US5376230A
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Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1992-11-16
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Granted: 1994-12-27
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Expires: 2012-11-16
Abstract
Abstract After a field oxide is formed, only a bird's beak is removed by wet etching while a resist which exposes only the bird's beak is used as a mask. When the field oxide is formed, a latent stress acts on a semiconductor substrate under the bird's beak. Since the latent stress is released when the bird's beak is removed, crystal defects do not occur. Since the mask is used, the thickness of the field oxide except for the bird's beak is not decreased. In addition, since the wet etching is performed, crystal defects do not occur during the removal of the bird's beak.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiko Ito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 15:52
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/011; H10W10/012; H10W10/0125; H10W10/0126; H10W10/10; H10W10/13
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a field oxide on a semiconductor substrate said field oxide having a first edge with a first bird's beak and a second edge with a second bird's beak opposite the first edge, each bird's beak causing latent stresses in the substrate adjacent each bird's beak; and removing the latent stresses by applying a first mask on the field oxide covering the second bird's beak and exposing only the first bird's beak, then wet-etching the first bird's beak to remove the bird's beak and to remove the latent stresses in the substrate adjacent thereto, immediately removing the first mask and immediately applying a second mask covering the field oxide and substrate adjacent the position of the first bird's beak with the second bird's beak being exposed and then wet-etching the second bird's beak to remove the second bird's beak and the stresses in the adjacent substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
157 words
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a field oxide on a semiconductor substrate said field oxide having a first edge with a first bird's beak and a second edge with a second bird's beak opposite the first edge, each bird's beak causing latent stresses in the substrate adjacent each bird's beak; and removing the latent stresses by applying a first mask on the field oxide covering the second bird's beak and exposing only the first bird's beak, then wet-etching the first bird's beak to remove the bird's beak and to remove the latent stresses in the substrate adjacent thereto, immediately removing the first mask and immediately applying a second mask covering the field oxide and substrate adjacent the position of the first bird's beak with the second bird's beak being exposed and then wet-etching the second bird's beak to remove the second bird's beak and the stresses in the adjacent substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said wet etching uses a hydrofluoric-acid based etching solution.
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