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Method for forming isolation regions in a semiconductor memory device

US5372950A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 4, 1992
Grant dateDec 13, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/911
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for forming an isolation region within a semiconductor device is disclosed. A trench is first formed in a predefined isolation region of a semiconductor substrate. An oxidation blocking material is injected into the inside walls of the trench before growing a field oxide film inside the trench. Accordingly, the present invention can simplify the fabrication of isolation regions within a semiconductor device by directly implanting the oxidation blocking material at a predetermined angle into the inside walls of the trench which constitutes the isolation region. In the present invention, unlike conventional fabrication processes using spacers to prevent penetration of a field oxide film into the surface of semiconductor non-isolation regions, the need for spacers is obviated.

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