IP Library Granted Patent US 10,290,656
Granted Patent B2
US 10,290,656 · App. 14/721,362 · Granted May 14, 2019

Semiconductor device with oxide semiconductor film electrical characteristic change of which is inhibited

Inventors: Junichi Koezuka (Tochigi, JP); Masami Jintyou (Tochigi, JP); Daisuke Kurosaki (Tochigi, JP); Yukinori Shima (Gunma, JP); Toshimitsu Obonai (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1225H01L29/7869H01L29/78648H01L27/1255
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Patent No.
US 10,290,656
App. No.
14/721,362
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a transistor which includes an oxide semiconductor film in a channel region. A change from a shift value before light irradiation to a shift value under light irradiation is greater than or equal to −1 V and less than or equal to 0.5 V, where the shift value is a gate voltage at a point of intersection of an axis of 1×10 −12 A and a steepest tangent line of the logarithm of a drain current in drain current-gate voltage characteristics of the transistor, and where the light irradiation is performed on the oxide semiconductor film with light having an energy greater than or equal to a band gap of the oxide semiconductor film.

Claims (46)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor film comprising a channel region,

wherein a change from a shift value of the transistor before light irradiation to a shift value of the transistor under light irradiation is greater than or equal to −1 V and less than or equal to 0.5 V, where the shift value is a gate voltage at a point of intersection of an axis of 1×10 −12 A and a tangent line of the logarithm of a drain current having highest gradient in drain current-gate voltage characteristics of the transistor, and where the light irradiation is performed on the oxide semiconductor film with light having an energy greater than or equal to 2.8 eV and less than or equal to 3.0 eV,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises In and Ga,

wherein an atomic ratio of In in the oxide semiconductor film is larger than an atomic ratio of Ga in the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein an oxide insulating film permeable to oxygen is over the oxide semiconductor film, and

wherein a thickness of the oxide semiconductor film is greater than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 20 nm so that light absorption by the oxide semiconductor film during light irradiation is suppressed.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises Zn.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises a crystal part having c-axis alignment.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a homologous structure.

5. A display device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

6. A display module comprising:

the display device according to claim 5 ; and

a touch sensor.

7. An electronic appliance comprising:

the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ; and

a battery.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor film comprising a channel region,

wherein a change from a shift value of the transistor before light irradiation to a shift value of the transistor under light irradiation is greater than or equal to −1 V and less than or equal to 0.5 V, where the shift value is a gate voltage at a point of intersection of an axis of 1×10 −12 A and a tangent line of the logarithm of a drain current having highest gradient in drain current-gate voltage characteristics of the transistor, and where the light irradiation is performed on the oxide semiconductor film with light having an energy greater than or equal to 2.8 eV and less than or equal to 3.0 eV,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises In and Ga,

wherein an atomic ratio of In in the oxide semiconductor film is larger than an atomic ratio of Ga in the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein a source electrode and a drain electrode are over the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein an oxide insulating film permeable to oxygen is over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode and the drain electrode, and

wherein a thickness of the oxide semiconductor film is greater than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 20 nm so that light absorption by the oxide semiconductor film during light irradiation is suppressed.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises Zn.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises a crystal part having c-axis alignment.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a homologous structure.

12. A display device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 8 .

13. A display module comprising:

the display device according to claim 12 ; and

a touch sensor.

14. An electronic appliance comprising:

the semiconductor device according to claim 8 ; and

a battery.

15. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor film comprising a channel region,

wherein a change from a shift value of the transistor before light irradiation to a shift value of the transistor under light irradiation is greater than or equal to −1 V and less than or equal to 0.5 V, where the shift value is a gate voltage at a point of intersection of an axis of 1×10 −12 A and a tangent line of the logarithm of a drain current having highest gradient in drain current-gate voltage characteristics of the transistor, and where the light irradiation is performed on the oxide semiconductor film with light having an energy greater than or equal to 2.8 eV and less than or equal to 3.0 eV,

wherein an atomic ratio of In in the oxide semiconductor film is larger than an atomic ratio of Ga in the oxide semiconductor film, and

wherein a thickness of the oxide semiconductor film is greater than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 20 nm so that light absorption by the oxide semiconductor film during light irradiation is suppressed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2015
From: KOEZUKA, JUNICHI; JINTYOU, MASAMI; KUROSAKI, DAISUKE; SHIMA, YUKINORI; OBONAI, TOSHIMITSU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035711/0336 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-112466 · May 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150348998A1 · Dec 3, 2015
Cited By (1)
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