Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a trench
US6967141B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D64/664
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of manufacturing the same. The surface of a substrate of an active region surrounded by an element isolation trench is horizontally flat in the center portion of the active region but falls toward the side wall of the element isolation trench in the shoulder portion of the active region. This inclined surface contains two inclined surfaces having different inclination angles. The first inclined surface near the center portion of the active region is relatively steep and the second inclined surface near the side wall of the element isolation trench is gentler than the first inclined surface. The surface of the substrate in the shoulder portion of the active region is wholly rounded and has no angular portion.
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