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Precursor source mixtures
Assignee: GlobalFoundries Inc
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Filing: 2000-04-20
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Granted: 2006-01-10
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Abstract
Abstract A precursor source mixture useful for CVD or ALD of a film comprising: at least one precursor composed of an element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ti, Zr, Hf, Sc, Y, La, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, As, P, Sb and Bi, to which is bound at least one ligand selected from the group consisting of hydride, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, alkyne, carbonyl, amido, imido, hydrazido, phosphido, nitrosyl, nitryl, nitrate, nitrile, halide, azide, alkoxy, siloxy, silyl, and halogenated, sulfonated or silyated derivatives thereof, which is dissolved, emulsified or suspended in an inert liquid selected from the group consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, acids, phenols, esters, amines, alkylnitrile, halogenated hydrocarbons, silyated hydrocarbons, thioethers, amines, cyanates, isocyanates, thiocyanates, silicone oils, nitroalkyl, alkylnitrate, and mixtures thereof. The precursor source mixture may be a solution, emulsion or suspension and may consist of a mixture of solid, liquid and gas phases which are distributed throughout the mixture.
Inventors
- 👤 Douglas A. Buchanan
- 👤 Deborah Ann Neumayer
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2026-11-09 00:52
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/60; H10P14/66; H10P14/668; C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/06; C23C16/16; C23C16/18; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/34; C23C16/40; C23C16/401; C23C16/403; C23C16/405; C23C16/42; C23C16/44; C23C16/448; C23C16/4485; C23C16/455; C23C16/45523; C23C16/45525; C23C16/45527; C23C16/45531; C23C16/45553; H10D; H10D1/00; H10D1/01; H10D1/045; H10D1/047; H10D64/00; H10D64/01; H10D64/013; H10D64/01302; H10D64/01332; H10D64/01336; H10D64/01342; H10D64/60; H10D64/66; H10D64/665; H10D84/00; H10D84/01; H10D84/0123; H10D84/0126; H10D84/0144; H10D84/0165; H10D84/0181; H10D84/02; H10D84/03; H10D84/038; H10D84/201; H10D84/204; H10D84/212; H10P14/40; H10P14/42; H10P14/43; H10P14/46; H10P14/63; H10P14/6326; H10P14/6328; H10P14/6334; H10P14/6339; H10P14/6681; H10P14/6682; H10D1/60; H10D1/68; H10D1/692; H10D1/694; H10D64/68; H10D64/681; H10D64/685; H10D64/691; H10D84/0172; H10P14/69; H10P14/692; H10P14/6921; H10P14/69215; H10P14/6922; H10P14/6927; H10P14/6938; H10P14/6939; H10P14/69391; H10P14/69392; H10P14/69393; H10P14/69394; H10P14/69395; H10P14/694; H10P14/6943; H10P14/69433
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 46
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
A precursor source mixture utilized for chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition comprising at least one precursor compound which is dissolved, emulsified or suspended in an inert organic liquid, where said precursor compound is a precursor metal atom bound to a ligand selected from the group consisting of hydride, carbonyl, imido, hydrazido, phosphido, nitrosyl, nitryl, nitrate, nitrite, halide, azide, siloxy, and silyl, with the proviso that the precursor compound is not an alkylamine alane, MeAu(PMe 3 ), or (Me 3 P)Cu(tertbutoxy), tantalum cyclopentadienyl hydride, copper bound to a β-diketonate, β-diiminate, β-diketiminate, and the proviso that the precursor compound is not bound to a diketoamido (RC(O)NC(O)CR), imidoylamidinato (RC(NH)NC(NH)CR), ketimidoylamidinato RC(O)NC(NH)CR, or hydrocarbyl C(R 2 )C(CH 3 ) 2 C(R 2 )N(R 2 ) ligand, wherein R is a hydrocarbon and the proviso that the precursor metal atom is not Pt and with the proviso that when the precursor metal atom is Ru and said ligand is a carbonyl, then the precursor is selected from the group consisting of Ru 3 CO 12 and Ru 3 (CO) 12 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
A precursor source mixture utilized for chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition comprising at least one precursor compound which is dissolved, emulsified or suspended in an inert organic liquid, where said precursor compound is a precursor metal atom bound to a ligand selected from the group consisting of hydride, carbonyl, imido, hydrazido, phosphido, nitrosyl, nitryl, nitrate, nitrite, halide, azide, siloxy, and silyl, with the proviso that the precursor compound is not an alkylamine alane, MeAu(PMe 3 ), or (Me 3 P)Cu(tertbutoxy), tantalum cyclopentadienyl hydride, copper bound to a β-diketonate, β-diiminate, β-diketiminate, and the proviso that the precursor compound is not bound to a diketoamido (RC(O)NC(O)CR), imidoylamidinato (RC(NH)NC(NH)CR), ketimidoylamidinato RC(O)NC(NH)CR, or hydrocarbyl C(R 2 )C(CH 3 ) 2 C(R 2 )N(R 2 ) ligand, wherein R is a hydrocarbon and the proviso that the precursor metal atom is not Pt and with the proviso that when the precursor metal atom is Ru and said ligand is a carbonyl, then the precursor is selected from the group consisting of Ru 3 CO 12 and Ru 3 (CO) 12 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 1 wherein said inert organic liquid is an aliphatic hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, alcohol, ether, aldehyde, ketone, acid, phenol, ester, alkylnitrile, halogenated hydrocarbon, silyated hydrocarbon, thioether, amine, cyanate, isocyanate, thiocyanate, silicone oil, nitroalkyl, alkylnitrate, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 1 wherein said inert organic liquid vaporizes at a higher temperature than said at least one precursor compound.