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Method for manufacturing semiconductor device

US6630389B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2002
Grant dateOct 7, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/513
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a trench-gate type power MOSFET in which a gate electrode is formed on a gate oxide layer formed on a surface of a wall defining a trench, the trench is annealed by heating, for example, at the temperature between 1050° C. and 1150° C. in a hydrogen atmosphere before the gate oxide layer is formed. The crystal defects generated in a crystal adjacent to the trench are cured by the hydrogen annealing without enlarging the trench horizontal width, so that a trench having a high aspect ratio is provided while leak current at a PN junction is prevented. In addition, the breakdown voltage of the gate oxide layer is prevented from being lowered.

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