IP Library Granted Patent US 10,923,600
Granted Patent B2
US 10,923,600 · App. 16/044,600 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Tetsuhiro Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuhiro Ichijo (Kanagawa, JP); Toshiya Endo (Kanagawa, JP); Akihisa Shimomura (Kanagawa, JP); Yuji Egi (Kanagawa, JP); Sachiaki Tezuka (Kanagawa, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/7869H01L29/42384H01L29/4908H01L29/78606H01L29/78648
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Patent No.
US 10,923,600
App. No.
16/044,600
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transistor with stable electrical characteristics. A semiconductor device includes a first insulator over a substrate, a second insulator over the first insulator, an oxide semiconductor in contact with at least part of a top surface of the second insulator, a third insulator in contact with at least part of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor, a first conductor and a second conductor electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor, a fourth insulator over the third insulator, a third conductor which is over the fourth insulator and at least part of which is between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a fifth insulator over the third conductor. The first insulator contains a halogen element.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first conductor embedded in an opening in a first insulator;

a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the first conductor and a top surface of the first insulator;

a first oxide semiconductor over the second insulator;

a second oxide semiconductor over the first oxide semiconductor;

a third oxide semiconductor over the second oxide semiconductor;

a gate insulator over the third oxide semiconductor;

a second conductor over the gate insulator;

a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the third oxide semiconductor;

a third insulator over the source electrode and the drain electrode; and

a fourth insulator in contact with a top surface of the second conductor and a top surface of the third insulator,

wherein the gate insulator has a region interposed between the third insulator and the second conductor, and

wherein the third oxide semiconductor has a region in contact with the fourth insulator.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the third insulator contains fluorine.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth insulator is a nitride insulating film or an aluminum oxide film.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode cover side surfaces of the second oxide semiconductor.

5. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first conductor embedded in an opening in a first insulator;

a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the first conductor and a top surface of the first insulator;

a first oxide semiconductor over the second insulator;

a second oxide semiconductor over the first oxide semiconductor;

a third oxide semiconductor over the second oxide semiconductor;

a gate insulator over the third oxide semiconductor;

a second conductor over the gate insulator;

a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the third oxide semiconductor;

a third insulator over the source electrode and the drain electrode; and

a fourth insulator in contact with a top surface of the second conductor and a top surface of the third insulator,

wherein the gate insulator and the third oxide semiconductor have a region interposed between the third insulator and the second conductor.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the third insulator contains fluorine.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the fourth insulator is a nitride insulating film or an aluminum oxide film.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode cover side surfaces of the second oxide semiconductor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2018
From: TANAKA, TETSUHIRO; ICHIJO, MITSUHIRO; ENDO, TOSHIYA; SHIMOMURA, AKIHISA; EGI, YUJI; TEZUKA, SACHIAKI; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-083163 · Apr 15, 2015 · national
JP 2015-110541 · May 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15092956 · Apr 7, 2016
Related Publication 20180350997A1 · Dec 6, 2018
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