IP Library Granted Patent US 10,109,707
Granted Patent B2
US 10,109,707 · App. 14/577,917 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Crystalline multilayer oxide thin films structure in semiconductor device

Inventors: Toshimi Hitora (Kyoto, JP); Masaya Oda (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: FLOSFIA INC.
H01L29/04H01L21/0242H01L21/02488H01L21/02565H01L21/02628H01L21/477H01L29/24H01L29/26H01L29/66969H01L29/7869H01L29/8611H01L29/872
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Patent No.
US 10,109,707
App. No.
14/577,917
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a highly conductive crystalline multilayer structure including a corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin film whose resistance has not increased even after annealing (heating). The crystalline multilayer structure includes a base substrate and the corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin film disposed directly on the base substrate or with another layer therebetween. The crystalline oxide thin film is 1 μm or more in a thickness and 80 mΩcm or less in an electrical resistivity. A semiconductor device includes the crystalline multilayer structure.

Claims (40)

1. A crystalline multilayer structure comprising:

a base substrate, wherein the base substrate is a c-plane sapphire substrate; and

two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films having different properties and disposed on the base substrate, wherein

at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films has a thickness of 1 μm or more and an electrical resistivity of 80 mΩcm or less,

the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films comprises metal elements that contain allium (Ga) and the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films is with an atomic ratio of gallium (Ga) to all of the metal elements comprised in the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films being 0.5 or more.

2. The crystalline multilayer structure of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin film comprises at least gallium.

3. The crystalline multilayer structure of claim 1 , wherein a surface roughness (Ra) of one or both of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films is 0.1 μm or less.

4. The crystalline multilayer structure of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the at least one of the corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films is 1 to 20 μm.

5. The crystalline multilayer structure of claim 1 , wherein

one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films is disposed on the base substrate.

6. The crystalline multilayer structure of claim 1 , wherein

the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films comprises metal elements that contain indium (In), aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), and Fe (iron) with a composition of In X Al Y Ga Z Fe V O 3 that fills 0<X<2.5, 0<Y<2.5, 0<Z<2.5, 0<V<2.5, and X+Y+Z+V=1.5 to 2.5.

7. A method for manufacturing a crystalline multilayer structure comprising a corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin film, the method comprising:

forming two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films from raw-material fine particles on a base substrate disposed in a film-forming chamber, wherein the forming comprises:

generating raw-material fine particles by atomizing a raw-material solution, and

carrying the raw-material fine particles into a film-forming chamber by carrier gas, and

annealing the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films after the forming of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films;

wherein the base substrate is a c-plane sapphire substrate and at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films has a thickness of 1 μm or more and an electrical resistivity of 80 mΩcm or less,

the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films comprises metal elements that contain gallium and the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films is with an atomic ratio of gallium to all of the metal elements comprised in the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films being 0.5 or more.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one of the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films is formed with the thickness of 1 to 20 μm.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the two corundum-structured crystalline oxide thin films are annealed at 600° C or less.

10. A semiconductor device comprising:

a base substrate; and

a corundum-structured crystalline oxide film comprising metal elements that contain gallium (Ga) and disposed on the base substrate,

the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film having a thickness of 1 μm or more and an electrical resistivity of 80 mΩcm or less, and

the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film with an atomic ratio of gallium (Ga) to all of the metal elements comprised in the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film being 0.5 or more.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein

the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film comprising a first film and a second film laminated on the first film.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein

the base substrate is a corundum-structured substrate.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein

the base substrate that is the corundum-structured substrate is a c-plane sapphire substrate.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein

the second film comprised in the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film is an insulating film.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein

the first film comprised in the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film is a conductive film.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein

the first film comprised in the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film contains at least one selected from Ge, Sn, Si, Ti, Zr, and Hf.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein

the metal elements comprised in the corundum-structured crystalline oxide film further comprises indium (In), aluminum (Al), and Fe (iron) with a composition of In X Al Y Ga Z Fe V O 3 that fills 0<X<2.5, 0<Y<2.5, 0<Z<2.5, 0<V<2.5, and X+Y+Z+V=1.5 to 2.5.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE ADDRESS Recorded Jun 6, 2019
From: FLOSFIA INC.
To: FLOSFIA INC.
Reel/Frame 049393/0558 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2015
From: HITORA, TOSHIMI; ODA, MASAYA
To: FLOSFIA INC.
Reel/Frame 034764/0805 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-072779 · Mar 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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