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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1994
Sung-tae Ahn, Kwacheon, KR;
Tai-su Park, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
An improved method for performing a local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) capable of forming a sufficient thickness of a field oxide film even in narrow isolation regions. After defining the isolation region, a first field oxide film is formed in the isolation region by means of a first field oxidation. A film formed of HTO, LTO or SOG, or a pre-oxide film formed of polysilicon is formed on the resultant product. Then, the film, oxide film or the pre-oxide film is removed by anisotropically etching with a dry etching process or a chemical mechanical process so as to be left only in the isolation region, which after a second field oxidation forms a second field oxide film. According to the present invention, the problems associated with the field oxide film thinning effect usually associated with the conventional LOCOS-series isolation method can be overcome by either making the isolation structure in narrow isolation regions have a total thickness which is equal to that in the wide isolation regions, or by making the former thicker than the latter.
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