Abstract:
A semiconductor Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAM cell is fabricated using a vertical access transistor and a storage capacitor formed in a vertical trench. A Shallow Trench Isolation STI region 480 is used as a masking region to confine the channel region of the access transistor, the first and second 433-1 output regions of the access transistor, and a strap region 448-1 connecting the second output region to the storage capacitor 440-1 , to a narrow portion of the trench. The so confined second output region of the access transistor has reduced leakage to similar second output regions of adjacent memory cells. Adjacent memory cells can then be placed closer to one another without an increase in leakage and cross-talk between adjacent memory cells.