Semiconductor device with trench isolation structure and method of manufacturing the same

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate provided with a trench; and

a device isolation structure formed in said trench,

wherein said device isolation structure includes:

a silicon oxynitride film formed on a surface of said substrate through an interfacial oxide film having a thickness of not more than 1 nm and being formed after the silicon oxynitride film by using oxygen penetrating the silicon oxynitride film; and

an embedded insulating film formed on said silicon oxynitride film, and

wherein a top corner and a bottom corner of the trench comprise a rounded portion.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein refractive index of said silicon oxynitride film is in a range from 1.6 to 1.9.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said embedded insulating film comprises a CVD oxide film.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a MOS transistor formed on an active region of said substrate surrounded by said device isolation structure; and

a capacitor connected to a diffusion layer of said MOS transistor.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon oxynitride film comprises an oxygen-permeable silicon oxynitride film.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the top corner of the trench comprises a surface of the substrate which is formed between an upper surface of the substrate and a sidewall of the trench, and the bottom corner of the trench comprises a surface of the substrate which is formed between the sidewall of the trench and the bottom of the trench.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises an active region adjacent to the device isolation structure, and the top corner of the trench comprises a surface of the substrate which is formed between an upper surface of the substrate in the active region and a sidewall of the trench.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the semiconductor device comprises a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) device including a memory cell transistor formed in the active region.

9. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate comprising plural trenches, a top corner and a bottom corner of the plural trenches comprising a rounded portion;

plural device isolation structures formed in the plural trenches, comprising:

a silicon oxynitride film formed on a surface of the plural trenches;

an interfacial oxide film having a thickness of not more than 1 nm and being formed after the silicon oxynitride film by using oxygen penetrating the silicon oxynitride film; and

an embedded insulating film formed on the silicon oxynitride film; and

an active region for a transistor formed in the substrate between the plural device isolation structures.