Method of forming and planarizing deep isolation trenches in a s

Details Method of forming and planarizing deep isolation trenches in a s Method of forming and planarizing deep isolation trenches in a s

1997-03-13

1998-09-22

Dang, Trung

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

437 67, 437228, 437 72, 148DIG50, H01L 2176

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058113150

ABSTRACT:
A method of forming and planarizing a deep isolation trench in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) structure begins with a base semiconductor substrate, a buried insulator layer formed on the base semiconductor substrate, and an active silicon layer formed on the buried insulator layer. First, an ONO layer is formed on the active silicon layer. The ONO layer includes a layer of field oxide, a first layer of silicon nitride and a layer of deposited hardmask oxide. A trench having sidewalls that extend to the buried oxide layer is formed. A layer of trench lining oxide is then formed on the exposed sidewalls of the trench. Then, a second layer of silicon nitride is conformally formed on the substrate. The second nitride layer is then anisotropically etched to remove the nitride from the exposed horizontal surface of the hardmask oxide and the buried oxide in the bottom of the trench, but leaving silicon nitride on the vertical sidewall portions of the hardmask oxide, on the sidewalls of the first nitride layer on the sidewalls of the field oxide and on the trench lining oxide. A layer of polysilicon is then deposited to fill the trench and etched back such that the top surface of the polysilicon substantially corresponds to the top surface of the layer of field oxide. The hardmask oxide layer is then removed and the top surface of the polysilicon layer is oxidized.

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