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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Shoichi Yamauchi, Obu, JP;
Nobuhiro Tsuji, Okazaki, JP;
Shoichi Yamauchi, Obu, JP;
Nobuhiro Tsuji, Okazaki, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention, a portion of a first epitaxial layer formed in a trench in a silicon substrate is removed by vapor phase etching using a halogenated compound or hydrogen. In this removing process, the portion of the first epitaxial layer is removed at a predetermined temperature higher than that during epitaxial growth of the first epitaxial layer and at a predetermined pressure higher than that during epitaxial growth of the first epitaxial layer. Therefore, stress that would otherwise be concentrated at a bottom portion of the trench is relaxed because rearrangement of the silicon atoms increases.
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