Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Publication Date: 2006/05/01 Vol. E89-CNo. 5pp. 596-601 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Fundamental and Application of Advanced Semiconductor Devices) Category: Si Devices and Processes Keyword: electron cyclotron resonance, sputtering, plasma nitridation, postdeposition annealing, high-k, HfOxNy,