Semiconductor device and process for manufacturing same

A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes the following steps applied to a semiconductor substrate having, on its main surface, a plurality of separation oxide films formed in stripes parallel to each other in a first direction and gate oxide films formed in regions placed between said separation oxide films, wherein pieces of a polysilicon layer are formed so as to extend from areas above said gate oxide films to areas above portions of said separation oxide films on both sides of the gate oxide films and wherein first resist is formed so as to cover the top surfaces of said polysilicon layer:

• the injection step of injecting an impurity into said polysilicon layer above said separation oxide films;
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• the thermal diffusion step of carrying out a heat treatment so that said impurity injected in said injection step diffuses into the regions above said gate oxide films within said polysilicon layer;
• wherein said pieces of the polysilicon layer have sidewalls above said separation oxide films while said first resist covers the top surfaces of said polysilicon layer in the same ranges of said pieces of the polysilicon layer,
• wherein the process further includes the resist removal step of removing said first resist after said injection step and before said thermal diffusion step, and
• wherein said impurity is injected diagonally so as to enter into said sidewalls in said injection step.