Abstract:
A process for selectively introducing a dopant into the bottom of a trench (13) formed in a semiconductor material layer (10) provides for depositing a barrier layer (14) by means of a process of deposition over the semiconductor material layer (10), so as to form a deposited barrier layer (14) having, over lateral walls and a bottom wall of the trench, a thickness which is lower than a nominal thickness of the deposited barrier layer (14) over a planar surface of the semiconductor material layer (10), and implanting a dopant using the deposited barrier layer (14) as an implant mask.