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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Chin-long Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Hong-long Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yueh-chuan Lee, Nantou County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Promos Technologies, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/8242 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming a volatile memory device. A substrate comprising a pair of neighboring trenches is provided, each trench comprising a capacitor. A collar insulating layer is formed on an upper sidewall of each trench. The collar insulating layer comprises a low level portion and a high level portion adjacent to a predetermined active area of the volatile memory device.