IP Library Granted Patent US 10,811,435
Granted Patent B2
US 10,811,435 · App. 16/361,452 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Semiconductor device, display device including the semiconductor device, display module including the display device, and electronic device including the semiconductor device, the display device, and the display module

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Okazaki (Tochigi, JP); Masahiro Katayama (Tochigi, JP); Masataka Nakada (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1225H01L27/1255H01L27/3265H01L29/4908H01L29/7869H01L29/78603H01L29/78645H01L29/78648H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 10,811,435
App. No.
16/361,452
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a semiconductor device including a planar transistor having an oxide semiconductor and a capacitor. In a semiconductor device, a transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode over the gate insulating film, a second insulating film over the gate electrode, a third insulating film over the second insulating film, and a source and a drain electrodes over the third insulating film; the source and the drain electrodes are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; a capacitor includes a first and a second conductive films and the second insulating film; the first conductive film and the gate electrode are provided over the same surface; the second conductive film and the source and the drain electrodes are provided over the same surface; and the second insulating film is provided between the first and the second conductive films.

Claims (43)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a capacitor, a light-emitting element, a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, and a fourth wiring,

wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor, and one terminal of the capacitor,

wherein one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the third transistor, the other terminal of the capacitor, and the light-emitting element,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the fourth wiring,

wherein the first transistor includes:

an oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film;

a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate electrode over the gate insulating film;

a second insulating film over the gate electrode;

a source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film through a first opening of the second insulating film; and

a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film through a second opening of the second insulating film,

wherein the second insulating film includes a region in contact with a top surface of the gate insulating film, and a region in contact with a side surface of the gate insulating film,

wherein the first insulating film includes a first region and a second region,

wherein the first region overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the second region does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor film, does not overlap with the gate insulating film, and does not overlap with the gate electrode,

wherein a film thickness of the first insulating film in the second region is smaller than a film thickness of the first insulating film in the first region.

2. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a capacitor, a light-emitting element, a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, and a fourth wiring,

wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor and one terminal of the capacitor,

wherein one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the third transistor, the other terminal of the capacitor, and the light-emitting element,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the fourth wiring,

wherein the first transistor includes:

a first conductive film;

a first insulating film over the first conductive film;

an oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film;

a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate electrode over the gate insulating film;

a second insulating film over the gate electrode;

a source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film through a first opening of the second insulating film; and

a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film through a second opening of the second insulating film,

wherein the first conductive film includes a region overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film through the first insulating film,

wherein the second insulating film includes a region in contact with a top surface of the gate insulating film, and a region in contact with a side surface of the gate insulating film,

wherein the first insulating film includes a first region and a second region,

wherein the first region overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the second region does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor film, does not overlap with the gate insulating film, and does not overlap with the gate electrode,

wherein a film thickness of the first insulating film in the second region is smaller than a film thickness of the first insulating film in the first region.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-020517 · Feb 5, 2014 · national
JP 2014-037209 · Feb 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15220430 · Jul 27, 2016
Continuation 14604999 · Jan 26, 2015
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