IP Library Granted Patent US 7,804,088
Granted Patent B2
US 7,804,088 · App. 12/418,991 · Granted Sep 28, 2010

Semiconductor device, manufacturing method of semiconductor device, display device, and manufacturing method of display device

Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,804,088
App. No.
12/418,991
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor layer having a channel region, the channel region is made from an oxide semiconductor which satisfies Vc/Va>4 where Vc is a volume ratio of a crystalline component and Va is a volume ratio of a non-crystalline component.

Claims (32)

1. A semiconductor device comprising a substrate and a semiconductor layer having a channel region, wherein:

the channel region comprises an oxide semiconductor which satisfies Vc/Va>4 where Vc is a volume ratio of a crystalline component and Va is a volume ratio of a non-crystalline component.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises In and Zn.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the oxide semiconductor further comprises at least one of Ga and Al.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer has a thickness of smaller than 300 nm.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein mobility of the semiconductor layer is higher than or equal to 0.5 cm 2 /V·s.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein mobility of the semiconductor layer is higher than or equal to 10 cm 2 /V·s.

7. A display device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display device is a light-transmission-type display or a bottom-emission-type light emission display.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a transparent gate electrode, wherein at least part of incident light passes through the channel region and the gate electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein at least 50% of incident light passes through the channel region.

11. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display device comprises plural semiconductor devices and at least part of the plural semiconductor devices function as switching elements.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the switching devices perform driving in such a manner that a ratio of on-current to off-current is larger than or equal to 10 6 .

13. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display device comprises plural semiconductor devices and at least part of the plural semiconductor devices function as current driving elements for light-emitting elements.

14. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a light absorption layer disposed on the light incidence side of the channel region, for absorbing at least part of light having a wavelength range of 400 nm or less of incident light.

15. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a light absorption layer disposed on the light incidence side of the channel region, for absorbing at least part of light having a wavelength range of 350 nm or less of incident light.

16. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the light absorption layer also serves as at least one of the substrate and a polarizing plate.

17. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device comprising a substrate and a semiconductor layer having a channel region, wherein:

the channel region is formed with an oxide semiconductor which satisfies Vc/Va>4 where Vc is a volume ratio of a crystalline component and Va is a volume ratio of a non-crystalline component.

18. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises In and Zn.

19. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 18 , wherein the oxide semiconductor further comprises at least one of Ga and Al.

20. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein the semiconductor layer has a thickness of smaller than 300 nm.

21. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein the semiconductor device is produced by forming a film by a precursor solution or a fine particle dispersion liquid for the semiconductor layer and annealing the film by heat or light.

22. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein the semiconductor device is produced by forming a film that satisfies Vc/Va<0.25 and annealing the film by heat or light.

23. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein mobility of the semiconductor layer is higher than or equal to 0.5 cm 2 /V·s.

24. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein mobility of the semiconductor layer is higher than or equal to 10 cm 2 /V·s.

25. A manufacturing method of a display device comprising the semiconductor device manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 17 , wherein:

a transparent gate electrode is formed and part of incident light passes through the channel region and the gate electrode.

26. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 25 , wherein at least 50% of the incident light passes through the channel region.

27. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 25 , wherein a light absorption layer for absorbing at least part of light having a wavelength range of nm or less of the incident light is formed on the light incidence side of the channel region.

28. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 25 , a light absorption layer for absorbing at least part of the light having a wavelength range of 350 nm or less of the incident light is formed on the light incidence side of the channel region.

29. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 27 , wherein the light absorption layer also serves as at least one of the substrate and a polarizing plate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061486/0083 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2009
From: TANAKA, ATSUSHI; UMEDA, KEN-ICHI; HIGASHI, KOHEI; NANGU, MAKI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022509/0938 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-098347 · Apr 4, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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