Patent ID: 6991987

Claim:
A method for producing a low defect homogeneous oxynitride on a substrate, comprising: depositing an oxynitride layer above a substrate wherein said low defect homogeneous oxynitride comprises a tunneling dielectric having high capacitance and low barrier heights, wherein the dielectric constant corresponding to said oxynitride layer has a value within the range or 3.9 to 7.8, wherein the barrier height corresponding to said oxynitride layer has a value in the range of 3.2 to 2.1 electron Volts, wherein said depositing comprises one or more of an in-furnace process and a chemical vapor deposition process wherein said chemical vapor deposition process is selected from the group consisting essentially of rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition, plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and low pressure chemical vapor deposition; and adding nitrous oxide with a mixture of gases selected from the group consisting essentially of silane, silethane, and ammonia during said depositing of said oxynitride, wherein said oxynitride on said substrate has uniform distributions of nitrogen and oxygen wherein said dielectric constant and said barrier height facilitates Fowler-Nordheim tunneling and Channel Hot Electron tunneling of electrons in said oxynitride layer, wherein said Channel Hot Electron tunneling allows source-side channel hot hole injection in a device comprised of said low defect homogeneous oxynitride on a substrate.