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trench  geometrical feature etched into semiconductor substrate; anisotropic etch in the direction normal to the surface; aspect ratio > 1.
anisotropic etch  etch in which etch rate in the direction normal to the surface is much higher than in direction parallel to the surface; no undercutting i.e. lateral distortion of pattern is minimized; needed to define very tight geometries.
trench isolation  deep narrow trench etched into the semiconductor substrate is filled with oxide; such trench is located in between adjacent devices in an integrated circuit to provide electrical isolation between them.
U-MOSFET, UMOS  power MOSFET with channel built into U-shaped trench etched into semiconductor substrate; extension of the VMOS concept; features lower than other power MOSFETs (DMOS, VMOS) on-resistance.
trench capacitor  capacitor built into the trench etched in the semiconductor substrate; by using trench configuration area of capacitor can be expanded (capacitance increased) without increasing area of the wafer needed to form the capacitor.
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shallow trench isolation, STI  transistor isolation used in CMOS instead of LOCOS isolation.
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trench capacitor  capacitor built into the trench etched in the semiconductor substrate; by using trench configuration area of capacitor can be expanded (capacitance increased) without increasing area of the wafer needed to form the capacitor.
storage capacitor  e.g. key element of a DRAM cell.
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trench isolation  deep narrow trench etched into the semiconductor substrate is filled with oxide; such trench is located in between adjacent devices in an integrated circuit to provide electrical isolation between them.
LOCOS  Local Oxidation of Silicon; isolation scheme commonly used in MOS/CMOS silicon technology; thick (in the range of 500 nm) pad of thermally grown SiO2 separates adjacent devices (e.g. PMOS and NMOS transistor in CMOS structure); local oxidation is accomplished by using silicon nitride, Si3N4, to prevent oxidation of Si in selected areas, hence, "local" oxidation; prior to SiO2 pad formation silicon in between Si3N4 covered regions is implanted to form "channel stop"; Si3N4 mask is etched off following thermal oxidation and MOSFETs are ten formed in the open spaces.
shallow trench isolation, STI  transistor isolation used in CMOS instead of LOCOS isolation.
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Jerzy Ruzyllo is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Penn State University.



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