Patent ID: 11885013
Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  H | IPC C  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming a gate electrode structure, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a substrate within a reaction chamber of a reactor; and
using a cyclical deposition process, depositing a vanadium nitride layer onto a surface of the substrate,
wherein the cyclical deposition process comprises:
providing a vanadium halide precursor to the reaction chamber; and
providing a nitrogen reactant to the reaction chamber,

wherein the vanadium halide precursor or a derivative thereof and the nitrogen reactant or a species thereof react to form at least a portion of the vanadium nitride layer, and wherein a pressure within the reaction chamber during the cyclical deposition process is between 10 Torr and 760 Torr, and
wherein the vanadium nitride layer comprises oxygen.