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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Albert Birner, Dresden, DE;
Matthias Goldbach, Dresden, DE;
Irene Sperl, Dresden, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies, AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8242 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention refers to a method of forming a silicon dioxide layer by thermally oxidizing at least one monocrystalline silicon surface region on a semiconductor substrate. The silicon surface region has a curved surface. The method can include providing a semiconductor substrate having at least one monocrystalline silicon surface region having a curved surface, roughening the surface of the at least one monocrystalline silicon surface region to produce a layer of porous silicon, and thermally oxidizing the at least one roughened monocrystalline silicon surface.