Thin film transistor, manufacturing method of the same and electronic equipment
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a thin film transistor including: a channel layer made of a crystalline oxide semiconductor having a bixbyte structure, in which (222) planes of the channel layer are roughly parallel to the carrier travel direction.
1. A thin film transistor comprising: a channel layer made of a crystalline oxide semiconductor having a bixbyite structure, wherein an average angle formed by (222) planes of the channel layer with respect to a carrier travel direction is 0° or more and 25° or less.
2. The thin film transistor of claim 1 , wherein the channel layer has a carrier mobility of 30 cm 2 /Vs or more.
3. The thin film transistor of claim 1 , wherein the crystalline oxide semiconductor is In 2 O 3 .
4. The thin film transistor of claim 1 , wherein the crystalline oxide semiconductor is doped with an impurity.
5. The thin film transistor of claim 1 , wherein the channel layer, a gate insulating film and gate electrode are stacked on and above a substrate in this order.
6. The thin film transistor of claim 5 , in which the channel layer is provided above the substrate with an amorphous insulating film disposed therebetween.
7. The thin film transistor of claim 5 , wherein the gate insulating film is an Al 2 O 3 film.
8. The thin film transistor of claim 1 , wherein a gate electrode, gate insulating film and the channel layer are stacked on and above a substrate in this order.
9. A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor comprising:
forming a channel layer made of a crystalline oxide semiconductor having a bixbyite structure in such a manner that the average angle formed by (222) planes of the channel layer and the carrier travel direction is 0° or more and 25° or less.
10. The manufacturing method of a thin film transistor of claim 9 , wherein the channel layer is formed in an atmosphere containing oxygen.
11. The manufacturing method of a thin film transistor of claim 10 , wherein the channel layer is formed above the substrate with an amorphous insulating film disposed therebetween.
12. Electronic equipment having a thin film transistor, the thin film transistor comprising:
a channel layer made of a crystalline oxide semiconductor having a bixbyite structure, in which the average angle formed by (222) planes of the channel layer and the carrier travel direction is 0° or more and 25° or less.