Patent ID: 8785312

Claim:
A method comprising: forming a dielectric including hafnium silicon oxynitride, the hafnium silicon oxynitride being Hf x Si y O z N r with x>0, y>0, z>0, and r>0; forming the hafnium silicon oxynitride doped with one or more elements other than hafnium or silicon, such that the hafnium silicon oxynitride is maintained as a hafnium silicon oxynitride structure, by using a monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process and by substituting a sequence of the one or more elements for a hafnium sequence of a plurality of hafnium sequences or substituting a sequence of the one or more elements for a silicon sequence of a plurality of silicon sequences in the monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process such that the one or more elements are included in a completed structure of the hafnium silicon oxynitride; and forming a conductive material coupled to the dielectric.