IP Library Granted Patent US 9,331,208
Granted Patent B2
US 9,331,208 · App. 14/635,199 · Granted May 3, 2016

Oxide semiconductor film and semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Masashi Tsubuku (Atsugi, JP); Kengo Akimoto (Atsugi, JP); Hiroki Ohara (Sagamihara, JP); Tatsuya Honda (Nigata, JP); Takatsugu Omata (Isehara, JP); Yusuke Nonaka (Atsugi, JP); Masahiro Takahashi (Atsugi, JP); Akiharu Miyanaga (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/7869H01L29/045H01L29/1033H01L29/78696
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,331,208
App. No.
14/635,199
Filed
Mar 2, 2015
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Examiner
LE, DUNG ANH
Art Unit
2819
USPC
257/43
Abstract

An oxide semiconductor film which has more stable electric conductivity is provided. The oxide semiconductor film comprises a crystalline region. The oxide semiconductor film has a first peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.4 nm −1 and less than or equal to 0.7 nm −1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 3.3 nm −1 and less than or equal to 4.1 nm −1 . The oxide semiconductor film has a second peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.45 nm −1 and less than or equal to 1.4 nm −1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 5.5 nm −1 and less than or equal to 7.1 nm −1 .

Claims (22)

1. An oxide semiconductor film comprising a crystalline region,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a first peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.2 nm −1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 3.3 nm −1 and less than or equal to 4.1 nm −1 , and

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a second peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.2 nm −1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 5.5 nm −1 and less than or equal to 7.1 nm −1 .

2. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline region comprises a crystal structure in which a c-axis is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor film.

3. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film is in a non-single crystal state.

4. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 2 , wherein measurement of the electron diffraction intensity is performed by irradiation with an electron beam from a direction of the c-axis.

5. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 1 , wherein a spin density of a signal in a region where a g value is in a vicinity of 1.93 in ESR measurement of the oxide semiconductor film is lower than 1.3×10 18 spins/cm 3 .

6. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium and zinc.

7. A semiconductor device comprising the oxide semiconductor film according to claim 1 , the semiconductor device further comprising:

a gate electrode; and

a gate insulating film between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film.

8. An oxide semiconductor film comprising a crystalline region,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a first peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.4 nm −1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 3.3 nm −1 and less than or equal to 4.1 nm −1 , and

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a second peak of electron diffraction intensity with a full width at half maximum of greater than or equal to 0.45 nm −1 in a region where a magnitude of a scattering vector is greater than or equal to 5.5 nm −1 and less than or equal to 7.1 nm −1 .

9. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 8 , wherein the crystalline region comprises a crystal structure in which a c-axis is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor film.

10. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 8 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film is in a non-single crystal state.

11. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 9 , wherein measurement of the electron diffraction intensity is performed by irradiation with an electron beam from a direction of the c-axis.

12. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 8 , wherein a spin density of a signal in a region where a g value is in a vicinity of 1.93 in ESR measurement of the oxide semiconductor film is lower than 1.3×10 18 spins/cm 3 .

13. The oxide semiconductor film according to claim 8 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium and zinc.

14. A semiconductor device comprising the oxide semiconductor film according to claim 8 , the semiconductor device further comprising:

a gate electrode; and

a gate insulating film between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-270557 · Dec 3, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
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