IP Library Granted Patent US 11,411,121
Granted Patent B2
US 11,411,121 · App. 16/831,934 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Semiconductor device

Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/7869H01L27/1222H01L27/1225H01L29/786H01L29/78606H01L29/78693
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Patent No.
US 11,411,121
App. No.
16/831,934
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
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 (43)

1. 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;

source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate electrode overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film; and

a gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode,

wherein the first metal oxide film contains gallium,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film contains indium, gallium, and zinc,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film is in contact with a side surface and a top surface of each of the source and drain electrodes, and

wherein the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film are in contact with each other in a region where the oxide semiconductor film does not exist.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

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 1 ,

wherein the second metal oxide film is in contact with the top surface of each of the source and drain electrodes.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

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.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film is in contact with the second metal oxide film in a channel width direction.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first metal oxide film is in contact with the second metal oxide film in a channel width direction.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film further contains tin.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating film over a substrate, the insulating film comprising silicon nitride;

a first oxide film over the insulating film;

an oxide semiconductor film over and in contact with the first oxide film;

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

source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; and

a gate electrode over and overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film contains indium, gallium, and zinc,

wherein the first oxide film and the second oxide film contain the same element,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film is in contact with a side surface and a top surface of each of the source and drain electrodes,

wherein the second oxide film is an island-shaped,

wherein the second oxide film is positioned over the first oxide film with the oxide semiconductor film therebetween, and

wherein an end portion of the second oxide film is positioned outside an end portion of the gate electrode.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein an energy at a bottom of a conduction band of each of the first oxide film and the second 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 8 ,

wherein the source and drain electrodes comprises molybdenum, and

wherein the gate electrode has a layered structure comprising titanium and aluminum.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the same element contained in the first oxide film and the second oxide film is gallium.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2020
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052242/0475 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-086407 · Apr 2, 2010 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15844676 · Dec 18, 2017
Continuation 15096350 · Apr 12, 2016
Continuation 13955151 · Jul 31, 2013
Continuation 13074582 · Mar 29, 2011
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