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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1997
Swayambu Ramani, San Jose, CA (US);
Candescent Technologies Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A thin-film coupled to a substrate includes a first layer and a second layer. Both layers are made of the same material, which is either a transition or a refractory metal. The first layer is doped by nitrogen and the second layer is not. The thin-film has lower stress level than a film made of the same material and having similar thickness as the thin-film, but without doping the film by nitrogen. Also, the thin-film has a lower sheet resistance than a film made of the same material, having similar thickness as the thin-film, and with similar atom percentage of nitrogen as the first layer. In one embodiment, the thin-film is used in a flat panel display.