Method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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

forming a protective film, so as to cover a side edge of a substrate and a first principal surface of the substrate;

removing the protective film formed on the first principal surface of the substrate such that the protective film remains on a whole of the side edge of the substrate;

forming a trench, which is annular in shape when viewed oppositely to the first principal surface of the substrate, on the first principal surface by etching using a photoresist pattern; and

forming an insulating film so as to fill the trench, to form an insulating ring.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the forming the protective film occurs before the forming the trench, and the forming the insulating film occurs after the forming the trench, and,

wherein the method further comprises, after forming the insulating film, grinding the substrate from a side of a surface of the substrate opposed to the first principal surface thereof in a thickness direction of the substrate and exposing a bottom of the insulating ring.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, after forming the insulating film:

forming a wiring layer and a front-surface electrode above a portion of the substrate located inside the insulating ring; and

obtaining a through silicon via by forming a rear-surface electrode so as to penetrate through the substrate to be connected to the wiring layer, from a side of a surface of the substrate opposed to the first principal surface thereof in a thickness direction of the substrate.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising, after the forming the wiring layer and the front-surface electrode and before the obtaining the through silicon via:

bonding a supporting substrate, a side edge of which is covered with a protective film, onto the first principal surface of the substrate through an adhesion layer; and

grinding the substrate from the side of the surface of the substrate opposed to the first principal surface thereof in the thickness direction of the substrate, to expose a bottom of the insulating ring.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the protective film of the supporting substrate is a silicon oxide film.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, before forming the protective film:

forming a first film on the substrate; and

removing at least a portion of the first film on the side edge of the substrate.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein in the removing at least the portion of the first film, at least the portion of the first film on the side edge of the substrate is removed by dry etching.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein in the removing at least the portion of the first film, the dry etching is performed using at least one type of gas selected from the group consisting of SF 6 , CF 4 , N 2 and CO 2 .

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein in the removing at least the portion of the first film, at least the portion of the first film on the side edge of the substrate is removed by wet etching.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein in the removing at least the portion of the first film, the wet etching is performed by applying a chemical solution from a side of a surface of the substrate opposed to the first principal surface thereof in a thickness direction of the substrate.

11. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first film is a silicon nitride film.

12. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first film is a laminated film including a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film on the silicon oxide film.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the forming the protective film, a thermally-oxidized film is formed by thermal oxidation as the protective film.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the trench is 30 to 50 μm.

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

forming a trench in a first principal surface of a substrate;

bonding a supporting substrate, a side edge of which is covered with a protective film, onto the first principal surface of the substrate through an adhesion layer; and

grinding the substrate from a side of a second surface of the substrate opposed to the first principal surface thereof in a thickness direction of the substrate and exposing a bottom of the trench,

wherein a side surface of the substrate is uncovered with the protective film.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the trench is made to be annular in shape when viewed oppositely to the first principal surface of the substrate, and

an insulating film is formed so as to fill the trench, to form an insulating ring.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein a conductive material is formed so as to fill the trench, to form a through substrate via.

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

attaching a supporting substrate to a first principal surface of a wafer, the supporting substrate having a diameter larger than that of the wafer and including a side edge covered with a protective film, the wafer including a trench formed in the first principal surface thereof; and

etching the wafer from a second principal surface opposed to the first principal and exposing the trench under a condition that the supporting substrate is attached to the wafer,

wherein a side surface of the wafer is uncovered with the protective film.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the trench is made to be annular in shape when viewed oppositely to the first principal surface of the wafer, and

an insulating film is formed so as to fill the trench, to form an insulating ring.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein a conductive material is formed so as to fill the trench, to form a through substrate via.