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 2 wherein said inert organic liquid is a C 5-12 alkane.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 1 wherein said inert organic liquid contains an additive of no more than 30% by volume of the inert organic liquid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 5 wherein said additive is an additional precursor ligand, an additional precursor adduct, or other coordinating compound selected from the group consisting of phosphines, phosphites, aryls, amines, arsines, stibenes, ethers, sulfides, nitrites, isonitriles, alkenes, pyridines, heterocycles, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, marcrocycles, schiff bases, cycloalkenes, alcohols, phosphine oxides and alkynes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 5 wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, neopentanol, trimethylamine, dimethylethylamine, diethylmethylamine, triethylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, bistrimethylsilylamine, ammonia, ethylenediamine, propylenediamine, trimethylethylethylenediamine, triphenylphosphine, triethylphosphine, trimethylphosphine, allyl, cyclopentadiene, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, cyclohexadiene, cyclooctadiene, cycloheptatriene, cyclooctatetraene, mesitylene, tertrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, butyl acetate, acetic acid, ethylhexanoic acid, methane, ethane, pyridine, and PF 3 .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
125 words
The precursor source mixture of claim 1 wherein the inert organic liquid is composed of two or more components selected from the group consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, acids, phenols, esters, amines, alkylnitrile, halgonated hydrocarbons, silyated hydrocarbons, thioethers, amines, cyanates, isocyanates, thiocyanates, silicone oils, nitroalkyl, alkylnitrate, and/or mixtures of one or more of the above and an additive of no more than 30% by volume of the inert organic liquid wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of additional precursor ligand, additional precursor adduct, and other coordinating compound selected from the group consisting of phosphines, phosphites, aryls, amines, arsines, stibenes, ethers, sulfides, nitriles, isonitriles, alkenes, pyridines, heterocycles, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, marcrocycles, schiff bases, cycloalkenes, alcohols, phosphine oxides, and alkynes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 8 wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, neopentanol, trimethylamine, dimethylethylamine, diethylmethylamine, triethylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, bistrimethylsilylamine, ammonia, ethylenediamine, propylenediamine, trimethylethylethylenediamine, triphenylphosphine, triethylphosphine, trimethylphosphine, allyl, cyclopentadiene, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, cyclohexadiene, cyclooctadiene, cycloheptatriene, cyclooctatetraene, mesitylene, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, butyl acetate, acetic acid, ethylhexanoic acid, methane, ethane, pyridine, and PF 3 .
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 1 wherein the inert organic liquid is composed of C 5 –C 12 alkane and contains an additive of no more than 30% by volume of the inert organic liquid wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of an additional precursor ligand, an additional precursor adduct, or other coordinating compound selected from the group consisting of phosphines, phosphites, aryls, amines, arsines, stibenes, ethers, sulfides, nitriles, isonitriles, alkenes, pyridines, heterocycles, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, macrocycles, schiff bases, cycloalkenes, alcohols, phosphine oxides, and alkynes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The precursor source mixture of claim 10 wherein the additive is methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, neopentanol, trimethylamine, dimethylethylamine, diethylmethylamine, triethylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, bistrimethylsilylamine, ammonia, ethylenediamine, propylenediamine, trimethylethylethylenediamine, triphenylphosphine, triethylphosphine, trimethylphosphine, allyl, cyclopentadiene, benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, cyclohexadiene, cyclooctadiene, cycloheptatriene, cyclooctatetraene, mesitylene, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, butyl acetate, acetic acid, ethylhexanoic acid, methane, ethane, pyridine, or PF 3 .
