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Granted Patent B2
US 9,608,124 · App. 14/694,291 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Semiconductor device

Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/7869H01L29/0657H01L29/1033H01L29/24H01L29/4908H01L29/513H01L29/518H01L29/786H01L29/78696H01L27/1225
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Patent No.
US 9,608,124
App. No.
14/694,291
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a transistor which has favorable transistor characteristics and includes an oxide semiconductor, and a highly reliable semiconductor device which includes the transistor including the oxide semiconductor. In the semiconductor device including the transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode are stacked in this order, a sidewall insulating film is formed along side surfaces and a top surface of the gate electrode, and the oxide semiconductor film is subjected to etching treatment so as to have a cross shape having different lengths in the channel length direction or to have a larger length than a source electrode and a drain electrode in the channel width direction. Further, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor film.

Claims (41)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an oxide semiconductor film comprising:

a channel formation region;

a first region protruding from the channel formation region in a first channel width direction; and

a second region protruding from the channel formation region in a second channel width direction opposite to the first channel width direction;

a source electrode in contact with a first side surface of the channel formation region;

a drain electrode in contact with a second side surface of the channel formation region;

a gate electrode overlapping with the first region, the second region, and the channel formation region; and

an insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a cross shape,

wherein the channel formation region is provided between the first region and the second region, and

wherein the channel formation region is provided between the source electrode and the drain electrode in a channel length direction.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode is over the oxide semiconductor film.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium, zinc, and a metal element other than indium and zinc.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the metal element is gallium.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the insulating film comprises:

a first insulating film comprising oxygen; and

a second insulating film comprising nitrogen between the first insulating film and the gate electrode.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of copper in the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of aluminum in the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of chlorine in the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 2×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .

9. A semiconductor device comprising:

an oxide semiconductor film comprising:

a channel formation region; and

first and second regions sandwiching the channel formation region in a channel width direction;

source and drain electrodes in contact with side surfaces of the channel formation region;

a gate electrode overlapping with the first and second regions and the channel formation region; and

an insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a cross shape, and

wherein the channel formation region is between the source and drain electrodes in a channel length direction.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the gate electrode is over the oxide semiconductor film.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium, zinc, and a metal element other than indium and zinc.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the metal element is gallium.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the insulating film comprises:

a first insulating film comprising oxygen; and

a second insulating film comprising nitrogen between the first insulating film and the gate electrode.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a concentration of copper in the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a concentration of aluminum in the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a concentration of chlorine in the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 2×10 18 atoms/cm 3 .

Priority Claims (3)
JP 2012-010386 · Jan 20, 2012 · national
JP 2012-010404 · Jan 20, 2012 · national
JP 2012-010423 · Jan 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13738484 · Jan 10, 2013
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