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Integrated circuit comprising an isolating trench and corresponding method

US8829622B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2012
Grant dateSep 9, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/667
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit including at least one isolating trench that delimits an active area made of a monocrystalline semiconductor material, the or each trench comprising an upper portion including an insulating layer that encapsulates a lower portion of the trench, the lower portion being at least partly buried in the active area and the encapsulation layer comprising nitrogen or carbon.

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