Claims
- 1. A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of forming a field insulating film on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, forming an impurity region of a second conductivity type in a surface region of said semiconductor substrate isolated by said field insulating film, forming a groove which extends through said impurity region, doping an impurity of said first conductivity type in the bottom portion of said groove separated from said impurity region of a second conductivity type to an impurity concentration higher than that of said substrate, forming a gate insulating film on the inner surface of said groove, forming a gate electrode by burying a conductive material in said groove, and doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in regions, spaced apart from said gate electrode, of said impurity region to form source and drain regions, said source and drain regions having a higher impurity concentration than that of said impurity region.
- 2. A process according to claim 1, wherein doping of the impurity of the second conductivity type in the regions, spaced apart from said gate electrode, of said impurity region is performed using said gate electrode, which extends on a surface of said impurity region, as a mask.
- 3. A process according to claim 1, wherein doping of the impurity of the second conductivity type to the regions, spaced apart from said gate electrode, of said impurity region is performed using insulating layers formed on the side walls of an upper portion of said gate electrode as a mask.
- 4. A process according to claim 1, wherein forming of the groove comprises etching the semiconductor substrate using a SiO.sub.2 layer as a mask.
- 5. A process according to claim 1, wherein forming of the groove comprises etching the semiconductor substrate using an Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 layer and an SiO.sub.2 layer as a mask.
- 6. A process according to claim 1, wherein doping of the impurity of the second conductivity type to the regions, spaced apart from said gate electrode, of said impurity region comprises forming a polycrystalline silicon layer on an entire surface of the substrate, doping the impurity of the second conductivity type in said polycrystalline silicon layer, and thermally diffusing the impurity from said polycrystalline silicon layer in said semiconductor substrate.
- 7. A process according to claim 1, wherein said field insulating film is formed by selectively oxidizing the semiconductor substrate.
- 8. A process according to claim 1, wherein said field insulating film is formed by burying an insulating material in a groove formed in the substrate.
- 9. A process according to claim 1, wherein said doping of the impurity of the second conductivity type is carried out so that a junction depth of said impurity region is substantially equal to junction depths of said source and drain regions.
- 10. A process according to claim 1, wherein said doping of the impurity of said second conductivity type is carried out so that a junction depth of said impurity region is larger than junction depths of said source and drain regions.
- 11. A process according to claim 1, wherein the impurity concentration of said substrate is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.15 to 1.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3.
- 12. A process according to claim 1, wherein an impurity concentration of a semiconductor region formed in the bottom portion of said groove is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.15 to 1.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3.
- 13. A process according to claim 1, wherein an impurity concentration of said impurity region is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.18 to 1.times.10.sup.20 atoms/cm.sup.3.
- 14. A process according to claim 1, wherein an impurity concentration of said source and drain region is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.20 to 1.times.10.sup.21 atoms/cm.sup.3.
- 15. A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:
- forming a field insulating film on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type;
- forming a first impurity region of a second conductivity type in a surface region of said semiconductor substrate isolated by said field insulating film;
- forming a groove extending through said first impurity region;
- forming a second impurity region of said first conductivity type in a bottom portion of said groove separated from said first impurity region and having an impurity concentration higher than that of said substrate;
- forming a gate insulating film on an inner surface of said groove;
- forming a gate electrode by burying a conductive material in said groove; and
- doping an impurity of said second conductivity type in regions, spaced apart from said gate insulating film, of said first impurity region to form source and drain regions, said source and drain regions having a higher impurity concentration than that of said first impurity region.
- 16. A process according to claim 15, wherein said step of doping an impurity of the second conductivity type in regions, spaced apart from said gate electrode, comprises forming a third impurity region having a higher doping concentration than said first impurity region and separated from said gate insulating film by a portion of said first impurity region.
- 17. A process according to claim 15, wherein said step of doping an impurity region of the second conductivity type in regions, spaced apart from said gate electrode is performed subsequent to said step of forming said gate electrode.
- 18. A process according to claim 15, wherein:
- the impurity concentration of said substrate is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.15 to 1.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3 ;
- an impurity concentration of a semiconductor region formed in the bottom portion of said groove is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.15 to 1.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3 ;
- an impurity concentration of said first impurity region is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.18 to 1.times.10.sup.20 atoms/cm.sup.3 ; and
- an impurity concentration of said source and drain region is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.20 to 1.times.10.sup.21 atoms/cm.sup.3.
- 19. A process according to claim 15, wherein said steps of forming said first impurity region, forming said groove, and forming said gate insulating film comprise forming said groove after forming said first impurity region such that said first impurity region extends only along a sidewall portion of said groove.
- 20. A process according to claim 1, wherein:
- an impurity concentration of said substrate is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.15 to 1.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3 ;
- an impurity concentration of a semiconductor region formed in the bottom portion of said groove is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.15 to 1.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3 ;
- an impurity concentration of said impurity region is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.18 to 1.times.10.sup.20 atoms/cm.sup.3 ; and
- an impurity concentration of said source and drain region is in the range of 1.times.10.sup.20 to 1.times.10.sup.21 atoms/cm.sup.3.
- 21. A process according to claim 1, comprising doping an impurity of said first conductivity type in the bottom portion of said groove separated from said impurity region of a second conductivity type by a portion of said semiconductor substrate.
- 22. A process according to claim 15, comprising forming said second impurity region of said first conductivity type in said bottom portion of said groove separated from said first impurity region by a portion of said semiconductor substrate.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/711,730, filed on Jun. 10, 1991, now abandoned, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/413,481, filed on Sep. 27, 1989, now abandoned.
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