EP3685431A1 - Circuit électronique comprenant des tranchées d'isolation électrique - Google Patents
Circuit électronique comprenant des tranchées d'isolation électriqueInfo
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Definitions
- the present application relates to an electronic circuit comprising electric insulation trenches.
- an electronic circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate in which and on which electronic components are formed.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are sectional views of an example of an electronic circuit 5.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of FIG. 2 along the line II and
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG. line II-II.
- the electronic circuit 5 comprises a semiconductor substrate 6 having a front face 8 and a rear face 10, opposite to the front face 8, and further comprises, in the substrate 6, electrical insulation trenches 12, 14 which intersect and delimit portions 16 of the substrate 6.
- Electronic components 17, shown schematically in Figures 1 and 2 by rectangles, are formed in the portions 16 and / or on the portions 16. These are for example metal-oxide gate field effect transistors (MOS transistors), diodes, light-emitting diodes and / or photodiodes.
- MOS transistors metal-oxide gate field effect transistors
- the trenches 12 extend, in the sectional view of Figure 1, in a first direction and the trenches 14 extend in plan view in a second direction inclined relative to the first direction, for example perpendicular to the first direction. direction.
- the trenches 12, 14 are substantially band-like in plan view.
- the trenches 12, 14 extend in the substrate 6 from the face 8 over the entire thickness of the substrate 6.
- each trench 12, 14 comprises two substantially flat, for example substantially parallel, side walls 18A, 18B covered with an electrically insulating wall 19A, 19B of thickness E ox , the core 20 of the trench 12 , 14 being filled with a filling material, for example a semiconductor material.
- the insulating wall 19A, 19B may have a substantially constant thickness.
- the thickness of the insulating wall 19A, 19B may not be constant.
- the thickness E ox corresponds to the minimum thickness of the insulating wall 19A, 19B.
- the lateral dimension L of each trench 12, 14 is the distance between the two side walls 18A, 18B.
- the side walls 18A, 18B may be substantially inclined relative to each other, the side walls 18A, 18B approaching for example one from the other away from the face 8
- the lateral dimension L of the trench 12, 14 corresponds to the average distance separating the two side walls 18A, 18B.
- the electronic circuit 5 further comprises an electrically insulating layer 22 or a stack of electrically insulating layers on the face 8 and an electrically insulating layer 24 or a stack of electrically insulating layers on the face 10.
- Contact pads may be provided on the side of the face 10, through the insulating layer 24 in contact with the substrate portions 16.
- the thickness E ox and the lateral dimension L are determined generally by simulation as a function of the desired voltage withstand for the trench 12, 14, ie the minimum voltage, called the breakdown voltage, applied between two portions. 16 of the substrate 6 for which the trench 12, 14 becomes electrically conductive.
- the dimensions L and E ox are generally determined by simulation.
- the trenches 12, 14 must withstand voltages that may be greater than 100 V, or even several hundred volts, for example 500 V.
- the actually measured breakdown voltage may be less than the breakdown voltage provided by simulation.
- An object of an embodiment is to provide an electronic circuit comprising electric insulation trenches overcoming all or part of the disadvantages of the trenches described above.
- Another object of an embodiment is that the breakdown voltage of electrical insulation trenches is increased.
- Another object of an embodiment is that the method of manufacturing electric insulation trenches comprises a reduced number of additional steps compared to a conventional electrical insulation trench manufacturing method.
- an embodiment provides an electronic circuit comprising a semiconductor substrate having first and second opposing faces and electrical isolation trenches extending in the substrate from the first face to the second face, each trench separating first and second portions of the substrate and comprising electrically insulating walls of a first material electrically insulating, extending from the first face to the second face, and a core of a filler material, separated from the substrate by the walls.
- the walls of the trench comprise electrically insulating portions of the first electrically insulating material projecting from the first or second face outside the substrate and / or the trench comprises an electrically insulating wall of the first electrically insulating material projecting from the first or second face out of the substrate and connecting the trench walls.
