摘要 |
After an isolation region is formed using a field-forming silicon nitride film, this silicon nitride film is patterned, thereby a gate trench is formed. Next, a gate electrode material is buried into the gate trench, and this is etched back. Thereafter, the silicon nitride is removed, thereby a contact hole is formed. A contact plug is buried into this contact hole. With this arrangement, the contact plug can be formed without using a diffusion layer contact pattern. At the same time, the periphery of the contact plug substantially coincides with a boundary between the element isolation region and the active region. Accordingly, the active region can be reduced.
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