Multilayer trench isolation process and structure

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1988-11-14

1989-08-08

Hille, Rolf

357 55, 357 54, H01L 2712, H01L 2906, H01L 2934

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ABSTRACT:
Dielectric filled isolation walls for semiconductor devices and integrated circuits of improved characteristics and ease of manufacture are formed by etching trenches in a semiconductor substrate and refilling the trenches with multiple layers of silicon oxy-nitride. Alternative oxygen rich and nitrogen rich oxy-nitride layers are used. For the narrowest trenches two layers suffice. Where trenches of different widths are present the wider trenches receive multiple layer pairs. A cap layer of oxy-nitride is added to insure filling of any trench intersections. The oxy-nitride desirably has a composition Si.sub.x O.sub.y N.sub.z where x, y, and z are in the range of 0.25-0.4, 0.27-0.6, and 0.0-0.35, respectively, for the oxygen rich material and where x, y, and z are in the range 0.35-0.43m 0.0-0.35, and 0.28-0.6, respectively, for the nitrogen rich material, expressed in atomic fraction and x+y+z=1. Both compositions of oxy-nitride are formed in the same LPCVD reactor by changing the conditions during layer deposition.

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