- the electronic circuit further comprises an electrically insulating layer of a second electrically insulating material covering the electrically insulating portions or the electrically insulating wall.
- the breakdown voltage of the first electrically insulating material is greater than the breakdown voltage of the second electrically insulating material.
- the height of the electrically insulating portions or the electrically insulating wall projecting from the first or second face is between 0.05 ⁇ m and 5 ⁇ m.
- the junction between the first or second face and each wall of the trench comprises a rounded edge towards the inside of the substrate.
- the radius of curvature of each rounded edge, in a plane perpendicular to the walls of the trench is greater than 0.05 ⁇ m.
- the first electrically insulating material is made of silicon oxide, nitride of silicon, silicon oxynitride, hafnium oxide or diamond.
- the walls are made of thermal silicon oxide.
- the filler material is different from the first electrically insulating material.
- the filler material is selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium, silicon carbide, III-V compounds, or compounds II-VI.
- the substrate is made of silicon, germanium, silicon carbide, a compound III-V, or a compound II-VI.
- the electronic circuit comprises at least first and second electronic components, the first electronic component resting on a first portion of the substrate and the second electronic component resting on a second portion of the substrate, one of the trenches of electrical insulation separating the first portion of the second portion.
- An embodiment also provides a method of manufacturing the electronic circuit as defined above, comprising the following successive steps:
- step b) comprises a thermal oxidation step.
- the method further comprises the following steps:
- FIGS 1 and 2 are sectional views, partial and schematic, of an example of an electronic circuit comprising electrical isolation trenches;
- Figure 3 is a partial sectional and schematic sectional view of an electronic circuit comprising an electric insulation trench according to one embodiment
- FIGS. 4A to 4J are sectional, partial and schematic views of structures obtained at successive stages of an embodiment of a method for manufacturing the electrical insulation trench of the electronic circuit of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a partial sectional and schematic view of an electronic circuit comprising an electrical insulation trench according to another embodiment
- FIGS. 6A to 6C are sectional, partial and schematic views of structures obtained at successive stages of an embodiment of a method for manufacturing the electrical insulation trench of the electronic circuit of FIG. 5;
- Figure 7 is a partial sectional and schematic sectional view of an electronic circuit comprising an electric insulation trench according to another embodiment
- FIGS. 8A to 8G are sectional, partial and schematic views of structures obtained at successive stages of an embodiment of a method for manufacturing the electric insulation trench of an electronic circuit similar to the electronic circuit. of Figure 7;
- FIGS. 9A to 9D are sectional, partial and diagrammatic views of structures obtained at successive stages of another embodiment of another method of manufacturing the electrical isolation trench of an electronic circuit similar to FIG. electronic circuit of Figure 7.
- electrical isolation trench is referred to of a substrate an element whose longitudinal dimension, measured in a plane parallel to the faces of the substrate, is greater than at least five times, preferably at least ten times the lateral dimension of the trench measured in this plane.
- the inventors have demonstrated that, for the electrical insulation trench structure 12, 14 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an electric arc tends to form in a privileged manner in the event of breakdown between the portion 16 and the core 20. through the insulating layer 22 or 24 at the ends of the insulating wall 19A, 19B.
- the insulating layer 22, 24 is generally an electrically insulating material having less good electronic properties than the electrically insulating material forming the insulating walls 19A, 19B, in particular because of the manufacturing process of these insulating layers.
- the geometry of the device causes peak effects (electrostatic field amplitude locally higher than elsewhere) that promote the formation of arcs in case of breakdown between the portion 16 and the core 20 through the insulating layer 22 or 24 at the ends of the insulating wall 19A, 19B.
- One embodiment provides for increasing the electrical isolation at the top of the electrical isolation trench to prevent the formation of an electric arc in this area. This makes it possible to increase the breakdown voltage of the electrical isolation trench and thus the maximum voltage of the electronic circuit.
