Patent · US Expired

Method of deforming a trench by a thermal treatment

US6100132A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1998
Grant dateAug 8, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/909

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a trench on a surface thereof and an embedding member embedding the interior of the trench therewith. While the section of the trench when cut by a first plane perpendicular to the direction of the depth of the trench is defined as a first section and the section of the trench when cut by a second plane perpendicular to the direction of the depth of the trench and closer to the bottom of the trench than the first plane is defined as a second section, the area of the first section is smaller than that of the second section and a minimum radius of curvature of the first section is smaller than a minimum radius of curvature of the second section. As a result, it is possible to lessen the concentration of the electric field into the bottom of the trench.

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