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Polysilicon control etch-back indicator

US7632733B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 2006
Grant dateDec 15, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/519
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention discloses a semiconductor wafer for manufacturing electronic circuit thereon. The semiconductor substrate further includes an etch-back indicator that includes trenches of different sizes having polysilicon filled in the trenches and then completely removed from some of the trenches of greater planar trench dimensions and the polysilicon still remaining in a bottom portion in some of the trenches having smaller planar trench dimensions.

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