- FIG. 3 represents an embodiment of an electronic circuit 30 comprising an electric isolation trench 32.
- the trench 32 comprises all the elements of the trench 12 or 14 shown in FIG. 1 or 2 except that insulation walls 19A, 19B are replaced by insulating walls 34A, 34B of thickness E ox , each insulating wall 34A, 34B comprising an end portion 36A, 36B which projects into the insulating layer 22 and an end portion 38A, 38B which projects into the insulating layer 24.
- the end portions 36A, 36B, 38A, 38B are aligned with the rest of the wall 34A, 34B.
- each end portion 36A, 36B protrudes with respect to the front face 8 of the substrate 6 and with respect to the front face 37 of the core 20.
- each end portion 36A, 36B may not protrude from the front face 37 of the core 20.
- each end portion 38A, 38B is projecting from the rear face 10 of the substrate 6 and by relative to the rear face 39 of the core 20.
- each end portion 38A, 38B may not protrude from the rear face 39 of the core 20.
- the insulating layer 24 covers the all of the face 10.
- several insulating layers 24 may be provided on the face 10, each layer 24 covering one of the trenches 32.
- the thickness of the insulating layer 22 or 24 measured in the stacking direction of the layers on the face 8 or 10, is greater than the height H.
- the thickness of the insulating layer 22 or 24 The thickness of the insulating layer 22 or 24 may be substantially equal to or less than the height H.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B of the trench 32 protrude from the substrate 6 on the side of the front face 8 and the side of the rear face 10. According to the applications envisaged, the insulating walls 34A, 34B may protrude from the substrate 6 only on the front face side 8 or only on the rear face 10 side.
- the substrate 6 may correspond to a one-piece structure or correspond to a layer covering a support made of another material.
- the substrate 6 is preferably a semiconductor substrate, for example a substrate made of silicon, germanium, silicon carbide, a compound III-V, such as GaN or GaAs, or a ZnO substrate.
- the substrate 6 is a monocrystalline silicon substrate.
- the substrate 6 is a semiconductor substrate compatible with the manufacturing processes implemented in microelectronics.
- the substrate 6 may correspond to a multilayer structure of semiconductor-on-insulator type, also called SOI (acronym for Semiconductor On Insulator).
- SOI semiconductor-on-insulator
- BSOI complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor On Insulator
- the substrate 6 may correspond to a stack of several silicon layers having different concentrations of dopants, for example of the P type.
- the thickness P of the substrate 6 of the electronic circuit 30, that is to say the distance between the faces 8, 10, obtained at the end of the manufacturing process of the electronic circuit 30, which, as is described in more detail below, comprises a thinning step, may be between 2 ⁇ m and 150 ⁇ m; um.
- the substrate 6 may be heavily doped, weakly doped or undoped.
- Each insulating layer 22, 24, which may have a monolayer or multilayer structure, may be of a dielectric material, for example an inorganic dielectric material or an organic dielectric material.
- Each insulating layer 22, 24 may be made of silicon oxide (SiO 2), silicon nitride (Si x Ni, where x is approximately equal to 3 and y is approximately equal to 4, for example SiO 4), or silicon oxynitride.
- SiO 2 ONy for example SiO 2
- hafnium oxide (HfO 2) or diamond or SiNR where R is an organic group, such as polyimide, epoxy, polyurethane or polynorbornenes.
- each insulating layer 22, 24 is between 25 nm and 5 ⁇ m, for example equal to about 150 nm.
- Each insulating layer 22, 24 may be formed by a deposition process, in particular a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method, in particular a plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition or PECVD process ( English acronym for Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition), for example at temperatures between 50 ° C and 700 ° C, or a chemical vapor deposition process performed at subatmospheric pressure or SACVD (English acronym for Subatmospheric Chemical Vapor Deposition).
- CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition
- PECVD plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition
- SACVD Korean acronym for Subatmospheric Chemical Vapor Deposition
- the layer 22 or 24 may be formed by a method of deposition in the liquid phase, deposition by printing techniques for organic materials, such as spin-coating, screen printing, spray or inkjet, or glass deposition by centrifugation for inorganic materials.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B of the trench 32 may be made of a dielectric material, for example silicon oxide (SiO 2), silicon nitride (Si x Ny, where x is approximately equal to 3 and y is approximately equal to 4 , for example S13N4), silicon oxynitride (in particular of the general formula Si x ONy, for example S12O 2), hafnium oxide (HfO2) or diamond.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B are made of silicon oxide.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B are made of silicon oxide obtained by thermal oxidation.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B may be formed by a deposition process, in particular a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, in particular by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), for example at temperatures between 50 ° C and 700 ° C.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B may be formed by thermal oxidation, especially at temperatures between 700 ° C and 1200 ° C, preferably between 1000 ° C and 1100 ° C. Dry or wet thermal oxidation processes may be used.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B are formed by thermal oxidation.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B are formed by depositing a layer of SiO 2 followed by annealing at high temperature (for example between 700 ° C. and 1000 ° C.) in order to densify the oxide.
- high temperature for example between 700 ° C. and 1000 ° C.
- a layer of the electrically insulating material constituting the insulating layers 22, 24 has a tensile strength per unit of thickness which is strictly lower than the tensile strength per unit of thickness of a layer of the insulating material electrically composing the insulating walls 34A, 34B.
- the heart is made of a filling material.
- the filling material may correspond to the material constituting the substrate 6, in particular in a polycrystalline form, or be another material than that constituting the substrate. Its primary role is to ensure the mechanical coherence of the electronic circuit. More generally, the filling material may correspond to an electrically insulating material, semiconductor or electrical conductor.
- the core 20 is preferably made of a semiconductor material, for example silicon, germanium, silicon carbide, a compound III-V, such as GaN, InP or GaAs, or a compound II-VI such as ZnO, tungsten (W), copper (Cu), glass based on oxides, in particular silicon oxide (SiC 2), sodium oxide (a 2 O), calcium oxide (CaO ) or boron oxide (B2O3).
- the core 20 is polycrystalline silicon.
- it is a material compatible with the manufacturing processes used in microelectronics.
- the core 20 may correspond to a multilayer structure of different semiconductor materials.
- the core 20 may be heavily doped, weakly doped or undoped.
- the dimensions L, E ox , P vary according to the intended applications.
- the lateral dimension L of the trench 32 varies from 0.1 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m, and preferably from 2 ⁇ m. at 4 ym.
- the thickness P of the substrate 6 after thinning varies from 2 ⁇ m to 150 ⁇ m.
- the aspect ratio P / L may be between 1 and 100, for example equal to about 25.
- the thickness E ox of each insulating wall 34A, 34B may be between 10 nm and 2 ⁇ m, preferably between 100 nm and 400 nm, for example about 200 nm.
- the ratio between the thickness E ox of each insulating wall 34A, 34B and the lateral dimension L of each trench 32 is less than 0.5.
- FIGS. 4A to 4J are sectional, partial and schematic views of structures obtained at successive stages of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing the electrical isolation trench 32 of the electronic circuit 30 of FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 4A shows the structure obtained after the formation of openings 40, two openings 40 being shown in FIG. 4A, extending in the substrate 6 from the face 8 at the desired location of each trench 32, the substrate 6 having initially a thickness greater than the thickness P described above.
- the depth and the width of each opening 40 are chosen according to the desired dimensions of the trench and the methods used. According to one embodiment, the depth of each opening 40 in the substrate 6 is greater than the final thickness P of the substrate 6.
