Patent 7189664 was granted and assigned to Dow Corning on March, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for producing hydrogenated silicon oxycarbide (H:SiOC) films having low dielectric constant. The method comprises using plasma-assisted polymerization to react a cyclic silane compound containing at least one strained silicon bond to produce the films. The resulting films are useful in the formation of semiconductor devices.