High electrical resistivity of CVD-diamond

Due to its combination of excellent thermo-mechanical properties and electrical properties such as the high electrical resistivity and high dielectric strength, diamond seems a promising material for specialized dielectric applications. Due to the great advances in the growth technology of diamond films by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) on e.g. Si-substrates, new applications can be expected in microelectronics. An important technological result for dielectric applications is that high electrical resistivity diamond films can be obtained after an appropriate heat treatment of the as-grown films.