Patent ID: 7595010

Claim:
A method for producing a doped silicon nitride film, doped silicon oxide film, doped silicon oxynitride film or doped silicon carbide film, comprising: providing at least one silicon precursor, in the case of a doped silicon nitride film, doped silicon oxide film or doped silicon oxynitride film, providing at least one nitrogen precursor or an oxygen precursor; providing at least one non-silicon precursor selected from the group consisting of an aluminum precursor, a hafnium precursor, and an indium precursor; and forming a doped silicon nitride film, a doped silicon oxide film, a doped silicon oxynitride film or a doped silicon carbide film having a stress tuned to a selected level from said at least one silicon precursor and said at least one non-silicon precursor, and in the case of a doped silicon oxide film or doped silicon oxynitride film, said nitrogen precursor or said oxygen precursor.