Patent ID: 8169048

Claim:
An isolation structure in a memory device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first trench in a cell region and a second trench in a peripheral region, the first trench defining a first active region of the semiconductor substrate in which a channel of an n-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor is to be formed, the second trench being wider than the first trench and defining a second active region of the semiconductor substrate in which a channel of a p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor is to be formed; a first liner layer disposed on the first trench and comprising a wall oxide layer portion formed by oxidizing a surface of the first trench and a silicon nitride layer portion disposed on the wall oxide layer portion and a first silicon oxide layer disposed on the silicon nitride layer; a flowable dielectric layer comprising a polysilazane spin on dielectric (SOD) layer, disposed directly on the first silicon oxide layer of the first liner layer to fill the first trench; a second liner layer disposed on the second trench and comprising the wall oxide layer portion formed by oxidizing a surface of the second trench and a second oxide layer formed by oxidizing the silicon nitride layer portion disposed on the wall oxide layer portion by using oxygen plasma; and a high density plasma (HDP) oxide layer disposed directly on the second oxide layer of the second liner layer to fill the second trench.