IP Library Granted Patent US 7,858,508
Granted Patent B2
US 7,858,508 · App. 11/717,707 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,858,508
App. No.
11/717,707
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a trench is formed to have an upper quadrangular section and a lower circular section which is formed through a hydrogen annealing process, to extend in a depth direction of a semiconductor substrate. An insulating film is formed on a surface of the trench and a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A conductive film is formed to fill the trench whose surface is covered with the an insulating film. Source/drain regions are formed on both sides of the trench.

Claims (57)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a trench having an upper quadrangular section and a lower circular section which is formed through a hydrogen annealing process, to extend in a depth direction of a semiconductor substrate;

forming an insulating film on a surface of said trench and a surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

forming a conductive film to fill said trench whose surface is covered with said insulating film,

wherein a relation L>W is met, where L is a depth for said lower section and W is a width of said upper section of said trench.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

forming as source/drain regions, diffusion regions in said semiconductor substrate on both sides of said trench,

wherein said conductive film is a gate electrode.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a relation L>1.12W is met.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said forming a trench comprises:

forming a mask on said semiconductor substrate through an oxide film;

forming said trench for said upper section by etching a part of said mask and a part of said semiconductor substrate;

forming a protection film along a side surface of said trench for said upper section;

forming said trench for said lower section by etching a part of said semiconductor substrate in the depth direction of said semiconductor substrate; and

performing said hydrogen annealing process to transform said lower section to have a circular section.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said mask is a silicon nitride film, said protection film is a laminate layer of a lower protection film of silicon oxide and an upper protection film of silicon nitride, and the oxide film on said semiconductor substrate is a silicon oxide film,

said forming a trench further comprises:

forming a sacrificed silicon oxide film on a surface of said lower section;

removing said mask and said upper protection film; and

removing the silicon oxide film on said semiconductor substrate, said lower protection film and said sacrificed silicon oxide film.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said forming an insulating film comprises:

forming said insulating film through thermal oxidization.

7. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a hard mask on a semiconductor substrate through an oxide film;

forming a shallow trench by etching a part of said hard mask and said oxide film and a part of said semiconductor substrate;

forming a protection film along a surface of said shallow trench;

forming a deep trench in a depth direction from said shallow trench by etching said protection film in a bottom of said shallow trench and another part of said semiconductor substrate while keeping said protection film on a side wall of said shallow trench; and

processing said deep trench into a circular trench through a hydrogen annealing process,

wherein a depth L of a portion to be etched in said forming a deep trench meets a relation L>W,

where W is a width of said shallow trench.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

forming a gate insulating film along a surface of said circular trench; and

forming a gate electrode by filling said circular trench whose surface is covered with said gate insulating film.

9. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a trench having an upper quadrangular section and a lower circular section which is formed through a hydrogen annealing process, to extend in a depth direction of a semiconductor substrate;

forming an insulating film on a surface of said trench and a surface of said semiconductor substrate; and

forming a conductive film to fill said trench whose surface is covered with said insulating film,

wherein the lower circular section of the trench is formed by etching a shallow trench defining the upper quadrangular section to form a deep trench portion; and

after forming the deep trench portion, performing said hydrogen annealing to impart a circular section to the deep trench portion.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

forming as source/drain regions, diffusion regions in said semiconductor substrate on both sides of said trench,

wherein said conductive film is a gate electrode.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a relation L>W is met, where L is a depth for said lower section and W is a width of said upper section of said trench.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a relation L>1.12W is met.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said forming a trench comprises:

forming a mask on said semiconductor substrate through an oxide film;

forming said trench for said upper section by etching a part of said mask and a part of said semiconductor substrate;

forming a protection film along a side surface of said trench for said upper section;

forming said trench for said lower section by etching a part of said semiconductor substrate in the depth direction of said semiconductor substrate; and

performing said hydrogen annealing process to transform said lower section to have a circular section.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein said mask is a silicon nitride film, said protection film is a laminate layer of a lower protection film of silicon oxide and an upper protection film of silicon nitride, and the oxide film on said semiconductor substrate is a silicon oxide film,

said forming a trench further comprises:

forming a sacrificed silicon oxide film on a surface of said lower section;

removing said mask and said upper protection film; and

removing the silicon oxide film on said semiconductor substrate, said lower protection film and said sacrificed silicon oxide film.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said forming an insulating film comprises:

forming said insulating film through thermal oxidization.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032895/0166 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
CORRECTED COVER SHEET TO CORRECT ASSIGNEE ADDRESS, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 019415/0841 (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Aug 28, 2007
From: FUJIMOTO, HIROYUKI; UEDA, YASUHIKO; AISO, FUMIKI; KOGA, YUKI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 019799/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2007
From: FUJIMOTO, HIROYUKI; UEDA, YASUHIKO; AISO, FUMIKI; KOGA, YUKI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 019415/0841 →