Method for manufacturing logic device isolation in embedded storage process
AssigneeHua Hong Semiconductor (Wuxi) Limited
InventorJunwen LIU
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing logic device isolation in an embedded storage process, removing the pad silicon nitride and floating gate polysilicon layer in a shallow trench isolation area and retaining the floating gate oxide layer; depositing acid etching silicon nitride; removing the acid etching silicon nitride at the bottom of the shallow trench isolation and a portion of the silicon substrate adjacent to and under the shallow trench isolation, to form a trench and retain the acid etching silicon nitride on a side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation; remove the acid etching silicon nitride on the side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation.
Claims7
A method for manufacturing logic device isolation in an embedded storage process, comprising the following steps:
- step 1. generating a floating gate oxide layer on a silicon substrate, generating a floating gate polysilicon layer on the floating gate oxide layer, and depositing pad silicon nitride on the floating gate polysilicon layer;
- step 2. performing shallow trench isolation lithography;
- step 3. performing vertical dry etching to remove the pad silicon nitride and floating gate polysilicon layer in a shallow trench isolation area and retain the floating gate oxide layer;
- step 4. depositing acid etching silicon nitride;
- step 5. performing vertical dry etching to remove the acid etching silicon nitride at the bottom of the shallow trench isolation and a portion of the silicon substrate adjacent to and under the shallow trench isolation, to form a trench and retain the acid etching silicon nitride on a side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation;
- step 6. performing lateral SiN pull-back of the shallow trench isolation to remove the acid etching silicon nitride on the side of the floating gate polysilicon layer close to the shallow trench isolation;
- step 7. performing silicon oxide filling of the shallow trench isolation;
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- step 8. performing chemical mechanical polishing to form logic device isolation.
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