Patent ID: 8679953
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: C30B,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a template on a silicon substrate comprising the steps of: providing a single crystal silicon substrate having a protective layer of amorphous silicon oxide on an upper surface thereof; delineating a working area on the upper surface of the silicon substrate, and forming a rare earth metal oxide on the upper surface of the silicon substrate within the working area including depositing a rare earth metal on the layer of amorphous silicon oxide within the working area using an MBE reactor process and including depositing approximately 0.3 nm to approximately 0.6 nm of rare earth metal, the step of depositing the rare earth metal including depositing one of Gd, Er, Yb, or Nd, the rare earth metal oxide being crystal lattice matched to the upper surface of the silicon substrate with portions of the upper surface outside the working area covered with the protective layer of amorphous silicon oxide.