Abstract:
According to the invention, a trench capacitor is formed inside a trench (30) that is arranged inside a substrate (20). The trench (30) is filled with a conductive trench filling (50) that serves as an inner capacitor electrode. An epitaxial layer (75) is grown on the lateral wall of the trench (30) on the substrate (20). A buried contact (60) is arranged between the conductive trench filling (50) with the second intermediate layer (65) and the epitaxially grown layer (75). A dopant out-diffusion (80), which is formed while leading out from the buried contact (60), is arranged inside the epitaxially grown layer (75). The epitaxially grown layer (75) enables the dopant out-diffusion (80) to be further removed from a selection transistor (10) located next to the trench whereby permitting the prevention of short channel effects in the selection transistor (10).
Abstract:
To fabricate a trench capacitor in a substrate, a trench is formed in the substrate. The trench has an upper region and a lower region. In the trench, first of all nanocrystallites and/or a seed layer for nanocrystallites are deposited in the upper region and the lower region. Then, the nanocrystallites and/or the seed layer are removed from the upper region of the trench by means of an etching process. The etching parameters of the etching process are selected in such a way that the seed layer and/or the nanocrystallites which are uncovered in the upper region and the lower region are removed only from the upper region. Consequently, an expensive mask layer can be avoided in the lower region of the trench.
Abstract:
A production process for an electrically conductive filling (30) in a trench in a semiconductor substrate (10) or layer comprises preparing the substrate and trench, depositing amorphous or polycrystalline silicon and phosphorus simultaneously in the trench and then forming at least one monolayer of arsenic atoms on the silicon/phosphorus interface. An independent claim is also included for a trench capacitor in a semiconductor substrate as above.