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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Slawinski, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert R Doering, Plano, TX (US);
Clarence W Teng, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2957 / ; 2957 / ; 29578 ; 29580 ; 148-15 ; 148D / ; 148D / ; 148D / ; 156643 ; 357 49 ; 357 50 ;
Abstract
A sidewall-nitride isolation technology refines process control over lateral oxide encroachment by preventing any thinning of the nitride moat-masking layer during the nitride etch step which clears the sidewall nitride layer from the bottom of the etched recesses in silicon. This is done by initially patterning the moat regions in an oxide/nitride/oxide stack, rather than the nitride/oxide stack of the prior art.