METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Accordingly, the trench processing sequence is changed and stress absorbing layers are applied. A shallow trench structure is etched. A deep trench structure is etched. A liner oxide is applied in the deep and shallow trench structure. An amorphous polysilicon liner is deposited on top of the liner oxide. A nitride liner is applied on top of the amorphous polysilicon liner, and the deep and shallow trenches are filled with oxide.
1 . A method for manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising:
etching a shallow trench structure;
etching a deep trench trench structure;
applying a liner oxide in the deep and shallow trench structure;
depositing an amorphous polysilicon liner on top of the liner oxide;
depositing a nitride liner on top of the amorphous polysilicon liner, and
filling the deep and shallow trenches with oxide.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
forming a CMOS tank on a silicon substrate in a silicon insulated technology;
applying a first layer of photo resist on the CMOS tank;
etching the shallow trench isolation structure;
removing the photo resist;
performing a liner oxidation step;
applying a second layer of photo resist;
etching the deep trench structure;
removing the second photo resist layer;
removing undesired oxide;
applying the liner oxide;
depositing the amorphous polysilicon liner;
depositing the nitride liner;
depositing the fill oxide;
performing a mechanical polishing (CMP) step, and
performing a plasma etching step.
3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the step of plasma etching is configured to overetch in order to adjust a nitride/polysilicon position.
4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein a further etching step is performed for removing the liner oxide and defining thereby the fill oxide height.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the etching step for removing the liner oxide and defining the fill oxide height is a wet etching step.
6 . A semiconductor electronic device in a silicon insulator technology, wherein a shallow trench and deep trench structure comprises a liner of an oxide, a liner of amorphous polysilicon on top of the oxide and a layer of nitride on top of the amorphous polysilicon which is covered by a fill oxide for filling the shallow and deep trench structure.