Patent ID: 7316962

Claim:
A capacitor comprising: a first capacitor plate; a second capacitor plate; and a capacitor dielectric between the first capacitor plate and the second capacitor plate, the capacitor dielectric including a combination of materials, the combination selected from the group consisting of: (a) Hf u Ti v O x N y , wherein 0<u<60, 0<v<60, 0<x<50, 0<y<50, and u+v+x+y is essentially 100; (b) Hf u Ti v Ta w O x N y , wherein 0<u<60, 0<v<60, 0<w<60, 0<x<50, 0<y<50, and u+v+w+x+y is essentially 100; (c) Ti u Sr v O x N y , wherein 0<u<60, 0<v<60, 0<x<50, 0<y<50, and u+v+x+y is essentially 100; (d) Ti u Al v O x N y , wherein 0<u<60, 0<v<60, 0<x<50, 0<y<50, and u+v+x+y is essentially 100; and (e) Hf u Sr v O x N y , wherein 0<u<60, 0<v<60, 0<x<50, 0<y<50, and u+v+x+y is essentially 100.