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US 11,393,930 · App. 17/006,987 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Yutaka Okazaki (Kanagawa, JP); Akihisa Shimomura (Kanagawa, JP); Naoto Yamade (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoya Takeshita (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuhiro Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/78696H01L27/1225H01L27/1255H01L29/45H01L29/4908H01L29/66969H01L29/7869H01L29/78609H01L29/78648
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Patent No.
US 11,393,930
App. No.
17/006,987
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transistor with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the semiconductor, a first conductor in contact with the first insulator and overlapping with the semiconductor with the first insulator positioned between the semiconductor and the first conductor, and a second conductor and a third conductor, which are in contact with the semiconductor. One or more of the first to third conductors include a region containing tungsten and one or more elements selected from silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, aluminum, and nickel.

Claims (29)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an oxide semiconductor;

an insulator in contact with the oxide semiconductor;

a first conductor overlapping with the oxide semiconductor with the insulator between the oxide semiconductor and the first conductor; and

a second conductor and a third conductor each in contact with the oxide semiconductor and the insulator,

wherein one of the second conductor and the third conductor includes a surface region comprising an amorphous part,

wherein the surface region comprises silicon and oxygen, and

wherein the oxide semiconductor and the insulator each contains In, Ga, and Zn.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a silicon concentration in the surface region is greater than or equal to 5 atomic % and less than or equal to 70 atomic % measured by Rutherford back scattering spectrometry.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the surface region is greater than or equal to 0.2 nm and less than or equal to 20 nm.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the insulator comprises an oxide containing at least one metal element contained in the oxide semiconductor.

5. A semiconductor device comprising:

an oxide semiconductor;

an insulator in contact with the oxide semiconductor;

a first conductor overlapping with the oxide semiconductor with the insulator between the oxide semiconductor and the first conductor; and

a second conductor and a third conductor each in contact with the oxide semiconductor and the insulator,

wherein one of the second conductor and the third conductor includes a surface region comprising an amorphous part,

wherein the one of the second conductor and the third conductor comprise a crystalline region below the surface region,

wherein the surface region comprises silicon and oxygen, and

wherein the oxide semiconductor and the insulator each contains In, Ga, and Zn.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a silicon concentration in the surface region is greater than or equal to 5 atomic % and less than or equal to 70 atomic % measured by Rutherford back scattering spectrometry.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a thickness of the surface region is greater than or equal to 0.2 nm and less than or equal to 20 nm.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the insulator comprises an oxide containing at least one metal element contained in the oxide semiconductor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: OKAZAKI, YUTAKA; SHIMOMURA, AKIHISA; YAMADE, NAOTO; TAKESHITA, TOMOYA; TANAKA, TETSUHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053643/0225 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-140794 · Jul 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16367329 · Mar 28, 2019
Continuation 15204015 · Jul 7, 2016
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