Process for the electrochemical oxidation of a semiconductor substrate

    公开(公告)号:US06559069B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-06

    申请号:US10215151

    申请日:2002-08-08

    IPC分类号: H01L2131

    摘要: In a process for the electrochemical oxidation of a semiconductor substrate that has recesses, such as for example, capacitor trenches or mesopores, formed in a silicon surface region, self-limited oxide formation takes place. The end of this formation is reached as a function of the process parameters such as the doping of the silicon region, the applied voltage and the composition of the electrolyte used, as soon as either a predetermined maximum layer thickness of the formed oxide or a predetermined minimum residual silicon layer thickness between two adjacent recesses is reached. The self-limiting is achieved either as a result of the overall voltage applied over the silicon oxide layer, which has already formed, dropping or as a result of the space charge regions of adjacent recesses coming into contact with one another.