Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
Method for forming dual oxide layers at bottom of trench
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved method for forming dual oxide layers at the bottom of a trench of a substrate. A substrate has a trench which includes a bottom and a sidewall. The trench may be created by forming a mask oxide layer on the substrate; defining the mask oxide layer to form a patterned mask oxide layer and exposing a partial surface of the substrate to form a window; and using the patterned mask oxide layer as an etching mask to form the trench in the window. A first oxide layer is formed on the sidewall and the bottom of the trench of the substrate. A photoresist layer is formed on the substrate, filling the trench of the substrate. The method further comprises partially etching back the photoresist layer to leave a remaining photoresist layer in the trench. The height of the remaining photoresist layer is lower than the depth of the trench. A curing treatment of the remaining photoresist layer is performed after the partial etching. The patterned mask oxide layer and a portion of the first oxide layer are removed to leave a remaining first oxide layer at the bottom of the trench. The remaining photoresist layer is removed. A second oxide layer is formed on the substrate covering at least the remaining first oxide layer to form the dual oxide layers at the bottom of the trench.
Mosel Vitelic, Inc.
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Cheng-Tsung Chiao-Shun Mao-Song Chien-Ping
Ni Chuang Tseng Chang