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Process for producing zones for the electrical isolation of the components of an integrated circuit

US4679304A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1985
Grant dateJul 14, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 15, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/082
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This process consists of producing a mask on a silicon substrate for defining the locations of the isolation zones to be formed, doping the unmasked substrate regions, thermally oxidizing said substrate regions, forming a trench in each oxidized region of the substrate and in the regions of substrate located beneath said oxidized regions thermally oxidizing the edges of the trenches, filling the trenches with an isolating dielectric and eliminating the mask.

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