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Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing thereof

US6097052A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateJun 25, 1997
Grant dateAug 1, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D1/716
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact hole having an opening diameter smaller than the minimum dimension that can be formed by photolithographic technique is formed. Using an interlayer insulating film 8 formed on a semiconductor substrate as an etching mask, etching is carried out halfway to form an opening 8a. The etching mask is removed, and a TEOS film 10 is formed on the interlayer oxide film 8. The whole surface is then etched anisotropically to form a contact hole 11.

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