Patent ID: 7300870

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly within a deposition chamber; providing a vapor comprising one or more refractory metal precursor compounds of the formula MY n (Formula I), wherein M is a refractory metal, each Y is independently a halogen atom or an organic group, and n is an integer selected to match the valence of the metal M; directing the vapor comprising the one or more precursor compounds of Formula I to the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly and allowing the one or more compounds to chemisorb to one or more surfaces of the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly; providing a vapor comprising one or more silicon precursor compounds; directing the vapor comprising the one or more silicon precursor compounds to the one or more surfaces of the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly; providing a vapor comprising one or more organic amines; and directing the vapor comprising the one or more organic amines to the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly with the chemisorbed compounds thereon to form a refractory, metal silicon nitride layer on the one or more surfaces of the semiconductor substrate or substrate assembly.