Patent ID: 7863166

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor storage device, comprising: providing an opening portion in a plurality of positions in an insulating film formed on a silicon substrate; forming an amorphous silicon film on the insulating film, in which the opening portions are formed, and in the opening portions; forming trenches to divide the amorphous silicon film, in the vicinity of a midpoint between adjacent opening portions, into a portion on one opening portion side and a portion on the other opening portion side; annealing and subjecting the amorphous silicon film, in which the trenches are formed, to solid-phase crystallization to form a single crystal with the opening portions used as seeds, and thereby forming a silicon single-crystal layer; and forming a memory cell array on the silicon single-crystal layer, wherein to form the amorphous silicon film, a first amorphous silicon film is formed on the insulating film, in which the opening portions are provided, and in the opening portions, then the first amorphous silicon film is removed except for a portion in the vicinity of the opening portions, thereafter the first left amorphous silicon film is annealed, thereby a first silicon single-crystal layer is formed by solid-phase crystallization of a single crystal with the opening portions used as seeds, and then a second amorphous silicon film is formed on the insulating film and the first amorphous silicon film.