Patent ID: 7507631

Claim:
A method of forming an electronic device, comprising: forming a set of first parallel trenches in a single-crystal silicon substrate of a first dopant type; forming a dopant diffusion barrier layer on sidewalls and bottoms of said first trenches by applying an alcoholic iodine solution to said sidewalls and bottom of said first trenches, said dopant diffusion barrier layer comprising a mono-layer comprising carbon and oxygen on said sidewalls and bottom of said trench; epitaxially growing a first single-crystal silicon layer of a second dopant type in said first trenches, said single-crystal silicon layer filling said trenches, said dopant diffusion barrier layer a barrier to diffusion of semiconductor dopants; co-planarizing top surfaces of said silicon substrate and said first silicon layer; epitaxially growing a second single-crystal silicon layer of said first dopant type on said top surfaces of said silicon substrate and said first silicon layer; forming a set of second parallel trenches in said second silicon layer, said second trenches orthogonal to said first trenches; forming a gate dielectric layer on sidewalls and bottoms of said second trenches; filling said second trenches with an electrical conductor; forming diffused regions of said first dopant type in said second silicon layer, said diffused regions adjacent to said gate dielectric layer on said sidewalls of said second trenches and to a top surface of said second silicon layer, said diffused regions not contacting said first silicon layer, and said diffused regions extending along the lengths of said second trenches; and wherein said semiconductor substrate is silicon and said semiconductor layer is selected from the group consisting of a doped or undoped silicon layer, a doped or undoped silicon-germanium layer, a doped or undoped carbon containing silicon layer, a doped or undoped carbon containing silicon-germanium and combinations thereof; and wherein a concentration of germanium in said doped or undoped carbon containing silicon-germanium layer varies as a function of distance from said sidewalls of said trench to a centerline of said trench, said centerline parallel to and equidistant from said sidewalls.