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
A method for chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition comprising: vaporizing the precursor compound in the precursor source mixture of claim 1 , introducing the vaporized precursor into a chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition reactor with optional addition of other co-reactant(s), and depositing a constituent of the vaporized precursor on a substrate to form a film.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 wherein said film is a component in an electronic device.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 wherein said co-reactant(s) is introduced separately from said vaporized precursor.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 comprising vaporizing the precursor in the precursor source mixture, and introducing the vaporized precursor into an atomic layer deposition reactor with separate addition of other co-reactant(s) and inert purge gas and depositing a film on a substrate by sequential introduction of alternating pulses of vaporized precursor(s), purge gas, co-reactant(s) and purge gas.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 wherein the co-reactant is a reducing agent, an oxidizing agent, a nitriding agent or a silyating agent.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 16 wherein said co-reactant is a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, forming gas, silane, and combinations thereof.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 16 wherein said co-reactant is an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of oxygen, ozone, water, hydrogen peroxide, nitrous oxide, and combinations thereof.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 16 wherein said co-reactant is a nitriding agent selected from the group consisting of ammonia, hydrazine, hydrogen azide, tertbutylamine, isopropylamine, and combinations thereof.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 16 wherein said co-reactant is a silyating agent selected from the group consisting of silane, dislanes, chlorosilanes, silylamines, silazanes, and combinations thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 comprising subjecting said substrate to a sequence of alternating pulses of three or more different gases wherein one of said gases comprises vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture, another of said gases is a purge gas and another of said gases is a reducing agent.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 comprising subjecting said substrate to a sequence of alternating pulses of three or more different gases wherein one of said gases comprising said vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture, another of said gases is a purge gas and another of said gases is an nitriding agent.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 comprising subjecting said substrate to a sequence of alternating pulses of four or more different gases, wherein one of said gases comprises said vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture, another of said gases is a purge gas, another of said gases is an oxidizing agent and another of said gases is selected from the group consisting of any vaporized precursor and a vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 comprising subjecting said substrate to a sequence of alternating pulses of four or more different gases, wherein one of said gases comprises vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture, another of said gases is a purge gas, another of said gases is an nitriding agent and another of said gases is selected from the group consisting of any vaporized precursor and a vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 comprising subjecting said substrate to a sequence of alternating pulses of four or more different gases, wherein one of said gases comprises vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture, another of said gases is a purge gas, another of said gases is a reducing agent and another of said gases is selected from the group consisting of any vaporized precursor and a vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 comprising subjecting said substrate to a sequence of alternating pulses of five or more different gases, wherein one of said gases comprises vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture, another of said gases is a purge gas, another of said gases is a reducing agent and another of said gases is selected from the group consisting of any Si containing vaporized precursor and a Si containing vaporized precursor of said precursor source mixture.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 12 wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of semiconductor substrates, dielectrics, metals, organic substrates, glasses, metal oxides, and plastic polymeric substrates, Si-containing semiconductor substrates, ceramics, silicon-on-insulator substrates, Ge substrates, SiGe substrates, GaAs substrates, and mixtures or multilayers thereof.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 13 wherein said electronic device is a transistor, capacitor, diode, resistor, switch, light emitting diode, laser, wiring structure, or interconnect structure.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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A method of fabricating a stack or trench capacitor structure composed of a bottom electrode, a dielectric layer, a top electrode layer and an optional dielectric buffer layer over said capacitor which is connected to underlying circuitry via a plug and optional barrier wherein at least one component of the capacitor structure is deposited according to claim 12 .
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 29 wherein the optional dielectric barrier is selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , SiO x N y , Si 3 N 4 , TiON, AlN, SiN, TiN, Ta 2 O 5 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 , Y 2 O 3 , alloys, mixtures or layers thereof, and multicomponent metal oxides.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 29 wherein the dielectric is a ferroelectric material.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 29 wherein the plug material is selected from the group consisting of polysilicon, W, Mo, Ti, Cr, Cu, and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 29 wherein the conductive barrier is selected from the group consisting of TaN, TaSiN, TiAlN, TiSiN, TaWN, TiWN, NbN, ZrN, TaTiN, IrOx, Os, OsOx, MoSi, TiSi, ReO 2 , and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 29 wherein the bottom electrode is selected from the group consisting of conductive materials, polysilicon, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Ru, Ir, Rh, OrOx, TaN, TaSiN, Ta, SrRuO 3 , LaSrCO 3 , and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 29 wherein the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , SiO x N y , Si 3 N 4 , Ta 2 O 5 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 , Y 2 O 3 , multicomponent metal oxides, pervoskite type oxide having the formula ABO 3 wherein B is at least one acid oxide containing a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W and Cu, and A is at least one additional cation having a positive formal charge of from about 1 to about 3, barium strontium titanate, barium strontium zirconate, barium strontium hafnate, lead titanate, yttrium alumnate, lanthanum alumnate, lead zirconium titanate, strontium bismuth tantalate, strontium bismuth niobate, bismuth titanate, lanthanum silicate, yttrium silicate, hafnium silicate, zirconium silicate, rate earth doped silicates and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 29 wherein the top electrode is selected from the group consisting of polysilicon, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Ru, Ir, Rh, IrOx, TaN, TaSiN, Ta, SrRuO 3 , LaSrCoO 3 , and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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A method of fabricating a wiring structure composed of etched trenches and vias into a dielectric layer, optional barrier material between dielectric and wiring material, and wiring material wherein at least one component of the wiring structure is deposited according to claim 12 .
