n-Si, were studied. It is shown that the MgTiO 3 (210 nm) MIM capacitor fabricated at 200 °C shows an overall high performance, such as a high capacitance density of ∼1.2 nF/um 2 , a low leakage current of 1.51 × 10 −9 A/cm 2 at 5 V, low-voltage coefficients of capacitance, and good frequency dispersion properties. All of these indicate that the MgTiO 3 MIM capacitors are very suitable for use in Si analog circuit application or dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell.