Patent 7560395 was granted and assigned to Micron Technology on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A dielectric layer containing hafnium tantalum film arranged as a structure of one or more monolayers and a method of fabricating such a dielectric layer produce a dielectric layer for use in a variety of electronic devices. In an embodiment, a hafnium tantalum oxide film may be formed by depositing hafnium and tantalum by atomic layer deposition onto a substrate surface. Embodiments include structures for capacitors, transistors, memory devices, and electronic systems with dielectric layers containing a hafnium tantalum oxide film arranged as a structure of one or more monolayers, and methods for forming such structures.