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Isolating trench and manufacturing process

US6828646B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 2002
Grant dateDec 7, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/764
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An isolation trench formed in a semiconductor substrate has side walls and a bottom wall. Spacers are on the side walls and face each other for forming a narrow channel therebetween. The bottom wall and the spacers are coated with an electrically insulating material for delimiting a closed empty cavity in the channel. The isolation trench is applicable to the manufacture of integrated circuits.

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