Patent ID: 7306956

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining first properties of a metal oxide film to be disposed on a silicon substrate surface, the first properties of the metal oxide film to be determined by an interface between the silicon substrate surface and the metal oxide film; establishing first atomic layer deposition (ALD) conditions for depositing the metal oxide film having the first properties on the silicon substrate surface; growing at least one monolayer of the metal oxide film having the first properties using the first ALD conditions; determining second properties of the metal oxide film to be disposed on the at least one monolayer, the second properties of the metal oxide film to be determined by a bulk portion of the metal oxide film, the second properties being different from the first properties; establishing subsequent ALD conditions for depositing the metal oxide film having the second properties on the at least one monolayer; and growing at least one subsequent monolayer of the metal oxide film on the first monolayers using the subsequent ALD conditions.