Patent ID: 7117064

Claim:
A computer storage medium containing a software routine that, when executed, causes a general purpose computer to control a deposition chamber using a layer deposition method, comprising: positioning a substrate in a deposition chamber; providing a gas mixture to the deposition chamber, wherein the gas mixture comprises an organosilane compound and a dopant selected from the group of ammonia (NH 3 ), methane (CH 4 ), silane (SiH 4 ), ethylene (C 2 H 4 ), acetylene (C 2 H 2 ), and combinations thereof; reacting the gas mixture in the presence of an electric field to form a doped silicon carbide layer on the substrate, wherein the doped silicon carbide layer has a compressibility that varies as a function of the amount of dopant in the gas mixture; and then exposing the doped silicon carbide layer to a plasma by: providing one or more inert gases to a process chamber having the substrate therein with the doped silicon carbide layer formed thereon; and applying an electric field to the one or more inert gases to generate a plasma in the process chamber.