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 37 wherein the dielectric layer is selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , SiO x N y , Si 3 N 4 , phosphosilicate glass, metal oxides, Al 2 O 3 and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 37 wherein the optional barrier material is selected from the group consisting of WN, TiN, TaN, SiO 2 , SiO x N y , Si 3 N 4 , phosphosilicate glass, metal oxides, Al 2 O 3 , and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 37 wherein the wiring material is selected from the group consisting of polysilicon, Al, W, Mo, Ti, Cr, Cu and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
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A method of fabricating an electronic device composed of a substrate having source and drain regions and a channel region between said source and drain regions, a gate dielectric, aligned to and on top of said channel region, and a gate electrode aligned to and on top of said gate dielectric wherein at least one component of the electronic device is deposited according to claim 12 .
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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A method of claim 41 wherein the gate dielectric selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , SiO x N y , Si 3 N 4 , Ta 2 O 5 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 , Y 2 O 3 , multicomponent metal oxides, pervoskite type oxide having the formula ABO 3 wherein B is at least one acid oxide containing a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W and Cu, and A is at least one additional cation having a positive formal charge of from about 1 to about 3, barium strontium titantate, barium strontium zirconate, barium strontium hafnate, lead titanate, yttrium alumnate, lanthanum alumnate, lead zirconium titanate, strontium bismuth tantalate, strontium bismuth niobate, bismuth titanate, lanthanum silicate, yttrium silicate, hafnium silicate, zirconium silicate, rare earth doped silicates and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 41 wherein gate dielectric is composed of more than one layer.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 41 wherein the gate electrode is selected from the group consisting of polysilicon, Al, Ag, Bi, Cd, Fe, Ga, Hf, In, Mn, Nb, Y, Zr, Ni, Pt, Be, Ir, Te, Re, Rh, W, Mo, Cr, Fe, Pd, Au, Rh, Ti, Cr, Cu, and doped or undoped alloys, mixtures and multilayers thereof.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
281 words
The precursor source mixture of claim 1 wherein the at least one precursor compound is B, Al, Ga, In, As or Sb, hydride, chloride, fluoride, bromide, iodide, Cp or azide; Mo(CO) 3 ; Fe(CO) 5 ; CO 2 (CO) 8 ; Os 3 CO 12 ; Cr(CO) 6 ; Mn 2 (CO) 10 ; Mo(CO) 6 ; Ni(CO) 4 ; Re 2 (CO) 10 ; Ru 3 (CO) 12 ; W(CO) 6 ; CF 3 Co(CO) 4 ; (CO) 4 Fe[P(OCH 3 ) 3 ]; (CO) 4 Fe[N(CH 3 ) 3 ]; CoNO(CO) 3 ; OSi(CH 3 ) 3 Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Cu, Ag, Au, Hg, or Tl; tetra-OSi(CH 3 ) 3 Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, Zr, or Hf; tri-OSi(CH 3 ) 3 , B, Al, Ga, In, P, As, or Sb; diethylaminoarsine dichloride; bisdimethylaminoasine chloride; (CO) 4 Fe[N(CH 3 ) 3 ], Li, Na, or K N(SiMe 3 ), CpCu(PEt 3 ); CpCu(triphenylphosphine); Ni(PF 3 ) 4 ; Cr(PF 3 ) 6 ; (Et 3 P) 3 Mo(CO) 3 ; Ir(PF 3 ) 4 ; Ti(NO 3 ) 4 ; Zr(NO 3 ) 4 ; Hf(NO 3 ) 4 ; Si(CH 3 ) 3 (NO 3 ); RuNO(NO 3 ) 3 ; gallium nitrate; Sn(NO 3 ) 4 ; Co(NO 3 ) 3 ; VO(NO 3 ) 3 ; CrO 2 (NO 3 ) 2 ; TiCl 4 ; ZnCl 2 ; ZrCl 4 ; HfCl 4 ; AlCl 3 ; SiCl 4 ; GaCl 3 ; SnCl 4 ; CoCl 3 ; N(SiMe 3 )Li, Na, or K; B(CH 2 SiMe 3 ) 3 ; (Me 3 SiCH 2 ) 4 Ti, Zr or Hf.
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