IP Library Granted Patent US 6,921,705
Granted Patent B2
US 6,921,705 · App. 10/744,427 · Granted Jul 26, 2005

Method for forming isolation layer of semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 6,921,705
App. No.
10/744,427
Granted
Jul 26, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for forming an isolation layer of a semiconductor device. The method includes: a) sequentially laminating a pad oxide layer and pad nitride layer on a semiconductor substrate; b) selectively removing the pad nitride layer, selectively removing the pad oxide layer and the substrate, thereby forming a trench in the substrate; c) implanting ions in a direction with a tilted angle into a side wall of the pad nitride layer located in an upper side of the trench; d) removing the side wall portion of the pad nitride layer in the trench, in which the ions are implanted, to form a sloped side wall of the pad nitride layer, wherein the sloped side wall is inclined in an inverse direction; e) filling a HDP oxid layer in an upper surface of an entire structure including the trench; f) planarizing the HDP oxide layer and the pad nitride layer; and g) removing a remaining pad nitride layer, thereby forming an isolation layer.

Claims (11)

1. A method for forming an isolation layer of a semiconductor device, the method comprising the steps of:

a) sequentially laminating a pad oxide layer and a pad nitride layer on a semiconductor substrate;

b) selectively removing the pad nitride layer, selectively removing the pad oxide layer and the semiconductor substrate, thereby forming a trench in the semiconductor substrate;

c) implanting ions in a direction with a tilted angle into a side wall of the pad nitride layer located in an upper side of the trench;

d) removing the side wall portion of the pad nitride layer in the trench, in which the ions are implanted, to form a sloped side wall of the pad nitride layer, wherein the sloped side wall is inclined in an inverse direction;

e) filling a HDP oxide layer in an upper surface of an entire structure including the trench;

f) planarizing the HDP oxide layer and the pad nitride layer; and

g) removing a remaining pad nitride layer, thereby forming an isolation layer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , in step c, the ion implantations are performed in a direction with a tilted angle more than 0°.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein step d is performed through a cleaning process using HF-series solution.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amount of ion implantation in the side wall of the pad nitride layer 35 increases as it goes in a direction of the pad oxidation.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
To: SK KEYFOUNDRY INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 024563 FRAME: 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE RELEASE BY SECURED PARTY. Recorded Nov 25, 2014
From: US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 034469/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2010
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Reel/Frame 024563/0807 →
AFTER-ACQUIRED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY KUN-PLEDGE AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 18, 2009
From: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2005
From: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD.
Reel/Frame 016216/0649 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2003
From: CHOI, MYUNG GYU; KIM, HYUNG SIK
To: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 014850/0586 →