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Shallow trench isolation formation with sidewall spacer

US6251749A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1999
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/76224
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An isolation structure which protrudes above the semiconductor surface and sidewall spacers which smooth the topography over said isolation structure.

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