- the opening 40 can be formed by photolithography steps, comprising the deposition of a layer of resin on the face 8, the formation of an opening in the resin layer on the desired location of each opening 40, the etching of the opening 40 in the substrate 6 in the extension of each opening formed in the resin layer and the removal of the resin layer.
- the openings 40 may be formed by dry etching. It is possible, if necessary, to provide for the formation of a hard mask before the lithography steps.
- FIG. 4B represents the structure obtained after the formation of an insulating layer 42, for example by a step thermal oxidation, on the face 8 and in each opening 40.
- the thermal oxidation process causes the transformation of a portion of the substrate 6 into an oxide and thus a displacement of the face 8.
- FIG. 4C represents the structure obtained after the deposition on the entire structure of a layer 44 of the filling material covering the face 8 and filling substantially completely each opening 40.
- FIG. 4D represents the structure obtained after removal of the materials situated above the face 8 in order to keep, in each opening 40, only a portion 46 of the insulating layer 42 and a portion 48 of the layer 44 of the filler material.
- the removal step may comprise a chemical mechanical polishing step or CMP (chemical mechanical polishing) of the insulating layer 42 and the layer of the filling material 44 to the face 8.
- CMP chemical mechanical polishing
- Each insulating portion 46 comprises the insulating walls 34A, 34B and a bottom wall 50 covering the bottom of the opening 40.
- FIG. 4E shows the structure obtained after selective etching of the substrate 6 and filling portions 48 over part of their thickness on the side of the front face 8 so as to expose the upper ends 36A, 36B of the insulating portions 46.
- Etching is an etching selective with respect to the material constituting the insulating portions 46.
- the substrate 6 and the filling portions 48 are etched simultaneously.
- the etching is, for example, a wet etching based for example on potassium hydroxide (KOH) and / or tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), a dry etching of the plasma or gaseous type based for example on xenon difluoride. (XeF2) or an ion beam type physical etching.
- the filling portions 48 may not be etched or etched to a different depth than the substrate 6.
- FIG. 4F represents the structure obtained after the formation of the elements of the electronic circuit located on the side of the front face 8 of the substrate 6. This may include the formation of the insulating layer 22 and other elements 52, including electronic components or conductive pads, shown schematically by rectangles.
- the insulating layer 22 covers, for each trench, the end portions 36A, 36B and is in contact therewith.
- the insulating layer 22 may be formed by a chemical vapor deposition process of the PECVD or SACVD type. However, other CVD deposition methods can be implemented.
- FIG. 4G shows the structure obtained after the bonding of a handle 54 to the substrate 6 on the side of the front face 8, for example by means of a layer of glue 56.
- the handle 54 corresponds, for example, to a support in glass or silicon.
- the thickness of the handle 54 is for example between 0.3 mm and 1 mm.
- FIG. 4H shows the structure obtained after the thinning of the substrate 6 on the side of the rear face 10 over a portion of the thickness of the substrate 6 and the etching of the bottom walls 50 to expose the filling portions 48 and delimit the walls insulators 34A, 34B.
- the removal step may comprise a chemical-mechanical polishing step performed on the side of the rear face 10.
- FIG. 41 shows the structure obtained after a selective etching, on the side of the rear face 10 of the substrate 6, of the substrate 6 and of the filling portions 48 over part of their thickness so as to expose the end portions 38A, 38B insulating walls 34A, 34B.
- the etching is a selective etching with respect to the material constituting the insulating walls 34A, 34B.
- the substrate 6 and the filling portions 48 are etched simultaneously.
- the etching is, for example, a wet etching based for example on potassium hydroxide (KOH) and / or tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), a dry etching of the plasma or gaseous type based for example on xenon difluoride. (XeF2) or an ion beam type physical etching.
- KOH potassium hydroxide
- TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
- XeF2 xenon difluoride
- FIG. 4J represents the structure obtained after the formation of the elements of the electronic circuit situated on the side of the rear face 10 of the substrate 6.
