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Semiconductor device and production method thereof

US5828120A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 1997
Grant dateOct 27, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D88/00
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device equipped on the same substrate thereof with a first area isolated for device isolation by a first device isolation structure and with a second area isolated for device isolation by a second device isolation structure, wherein the thickness of the substrate inside the first area is different from the thickness of the substrate inside the second area, and the first and second device isolation structures are buried into the substrate so as to bring their tops into about the same level.

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