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Granted Patent B2
US 11,152,494 · App. 16/878,758 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Junichi Koezuka (Tochigi, JP); Yukinori Shima (Gunma, JP); Hajime Tokunaga (Kanagawa, JP); Toshinari Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Keisuke Murayama (Kanagawa, JP); Daisuke Matsubayashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/66969H01L21/022H01L21/02263H01L27/1225H01L29/513H01L29/7869H01L29/78609
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Patent No.
US 11,152,494
App. No.
16/878,758
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To reduce defects in an oxide semiconductor film in a semiconductor device. To improve the electrical characteristics and the reliability of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film. In a semiconductor device including a transistor including a gate electrode formed over a substrate, a gate insulating film covering the gate electrode, a multilayer film overlapping with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film provided therebetween, and a pair of electrodes in contact with the multilayer film, a first oxide insulating film covering the transistor, and a second oxide insulating film formed over the first oxide insulating film, the multilayer film includes an oxide semiconductor film and an oxide film containing In or Ga, the first oxide insulating film is an oxide insulating film through which oxygen is permeated, and the second oxide insulating film is an oxide insulating film containing more oxygen than that in the stoichiometric composition.

Claims (35)

1. A display device comprising:

a gate electrode;

a gate insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film;

a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film;

an organic film over the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a pixel electrode in contact with the source electrode or the drain electrode in an opening provided in the organic film; and

a common electrode comprising a region overlapping with the pixel electrode with an insulating film provided therebetween,

wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode have a layered structure of aluminum and titanium,

wherein, in a cross-sectional view parallel to a channel length direction, an end portion of the oxide semiconductor film extends beyond an end portion of the gate electrode,

wherein, in the cross-sectional view, the source electrode and the drain electrode cover end portions of the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the pixel electrode and the common electrode comprise indium, zinc, and oxygen,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide semiconductor layer, and

wherein an atomic ratio of gallium to indium in the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than the atomic ratio of gallium to indium in the first oxide semiconductor layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a threshold voltage of a transistor comprising the oxide semiconductor film changes in a negative direction or a positive direction, and an amount of change is less than or equal to 1.0 V.

4. A display device comprising:

a transistor, the transistor comprising:

a gate electrode;

a gate insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film;

wherein an organic film is provided over the source electrode and the drain electrode,

wherein a pixel electrode is provided in contact with the source electrode or the drain electrode in an opening provided in the organic film,

wherein a common electrode comprising a region overlapping with the pixel electrode with an insulating film provided therebetween,

wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode have a layered structure of aluminum and titanium,

wherein, in a cross-sectional view parallel to a channel length direction, an end portion of the oxide semiconductor film extends beyond an end portion of the gate electrode,

wherein, in the cross-sectional view, the source electrode and the drain electrode cover end portions of the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the pixel electrode and the common electrode comprise indium, zinc, and oxygen,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide semiconductor layer, and

wherein an atomic ratio of gallium to indium in the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than the atomic ratio of gallium to indium in the first oxide semiconductor layer.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

6. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a threshold voltage of the transistor changes in a negative direction or a positive direction, and an amount of change is less than or equal to 1.0 V.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2020
From: KOEZUKA, JUNICHI; SHIMA, YUKINORI; TOKUNAGA, HAJIME; SASAKI, TOSHINARI; MURAYAMA, KEISUKE; MATSUBAYASHI, DAISUKE
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052716/0734 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2012-234602 · Oct 24, 2012 · national
JP 2012-234606 · Oct 24, 2012 · national
JP 2012-286826 · Dec 28, 2012 · national
JP 2013-051659 · Mar 14, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16429176 · Jun 3, 2019
Continuation 15150587 · May 10, 2016
Division 14060925 · Oct 23, 2013
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