IP Library Patent Application 15096350
Patent Application
App. No. 15/096,350

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

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15/096,350
Abstract

An object is to stabilize electric characteristics of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor to increase reliability. The semiconductor device includes an insulating film; a first metal oxide film on and in contact with the insulating film; an oxide semiconductor film partly in contact with the first metal oxide film; source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; a second metal oxide film partly in contact with the oxide semiconductor film; a gate insulating film on and in contact with the second metal oxide film; and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film.

Claims (27)

1 . (canceled)

2 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a first metal oxide film over a substrate;

an oxide semiconductor film in contact with the first metal oxide film;

a second metal oxide film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film; and

a gate electrode over the second metal oxide film,

wherein an energy at a bottom of a conduction band of each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film is higher than an energy at a bottom of a conduction band of the oxide semiconductor film.

3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film comprises a constituent element of the oxide semiconductor film.

4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film comprises gallium.

5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein a proportion of a constituent element of the first metal oxide film is equal to a proportion of a constituent element of the second metal oxide film.

6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein an energy gap of each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film is larger than an energy gap of the oxide semiconductor film.

7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film is in contact with the second metal oxide film in a channel width direction.

8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the first metal oxide film is in contact with the second metal oxide film in a channel width direction.

9 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a first metal oxide film over a substrate;

an oxide semiconductor film in contact with the first metal oxide film;

source and drain electrodes in contact with the oxide semiconductor film;

a second metal oxide film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate insulating film over the second metal oxide film; and

a gate electrode over the gate insulating film,

wherein an energy at a bottom of a conduction band of each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film is higher than an energy at a bottom of a conduction band of the oxide semiconductor film.

10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film comprises a constituent element of the oxide semiconductor film.

11 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film comprises gallium.

12 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a proportion of a constituent element of the first metal oxide film is equal to a proportion of a constituent element of the second metal oxide film.

13 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein an energy gap of each of the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film is larger than an energy gap of the oxide semiconductor film.

14 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film is in contact with the second metal oxide film in a channel width direction.

15 . The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the first metal oxide film is in contact with the second metal oxide film in a channel width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2016
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038875/0065 →