Patent ID: 6137152
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A trench isolation before planarization formed on a substrate, said trench isolation comprising:a nitride layer formed on said substrate;a first trench with a first opening having a first width formed in said substrate and said nitride layer;a second trench with a second opening having a second width formed in the bottom of said first trench and extending into said substrate, wherein said second width is narrower than said first width, a depth of said second trench is deeper than that of said first trench;a first oxide layer for relieving a stress lying on the surface of said second trench, on the lower part of said first trench and between the interface of said substrate and said nitride layer;an oxynitride layer acting as an oxidation buffer to improve the isolation formed along the upper surface of said nitride layer, the surface of said first trench and along the surface of said first oxide layer formed on the surface of said second trench;a polysilicon plug refilled in said second trench;a second oxide layer refilled into said first trench and on the upper surface of said oxynitride layer that lying on said nitride layer; anda filling layer formed on said second oxide layer for said planarization.