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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Christian Dussarrat, Wilmington, DE (US);
Vincent M. Omarjee, Grenoble, FR;
Venkateswara R. Pallem, Hockessin, DE (US);
Inventors:
Christian Dussarrat, Wilmington, DE (US);
Vincent M. Omarjee, Grenoble, FR;
Venkateswara R. Pallem, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
American Air Liquide, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/28 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are hafnium- or zirconium-containing compounds. The compounds may be used to deposit hafnium- or zirconium-containing layers using vapor deposition methods such as chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition. The hafnium- or zirconium-containing compounds include a ligand at least one aliphatic group as substituents selected to have greater degrees of freedom than the substituents disclosed in the prior art.