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Granted Patent B2
US 11,817,346 · App. 17/181,147 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Isolator

Inventor: Akira Ishiguro (Oita Oita, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
H01L21/76232H01L21/28052H01L21/76243
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Patent No.
US 11,817,346
App. No.
17/181,147
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An isolator includes a first insulating portion, a first electrode provided in the first insulating portion, a second insulating portion provided on the first insulating portion and the first electrode, a third insulating portion provided on the second insulating portion, and a second electrode provided in the third insulating portion. The second insulating portion includes a plurality of first voids and a second void. The plurality of first voids are arranged in a first direction parallel to an interface between the first insulating portion and the second insulating portion. At least one of the first voids is provided under the second void.

Claims (81)

1. An isolator, comprising:

a first insulating portion;

a first electrode provided in the first insulating portion;

a second insulating portion provided on the first insulating portion and the first electrode, the second insulating portion including a plurality of first voids and a second void, the plurality of first voids being arranged in a first direction parallel to an interface between the first insulating portion and the second insulating portion, the first voids being provided under the second void so that the second void is connected to four of the first voids;

a third insulating portion provided on the second insulating portion; and

a second electrode provided in the third insulating portion.

2. The isolator according to claim 1 , wherein

the second insulating portion includes:

a third insulating film including the plurality of first voids; and

a fourth insulating film including the second void,

the third insulating film is provided above the first insulating portion and the first electrode, and

the fourth insulating film is provided on the third insulating film.

3. The isolator according to claim 2 , wherein

the second insulating portion further includes a fifth insulating film provided between the first insulating portion and the third insulating film, and

the fifth insulating film includes a third void, the at least one of the first voids being provided above the third void, the third void having a same configuration as the second void and communicating with the at least one of the first voids.

4. The isolator according to claim 2 , wherein

the second insulating portion includes:

a sixth insulating film provided on the fourth insulating film; and

a seventh insulating film provided on the sixth insulating film, and

the seventh insulating film includes a portion embedded in the sixth insulating film.

5. The isolator according to claim 1 , wherein

the second insulating portion includes:

a third insulating film extending between the first insulating portion and the third insulating portion; and

a fourth insulating film extending between the third insulating film and the third insulating portion,

the third insulating film includes the plurality of first voids arranged in the first direction, and

the fourth insulating film includes a plurality of island-like regions surrounded with the second void.

6. The isolator according to claim 1 , wherein

the second insulating portion further includes a third void provided at a level between a level of the first void and a level of the second void in a third direction from the first insulating portion toward the third insulating portion,

the first to third voids each are rectangular in a cross section of the second insulating portion crossing the third direction, and

the third void is connected to the first and second voids at four corners of the rectangle of the third void.

7. An isolator, comprising:

a first insulating portion;

a first electrode provided in the first insulating portion;

a second insulating portion provided on the first insulating portion and the first electrode, the second insulating portion including a plurality of first voids and a second void, the plurality of first voids being arranged in a first direction parallel to an interface between the first insulating portion and the second insulating portion, at least one of the first voids being provided under the second void and being connected to the second void;

a third insulating portion provided on the second insulating portion;

a second electrode provided in the third insulating portion; and

a first insulating film provided between the second electrode and the second insulating portion, the first insulating film including a different material from a material of the second insulating portion.

8. The isolator according to claim 7 , wherein

the plurality of first voids extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, and

the second void extends in the first direction.

9. The isolator according to claim 7 , wherein

the first void and the second void are provided in slit configurations extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.

10. The isolator according to claim 7 , wherein

the second insulating portion includes:

a third insulating film including the plurality of first voids; and

a fourth insulating film including the second void,

the third insulating film is provided above the first insulating portion and the first electrode, and

the fourth insulating film is provided on the third insulating film.

11. The isolator according to claim 10 , wherein

the second insulating portion further includes a fifth insulating film provided between the first insulating portion and the third insulating film, and

the fifth insulating film includes a third void, the at least one of the first voids being provided above the third void, the third void having a same configuration as the second void and communicating with the at least one of the first voids.

12. The isolator according to claim 10 , wherein

the second insulating portion includes:

a sixth insulating film provided on the fourth insulating film; and

a seventh insulating film provided on the sixth insulating film, and

the seventh insulating film includes a portion embedded in the sixth insulating film.

13. An isolator, comprising:

a first insulating portion;

a first electrode provided in the first insulating portion;

a second insulating portion provided on the first insulating portion and the first electrode, the second insulating portion including a plurality of first voids and a second void, the plurality of first voids being arranged in a first direction parallel to an interface between the first insulating portion and the second insulating portion, at least one of the first voids being provided under the second void and being connected to the second void;

a third insulating portion provided on the second insulating portion; and

a second electrode provided in the third insulating portion, wherein the second insulating portion includes a second insulating film continuously provided between the first electrode and the plurality of first voids.

14. The isolator according to claim 13 , wherein

the plurality of first voids extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, and

the second void extends in the first direction.

15. The isolator according to claim 13 , wherein

the second insulating portion includes:

a third insulating film including the plurality of first voids; and

a fourth insulating film including the second void,

the third insulating film is provided above the first insulating portion and the first electrode, and

the fourth insulating film is provided on the third insulating film.

16. The isolator according to claim 15 , wherein

the second insulating portion further includes a fifth insulating film provided between the first insulating portion and the third insulating film, and

the fifth insulating film includes a third void, the at least one of the first voids being provided above the third void, the third void having a same configuration as the second void and communicating with the at least one of the first voids.

17. The isolator according to claim 15 , wherein

the second insulating portion includes:

a sixth insulating film provided on the fourth insulating film; and

a seventh insulating film provided on the sixth insulating film, and

the seventh insulating film includes a portion embedded in the sixth insulating film.

18. The isolator according to claim 13 , wherein

the first void and the second void are provided in slit configurations extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: ISHIGURO, AKIRA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055924/0900 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-152253 · Sep 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220076990A1 · Mar 10, 2022