Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Formation of electrically isolated lateral semiconductive... – Grooved and refilled with deposited dielectric material
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-01
2007-05-01
Everhart, Caridad (Department: 2891)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Formation of electrically isolated lateral semiconductive...
Grooved and refilled with deposited dielectric material
C257SE21545, C438S407000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10695798
ABSTRACT:
According to the present invention, an oxide film with the film quality almost equivalent to that of the thermal oxide can be formed by the low-temperature treatment. After removing an insulator on the active region of the substrate which constitutes a semiconductor wafer, an insulator made of, for example, silicon oxide is deposited on the main surface of the semiconductor wafer by the low pressure CVD method. This insulator is a film to form a gate insulator of MISFET in a later step. Subsequently, a plasma treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen (oxygen plasma treatment) to the insulator in the manner as schematically shown by the arrows. By so doing, the film quality of the insulator formed by the CVD method can be improved to the extent almost equivalent to that of the insulator formed of the thermal oxide.
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Hiraiwa Atsushi
Ikeda Yoshihiro
Ishikawa Dai
Sakai Satoshi
Everhart Caridad
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Renesas Technology Corp.
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