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Semiconductor device with shallow trench isolation which controls mechanical stresses

US7414278B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2004
Grant dateAug 19, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/811
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate 10 with a trench 16a and a trench 16b formed in; a device isolation film 32a buried in the trench 16a and including a liner film including a silicon nitride film 20 and an insulating film 28 of a silicon oxide-based insulating material; a device isolation film 32b buried in the bottom of the trench 16b; and a capacitor formed on a side wall of an upper part of the second trench 16b and including an impurity diffused region 40 as a first electrode, a capacitor dielectric film 43 of a silicon oxide-based insulating film and a second electrode 46.

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