IP Library Patent Application 14553219
Patent Application
App. No. 14/553,219

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DISPLAY UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

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14/553,219
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a transistor having an oxide semiconductor film; and a retention capacitor having a first conductive film and a second conductive film, the first conductive film containing an oxide material and being in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and the second conductive film facing the first conductive film with an insulating film in between.

Claims (41)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor having an oxide semiconductor film; and

a retention capacitor having a first conductive film and a second conductive film, the first conductive film containing an oxide material and being in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and the second conductive film facing the first conductive film with an insulating film in between.

2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the first conductive film opposite to a surface facing the second conductive film is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film.

3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film exhibits higher etching resistance to a predetermined etchant than the first conductive film.

4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide material contains at least one metal element same as a metal element belonging to a material structuring the oxide semiconductor film.

5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the oxide semiconductor film contains one or more of indium tin zinc oxide, indium gallium oxide, indium tin oxide, aluminum tin zinc oxide, and zinc tin oxide, and

the first conductive film contains one or both of indium gallium zinc oxide and zinc indium oxide.

6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the transistor and the retention capacitor are provided on a substrate, and

the transistor includes the oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode in this order on the substrate.

7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the retention capacitor includes the first conductive film, the insulating film, and the second conductive film in this order on the substrate.

8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein

the oxide semiconductor film is provided over a formation region of the transistor and a formation region of the retention capacitor, and

the first conductive film is provided on the oxide semiconductor film.

9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes a channel region and a pair of low-resistance regions, the channel region being provided at a position facing the gate electrode, and the pair of low-resistance regions being provided at positions adjacent to the channel region.

10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , further comprising a high-resistance film in contact with the low-resistance regions of the oxide semiconductor film.

11 . The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the high-resistance film contains a metal oxide.

12 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the transistor includes a source-drain electrode electrically connected to the low-resistance region of the oxide semiconductor film.

13 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

the gate insulating film of the transistor and the insulating film of the retention capacitor have a same thickness and are formed of a same material as each other, and

the gate electrode of the transistor and the second conductive film of the retention capacitor have a same thickness and are formed of a same material as each other.

14 . A display unit provided with a plurality of display elements and a semiconductor device configured to drive the display elements, the semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor having an oxide semiconductor film; and

a retention capacitor having a first conductive film and a second conductive film, the first conductive film containing an oxide material and being in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and the second conductive film facing the first conductive film with an insulating film in between.

15 . An electronic apparatus provided with a display unit, the display unit being provided with a plurality of display elements and a semiconductor device configured to drive the display elements, the semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor having an oxide semiconductor film; and

a retention capacitor having a first conductive film and a second conductive film, the first conductive film containing an oxide material and being in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and the second conductive film facing the first conductive film with an insulating film in between.

16 . A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:

forming an oxide semiconductor film;

forming a first conductive film, the first conductive film being in contact with the oxide semiconductor film and containing an oxide material; and

forming a transistor and a retention capacitor having the first conductive film and a second conductive film, the transistor having a channel region provided in a part of the oxide semiconductor film, and the second conductive film facing the first conductive film with an insulating film in between.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the first conductive film is formed in a selective region on the oxide semiconductor film.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film and the first conductive film are formed in a single photolithography process by using a half tone mask.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein

a first etchant allowing a material of the oxide semiconductor film and a material of the first conductive film to be dissolved is used in the formation of the oxide semiconductor film, and

a second etchant allowing the material of the first conductive film out of the material of the oxide semiconductor film and the material of the first conductive film to be dissolved is used in the formation of the first conductive film.

20 . The method according to claim 19 , wherein

one of buffered hydrofluoric acid and oxalic acid is used as the first etchant, and

a mixed solution of phosphoric acid, nitric acid, and acetic acid is used as the second etchant.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 036090/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2014
From: SATO, AYUMU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034262/0720 →