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Method of producing a semiconductor device

US4343080A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1980
Grant dateAug 10, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2000

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a case where a semiconductor device is produced comprising at least one semiconductor element, an isolation region surrounding the semiconductor element and a thick silicon oxide layer lying on and around the semiconductor element, the thick oxide layer is formed by thermally-oxidizing the epitaxial layer having a buried layer and, at the same time, the isolation region is formed in the epitaxial layer by heating for thermal oxidation. Prior to a step of introducing impurities into the epitaxial layer, a patterned thin silicon oxide layer is formed. This thin silicon oxide layer is varied into the thick oxide layer by the thermal-oxidation treatment.

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