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Methods of forming an insulating metal oxide

  • US 8,541,276 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2012
  • Issued: 09/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • forming a dielectric containing an insulating metal oxide using a reaction sequence ALD process, the insulating metal oxide being an oxide compound containing multiple different metals and containing titanium, aluminum, and oxide, including forming the insulating metal oxide by conducting cycles of a monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process in a multiple layer process with one or more oxygen annealings performed between the cycles of the monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process such that a first titanium aluminum oxide layer in the multiple layer process is titanium rich and is converted to an oxide layer by one of the oxygen annealings, the annealings being different from the monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process, a second titanium aluminum oxide layer having a stoichiometry different from being titanium rich, and a nitride layer.

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