Patent ID: 8791023

Claim:
A method of producing an inorganic thin film dielectric material layer comprising: providing a substrate; depositing a first inorganic thin film dielectric material layer on the substrate using an atomic layer deposition process within an atomic layer deposition (ALD) system; forming an interface region on the first inorganic thin film dielectric layer prior to selectively depositing a second inorganic thin film dielectric material layer by treating the first inorganic thin film dielectric material layer after its deposition by at least removing the substrate from the ALD system to a different environmental condition than that experienced in the ALD system; providing a patterned deposition inhibiting material layer on the substrate; and selectively depositing the second inorganic thin film dielectric material layer on a region of the substrate where the deposition inhibiting material layer is not present using an atomic layer deposition process within the ALD system, wherein the first inorganic thin film dielectric material layer and the second inorganic thin film dielectric material layer have the same material composition.