Patent ID: 6881447
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: B05D,B29C,C08G,C08J,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of stabilizing an as-deposited dielectric thin film, comprising: (a) heating the as-deposited dielectric thin film under a reductive atmosphere to give a heated-as-deposited dielectric thin film; (b) maintaining the heated-as-deposited dielectric thin film at an isothermal temperature for a period of time to give an isothermal-heated-as-deposited dielectric thin film; and (c) cooling the isothermal-heated-as-deposited dielectric thin film to a cooling-temperature to give a stabilized-as-deposited dielectric thin film; wherein the as-deposited dielectric thin film has a melting temperature, a reversible crystal transformation temperature, an irreversible crystal transformation temperature, and a glass transition temperature, and wherein the melting temperature is greater than the reversible crystal transformation temperature, the reversible crystal transformation temperature is greater than the irreversible crystal transformation temperature, and the irreversible crystal transformation temperature is greater than the glass transition temperature.