Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
- forming a first insulator layer, a first conductor layer and a second insulator layer sequentially on a semiconductor substrate;
- forming a trench by making a hole penetrating said second insulator layer, said first conductor layer and said first insulator layer normally to a main surface of said semiconductor substrate and extending into said semiconductor substrate;
- patterning said second insulator layer and said first conductor layer;
- implanting impurities onto a side surface of said trench, to render a region on the side surface of said trench located in said semiconductor substrate conductive;
- forming a dielectric film and a second conductor layer in turn on respective regions on the side surface and a bottom surface of said trench located in said semiconductor substrate;
- forming a gate insulation film on the side surface of said trench at a position of said first conductor layer;
- forming an active layer on a region in said trench above said semiconductor substrate; and
- diffusing impurities having a second conductivity type in opposite regions formed on an outer circumference of said active layer to form a drain region and a source region.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
- said first insulator layer and said second insulator layer both include impurities having a conductivity type identical to the conductivity type of said drain region and said source region; and
- said step of forming said drain region and said source region is carried out by diffusing impurities included in said second insulator layer into said drain region and impurities included in said first insulator layer into said source region by a thermal processing.
- 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein
- said thermal processing is carried out by heating in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature of 800.degree. C. to 900.degree. C. for approximately 60 minutes.
- 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein
- said step of rendering the region on the side surface of said trench located in said semiconductor substrate conductive is carried out by first directing impurities onto the surface of said semiconductor substrate from a direction normal to the surface thereof, and then directing impurities onto the surface of said semiconductor substrate at an inclination angle relative to the surface thereof while spinning said semiconductor substrate.
- 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein
- said step of forming said dielectric film and said second conductor layer is carried out by sequentially depositing said dielectric film and a polysilicon film over an inner surface of said trench and the entire surface of said second insulator layer, and then etching said dielectric film and said polysilicon layer formed above the vicinity of the center of said first insulator layer at approximately a same etching rate.
- 6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of
- patterning a third conductor layer electrically connected with a portion of said active layer above an opening of said trench.
- 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein
- said step of forming said third conductor layer comprises the steps of:
- after forming said active layer, forming a third insulator layer on said second insulator layer so as to expose an upper portion of said active layer,
- depositing a conductive metal layer to cover an exposed portion of said active layer, and
- patterning the conductive metal layer to form said third conductive layer.
- 8. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
- forming a first insulator layer, a first conductor layer and a second insulator layer sequentially on a semiconductor substrate;
- forming a trench by making a hole penetrating said second insulator layer, said first conductor layer and said first insulator layer normally to a main surface of said semiconductor substrate and extending into said semiconductor substrate;
- patterning said second insulation layer and said first conductor layer;
- implanting impurities onto a side surface of said trench, to render a region on the side surface of said trench located in said semiconductor substrate conductive;
- forming a dielectric film and a second conductive layer in turn on respective regions on the side surface and a bottom surface of said trench located in said semiconductor substrate;
- forming a gate insulation film on the side surface of said trench at a position of said first conductor layer;
- piling a polysilicon layer with impurities having a first conductivity type in said trench above said semiconductor substrate so as to construct an active layer and on the surface of said second insulator layer;
- forming a third conductive layer by patterning said polysilicon layer on said second insulator layer and implanting impurities having a second conductivity type to the patterned polysilicon layer; and
- diffusing impurities having a second conductivity type in opposite regions formed on an outer circumference of said active layer to form a drain region and a source region.
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Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application of application Ser. No. 07/895,158, filed Jun. 5, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,218,218, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/647,012, filed Jan. 29, 1991, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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