- This can notably comprise the formation of the insulating layers 24 for each trench 32 and electrically conductive contact pads 60.
- the insulating layer 24 may be formed by a chemical vapor deposition process of the PECVD or SACVD type. However, other CVD deposition methods can be implemented. Deposition processes of organic insulating materials can also be envisaged and advantageously photosensitive materials marketed by Shin-Etsu MicroSi under the name SiNR TM for example.
- the method may include a subsequent step of removing the handle 54.
- FIG. 5 represents an embodiment of an electronic circuit 70 comprising an electrical insulation trench 72.
- the trench 72 comprises all the elements of the trench 32 shown in FIG. 3, with the difference that the insulating walls 34A, 34B extend at their lower end by a bottom wall 50 which extends outside the substrate 6, on the side of the rear face 10, in the insulating layer 24 and which connects the insulating walls 34A and 34B, the core 20 being in contact with the bottom wall 50.
- the bottom wall 50 is made of the same material as the insulating walls 34A, 34B.
- the height H 'projecting from the face 10 of the bottom wall 50 in the insulating layer 24 is between 0.05 ⁇ m and 5 ⁇ m, for example about 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the thickness of the insulating layer 24, measured in the stacking direction of the layers on the face 8 or 10 is greater than the height H '.
- the thickness of the insulating layer 24 may be substantially equal to the height H 'or even lower.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B of the trench 72 comprise the end portions 36A, 36B projecting from the substrate 6 on the side of the front face 8 and the trench 72 comprises the bottom wall 50 projecting projecting from the substrate 6 on the side of the rear face 10 of the substrate 6.
- the insulating walls 34A, 34B of the trench 72 may protrude from the substrate 6 on the side of the rear face 10 and the trench 72 may comprise a bottom wall projecting from the substrate 6 on the side of the front face 8 or the trench 72 may comprise two bottom walls, one protruding from the substrate 6 on the side of the front face 8 and the other one protruding from the substrate 6 on the side of the rear face 10.
- FIGS. 6A to 6C are sectional, partial and schematic views of structures obtained at successive stages of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing the electrical isolation trench 72 of the electronic circuit 70 of FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 6A shows the structure obtained after the thinning of the substrate 6 on the side of the rear face 10 over a portion of the thickness of the substrate 6 with stopping of the etching before reaching the bottom walls 50 or with stopping on the bottom wall 50.
- the removal step may comprise a step of chemical-mechanical polishing of the substrate 6 made on the side of the rear face 10.
- FIG. 6B shows the structure obtained after the etching of the substrate 6 on the side of the rear face 10 over part of the thickness of the substrate 6 with an etching which is selective with respect to the material composing the bottom walls 50 and the insulating walls 34A, 34B.
- the etching may be a wet etching based for example on potassium hydroxide (KOH) and / or tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), a plasma type dry etching or gaseous based for example xenon difluoride (XeF2) or an ion beam type physical etching.
- KOH potassium hydroxide
- TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
- XeF2 xenon difluoride
- FIG. 6C represents the structure obtained after the formation of the elements of the electronic circuit situated on the side of the rear face 10 of the substrate 6. This can notably comprise the formation of the insulating layers 24 for each trench 32 and electrically conductive contact pads 60 as this has been previously described in connection with Figure 4J.
- the method may include a subsequent step of removing the handle 54.
- FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of an electronic circuit 80 comprising an electrical isolation trench 82.
- the trench 82 comprises all the elements of the trench 32 shown in FIG. 3, with the difference that the junction between the face before 8 of the substrate 6 and each insulating wall 34A, 34B comprises a rounded edge 84 towards the interior of the substrate
- junction between the front face 37 of the core 20 and each insulating wall 34A, 34B comprises a rounded edge 86 towards the inside of the core 20
- junction between the rear face 10 of the substrate 6 and each insulating wall 34A, 34B comprises a rounded edge 88 towards the inside of the substrate 6 and that the junction between the rear face 39 of the core 20 and each insulating wall 34A, 34B comprises a rounded edge 90 towards the inside of the core 20.
