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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Martin Popp, Dresden, DE;
Dietmar Temmler, Dresden, DE;
Martin Popp, Dresden, DE;
Dietmar Temmler, Dresden, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A memory cell has a trench capacitor, in which the area required over a terminal area of the trench capacitor is advantageously reduced by the formation of a particularly thin insulation collar. The insulation collar is reduced to such an extent that although a lateral current is prevented, the formation of a parasitic field-effect transistor is permitted. In order that, however, overall no current flows via the parasitic field-effect transistor, a second parasitic field-effect transistor is disposed in a manner connected in series, but is not turned on. This is achieved by the formation of a thicker second insulation collar that isolates the filling of the trench capacitor from the surrounding substrate.