Patent ID: 6495458
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: C23C,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of optimizing components in a conductive layer comprising the steps of:(a) forming a conductive layer comprising the steps of providing a reactor chamber having a known concentration of oxygen in an oxidizing atmosphere; providing a substrate having a heated surface in the reactor chamber; supplying a fixed amount of a precursor to the reactor chamber; and supplying a fixed amount of an organometallic catalyst to the reactor chamber, wherein the conductive layer forms on the heated surface of the substrate; (b) analyzing the conductive layer for component amounts; and (c) repeating the steps (a) and (b) to form one or more additional conductive layers, wherein at least one of the fixed amount of the organometallic catalyst and the concentration of oxygen in the oxidizing atmosphere is varied in the formation of each of the one or more additional conductive layers until carbon is detected in one of the one or more additional conductive layers.