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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufactured according to the method

US5923073A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1997
Grant dateJul 13, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/015
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A manufacturing method of semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices isolated by a trench portion. The trench portion is refilled with a Si epitaxial growth layer. The trench has a first insulating layer on its side wall and a second insulating layer formed by the oxidation in the self-alignment manner, as a cap layer, on the top portion of the trench. A semiconductor device formed on the substrate is isolated by the trench. The excessive leakage currents created by the stress between the substrate and the Si epitaxial layer are decreased. The concentration of the field effect at the corner portion of the trench is suppressed by the cap layer. The refilling step can be also made to a trench having the wider opening and another trench having the narrower opening simultaneously and uniformly.

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