US 11,756,794 B2
IC with deep trench polysilicon oxidation
Shariq Arshad, Allen, TX (US); James Tyler Overton, Anna, TX (US); Divya Geetha Nair, Carrollton, TX (US); and Helen Elizabeth Melcher, McKinney, TX (US)
Assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/4,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/929,159, filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0134602 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01); H01L 21/763 (2006.01); H01L 49/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 21/30625 (2013.01) [H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 21/763 (2013.01); H01L 21/76224 (2013.01); H01L 28/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC), comprising:
forming a layer stack on a substrate, the layer stack comprising silicon nitride layer on a first silicon oxide layer, with a second silicon oxide layer on the silicon nitride layer, the substrate comprising a semiconductor material having a top surface;
etching through the layer stack to form at least one trench into the semiconductor material;
forming a dielectric liner on sidewalls and on a bottom of the trench;
forming a polysilicon layer on the dielectric liner, wherein the polysilicon layer fills the trench and extends over the top surface;
performing a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process stopping on the silicon nitride layer to remove the polysilicon layer and the second silicon oxide layer to form a trench structure having a polysilicon fill;
after the CMP processing, thermally oxidizing the polysilicon layer to form a fill silicon oxide layer having a bottom surface above the top surface of the substrate; and
after forming the fill silicon oxide layer, removing the silicon nitride layer and the fill silicon oxide layer, thereby exposing the polysilicon fill.