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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2011
Applicants:

Xiangxin Rui, San Jose, CA (US);

Sunil Shanker, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sandra Malhotra, San Jose, CA (US);

Imran Hashim, Saratoga, CA (US);

Edward Haywood, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xiangxin Rui, San Jose, CA (US);

Sunil Shanker, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sandra Malhotra, San Jose, CA (US);

Imran Hashim, Saratoga, CA (US);

Edward Haywood, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignees:

Intermolecular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Elpida Memory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8242 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods for depositing high-K dielectrics are described, including depositing a first electrode on a substrate, wherein the first electrode is chosen from the group consisting of platinum and ruthenium, applying an oxygen plasma treatment to the exposed metal to reduce the contact angle of a surface of the metal, and depositing a titanium oxide layer on the exposed metal using at least one of a chemical vapor deposition process and an atomic layer deposition process, wherein the titanium oxide layer comprises at least a portion rutile titanium oxide.


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