IP Library Granted Patent US 9,647,134
Granted Patent B2
US 9,647,134 · App. 15/051,786 · Granted May 9, 2017

Thin-film transistor and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,647,134
App. No.
15/051,786
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a thin-film transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer formed on a part of a substrate, a first gate insulator film of a silicon dioxide film formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and by the CVD method with a silane-based source gas, a second gate insulator film of a silicon dioxide film formed on the first gate insulator film by the CVD method with a TEOS source gas, and a gate electrode formed on the second gate insulator film.

Claims (13)

1. A method for manufacturing a thin-film transistor, the method comprising:

forming an oxide semiconductor layer on a part of a substrate;

introducing an excessive amount of oxygen into the oxide semiconductor layer by performing a surface treatment with oxygen plasma on the oxide semiconductor layer;

forming a gate insulator film of a silicon dioxide film directly on the oxide semiconductor layer and the substrate by forming a film by a CVD method with a TEOS source gas after the surface treatment with the oxygen plasma; and

forming a gate electrode on the gate insulator film.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an oxide of an alloy of indium, gallium and zinc (IGZO) is used as the oxide semiconductor layer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the oxide semiconductor layer includes forming the oxide semiconductor layer entirely on the substrate and processing the oxide semiconductor layer by wet etching into a shape of an island.

4. A method for manufacturing a thin-film transistor, the method comprising:

forming an oxide semiconductor layer directly on a part of a substrate;

forming a gate insulator film of a silicon dioxide film directly on the oxide semiconductor layer and the substrate by forming a film by a CVD method with a TEOS source gas while preventing a reduction of the oxide semiconductor layer with an excessive amount of ox en by performing surface treatment with ox en plasma on the oxide semiconductor layer; and

forming a gate electrode on the gate insulator film.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein an oxide of an alloy of indium, gallium and zinc (IGZO) is used as the oxide semiconductor layer.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the forming of the oxide semiconductor layer includes forming the oxide semiconductor layer entirely on the substrate and subsequently processing the oxide semiconductor layer by wet etching into a shape of an island.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
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