Abstract:
A trench (5) is formed in a semiconductor body (2); the side walls and the bottom of the trench are covered with a first dielectric material layer (9); the trench (5) is filled with a second dielectric material layer (10); the first and the second dielectric material layers (9, 10) are etched via a partial, simultaneous and controlled etching such that the dielectric materials have similar etching rates; a gate-oxide layer (13) having a thickness smaller than the first dielectric material layer (9) is deposited on the walls of the trench (5); a gate region (14) of conductive material is formed within the trench (5); and body regions (7) and source regions (8) are formed within the semiconductor body (2), at the sides of and insulated from the gate region (14). Thereby, the gate region (14) extends only on top of the remaining portions of the first and second dielectric material layers (9, 10).
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device (10; 10') envisages the steps of: providing a semiconductor material body (2) having at least one deep trench (4) that extends through said body of semiconductor material starting from a top surface (2a) thereof; and filling the deep trench (4) via an epitaxial growth of semiconductor material, thereby forming a columnar structure (8) within the body of semiconductor material (2). The manufacturing process further envisages the step of modulating the epitaxial growth by means of a concurrent chemical etching of the semiconductor material that is undergoing epitaxial growth so as to obtain a compact filling free from voids of the deep trench (4); in particular, a flow of etching gas is introduced into the same reaction environment as that of the epitaxial growth, wherein a flow of source gas is supplied for the same epitaxial growth.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device envisages the steps of: providing a semiconductor material body having at least one deep trench that extends through said body of semiconductor material starting from a top surface thereof; and filling the deep trench via an epitaxial growth of semiconductor material, thereby forming a columnar structure within the body of semiconductor material. The manufacturing process further envisages the step of modulating the epitaxial growth by means of a concurrent chemical etching of the semiconductor material that is undergoing epitaxial growth so as to obtain a compact filling free from voids of the deep trench; in particular, a flow of etching gas is introduced into the same reaction environment as that of the epitaxial growth, wherein a flow of source gas is supplied for the same epitaxial growth.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device envisages the steps of: providing a semiconductor material body having at least one deep trench that extends through said body of semiconductor material starting from a top surface thereof; and filling the deep trench via an epitaxial growth of semiconductor material, thereby forming a columnar structure within the body of semiconductor material. The manufacturing process further envisages the step of modulating the epitaxial growth by means of a concurrent chemical etching of the semiconductor material that is undergoing epitaxial growth so as to obtain a compact filling free from voids of the deep trench; in particular, a flow of etching gas is introduced into the same reaction environment as that of the epitaxial growth, wherein a flow of source gas is supplied for the same epitaxial growth.