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Method of making non-trenched buried contact for VLSI devices

US5380671A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 1994
Grant dateJan 10, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/768
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention describes a non-trenched buried contact for local interconnections in VLSI devices and provides a method for forming the non-trenched buried contact. By using trenched isolation and a trench polysilicon gate structure the buried contact process can be implemented so that there are no unwanted trenches formed in the area of the buried contact. The invention permits excellent planarization of the device prior to pre-metal dielectric and metal deposition.

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