- the radius of curvature of each rounded edge 84, 86, 88, 90 is greater than 0.05 ⁇ m, preferably greater than 0.2 ⁇ m.
- FIGS. 8A to 8G are sectional, partial and schematic views of structures obtained at successive stages of an embodiment of a method for manufacturing the electrical insulation trench of an electronic circuit similar to the electronic circuit. 80 of Figure 7.
- FIG. 8A represents the structure obtained after the implementation of the steps previously described in relation to FIGS. 4A to 4H.
- the structure covering the front face 8 of the substrate 6 is represented diagrammatically by a layer 92.
- FIG. 8B shows the structure obtained after the formation of a mask layer 94 on the rear face 10 and the etching of openings 96 in the mask layer 94, each opening 96 exposing the rear end of the insulating walls 34A, 34B , a strip 98 of the rear face 10 of the substrate 6 adjacent to the insulating wall 34A, 34B and a strip 100 of the rear face 39 of the core 20 adjacent to the insulating wall 34A, 34B.
- the width W of each band is greater than at least twice the lateral dimension L, for example about 10 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 8C shows the structure obtained after etching, in the openings 96 of the mask 94, of the substrate 6 and of the core 20 to a depth that can vary between 0.05 ⁇ m and 2 ⁇ m, for example about 200 nm, so as to form a groove 102 in the substrate 6 and a groove 104 in the core 20 on either side of each insulating wall 34A, 34B.
- This step causes exposure of the end portions 38A, 38B of the insulating walls 34A, 34B.
- the etching may be anisotropic etching, for example by reactive ion etching using an SFg based plasma or by a so-called BOSCH process.
- FIG. 8D represents the structure obtained after removal of the mask 94.
- FIG. 8E shows the structure theoretically obtained after etching of the substrate 6 and of the core 20 to a depth that can vary between 0.05 ⁇ m and 5 ⁇ m, for example about 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the substrate 6 and the filling portions 20 are etched simultaneously.
- the etching is, for example, an isotropic etching of the type of chemical etching KOH or TMAH or dry etching.
- the grooves 102, 104 have moved with the rest of the face back 10 of the substrate 6 and the rear face 39 of heart 20 during etching.
- FIG. 8F shows the structure actually obtained after the etching of the substrate 6 and the core 20.
- the grooves 102, 104 have changed during etching to become the rounded edges 88, 90.
- FIG. 8G shows the structure obtained after the formation of the elements of the electronic circuit located on the rear face 10 side of the substrate 6. This can notably comprise the formation of the insulating layer 24 as previously described.
- FIGS. 9A to 9D are sectional, partial and schematic views of structures obtained at successive stages of another embodiment of a method of manufacturing the electrical isolation trench of another electronic circuit similar to the electronic circuit 80 of FIG.
- FIG. 9A shows the structure obtained after etching the exposed end portions 38A, 38B of the insulating walls 34A, 34B, for example at a depth of 50 nm.
- the etching is preferably an isotropic etching so that all the faces of the exposed ends of the insulating walls 34A, 34B are etched.
- FIGS. 9B, 9C and 9D illustrate steps similar respectively to the steps previously described in connection with FIGS. 8E, 8F and 8G.
- This embodiment makes it possible to make the roundings 90 more easily.
- the trenches 12 are shown perpendicular to the trenches 14, it is clear that the orientation of the trenches can be different.
- the portions 16 of the substrate 6 may have, in plan view, a hexagonal section.
- various embodiments with various variants have been described above. It is noted that various elements of these various embodiments and variants can be combined.
- the trench 72 shown in FIG. 5 may comprise rounded edges 84, 86 as shown in FIG. 7 at the end portions 36A, 36B and / or rounded edges 88 at the bottom wall 50. .
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