Talk:High-k dielectric

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[edit] Complete rewrite

Old article was a mess. I took out the way-too-long list of binary high-k candidates and took out rumors about this and that company using high-k materials. I also added material on oxynitride gate dielectrics but it needs citations. Irene Ringworm 05:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

This article is fantastic. Way to go Ms. Ringworm. Alexa411 18:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Intel's announcement 2007

I have stuck a current tag on the article in light of Intel's press release that they will incorporate high-k dielectrics in their chips. I guess it should stay for a week or so, or at least until further technical details become clear (which compound of Hf?...) 212.2.177.248 11:16, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name

  1. How to pronounce the name High-κ? "high-k" or "high-kappa"?
  2. What about renaming this article to "High-κ Dielectrics"?
Pronunciation is "High-kay", can clarify in main article. I'm okay with the renaming. Irene Ringworm 00:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Oppose renaming. In my experience, electrical engineers call the relative dielectric constant 'k', not 'κ' (and pronounce the name accordingly). --Smack (talk) 18:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I also oppose renaming and would further add that all the uses of 'κ' be replaced with 'k'. Wikipedia seems to be the only one perpetuating that convention. I'll checkl back in a couple days. If no objection I'll do it. Alexa411 18:19, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I boldly made the change. There's no stopping me now! Alexa411 20:02, 21 May 2007 (UTC)


New reader reading this for the first time. In the section that discusses the Gate Threshold Voltage, "V subscript T", it mentions the value "kT". I presume that the k in "kT" is the boltzman constant? I was slightly confused because k is also being used as the (relative?) dielectric constant. Is it worth indicated that this is a different type of k? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.224.204.202 (talk) 07:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Add other applications

Can somebody please extend the application/use section to include other common uses of high-k materials such as for capacitors and electricity storage devices. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.46.103.18 (talk) 18:31, 21 May 2008 (UTC)