Method of manufacturing trench type element isolation structure

A method of manufacturing a trench type semiconductor element isolation structure comprising steps of:

• (i) forming a silicon oxide film on a silicon substrate and forming a silicon nitride film on the silicon oxide film;
• (ii) forming a trench penetrating the silicon nitride film and the silicon oxide film, said trench reaching an interior of the silicon substrate;
• (iii) forming a thermal silicon oxide film on an inner wall of said trench;
• (iv) depositing a silicon oxide in said trench;
• (v) subjecting said silicon oxide to a polishing treatment with the silicon nitride film used as a stopper layer leaving said silicon oxide only in the trench;
• (vi) etching said silicon oxide by an amount after completing the step (v);
• (vii) etching said silicon nitride film after completing the step (vi);
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• (viii) etching said silicon oxide film and said silicon oxide based on an amount of dissolved silicon in an etchant in the step (vii).

A method of manufacturing a trench type semiconductor element isolation structure comprising steps of:

• (i) forming a silicon oxide film on a silicon substrate and forming a silicon nitride film on the silicon oxide film;
• (ii) forming a trench penetrating the silicon nitride film and the silicon oxide film, said trench reaching an interior of the silicon substrate;
• (iii) forming a thermal silicon oxide film on an inner wall of said trench;
• (iv) depositing a silicon oxide in said trench;
• (v) subjecting said silicon oxide to a polishing treatment with the silicon nitride film used as a stopper layer leaving said silicon oxide only in the trench;
• (vi) etching said silicon nitride film after completing the step (v);
• (vii) measuring a difference in surface level between said silicon oxide film and said silicon oxide;
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• (viii) etching said silicon oxide film and said silicon oxide by an amount based on the measured value of the difference in surface level between said silicon oxide film and said silicon oxide.