Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fin reveal forming STI regions having convex shape between fins
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Application No.: US15868229Application Date: 2018-01-11
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Publication No.: US10832965B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Yiheng Xu , Haiting Wang , Qun Gao , Scott Beasor , Kyung Bum Koo , Ankur Arya
- Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Agency: Gibb & Riley, LLC
- Main IPC: H01L21/8234
- IPC: H01L21/8234 ; H01L27/088 ; H01L29/06 ; H01L29/161 ; H01L21/762 ; H01L21/311 ; H01L21/3105

Abstract:
Integrated circuit devices include trenches in a material layer that divide the material layer into fins. With such devices, an insulator partially fills the trenches and contacts the material layer. The top surface of the insulator (e.g., the surface opposite where the insulator contacts the material layer) has a convex dome shape between at least two of the fins. The dome shape has a first thickness from (from the bottom of the trench) where the insulator contacts the fins, and a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness where the insulator is between the fins. Further, there is a maximum thickness difference between the first and second thicknesses at the midpoint between the fins (e.g., the highest point of the dome shape is at the midpoint between the fins). Also, the top surface of the first insulator has concave divots where the first insulator contacts the fins.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190214308A1 FIN REVEAL FORMING STI REGIONS HAVING CONVEX SHAPE BETWEEN FINS Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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