IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,824,105
Granted Patent B2
US 11,824,105 · App. 17/227,450 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

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 11,824,105
App. No.
17/227,450
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
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 (79)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a gate electrode over the substrate;

a gate insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over and overlapping with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film provided therebetween;

an oxide film comprising indium over and in contact with the oxide semiconductor film;

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

an oxide insulating film over the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a nitride insulating film over the oxide insulating film;

an organic resin film over the nitride insulating film;

an insulating film over and in contact with the organic resin film;

a first electrode in contact with the source electrode or the drain electrode in a first opening provided in the oxide insulating film and the nitride insulating film, a second opening provided in the organic resin film, and a third opening provided in the insulating film;

a second electrode comprising a region overlapping with the first electrode with the insulating film provided therebetween;

an alignment film over the second electrode; and

a liquid crystal film over the alignment film,

wherein the first electrode is configured to function as a pixel electrode,

wherein the second electrode is configured to function as a common electrode,

wherein the alignment film is in contact with a top surface of the insulating film and a top surface of the first electrode,

wherein the second electrode is in contact with a top surface of the organic resin film,

wherein the insulating film is in contact with a bottom surface of the first electrode,

wherein the insulating film is in contact with the nitride insulating film,

wherein the region, in which the second electrode overlaps with the first electrode with the insulating film provided therebetween, overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film and the oxide film comprising indium, and

wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises indium, tin, and oxygen.

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 the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium, and

wherein an atomic ratio of the indium in the oxide semiconductor film is different from the atomic ratio of the indium in the oxide film comprising indium.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium and gallium,

wherein the oxide film comprising indium further comprises gallium, and

wherein an atomic ratio of the gallium to the indium in the oxide film comprising indium is higher than the atomic ratio of the gallium to the indium in the oxide semiconductor film.

5. 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

wherein an amount of change in the negative direction or the positive direction is less than or equal to 1.0 V.

6. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a gate electrode over the substrate;

a gate insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over and overlapping with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film provided therebetween, the oxide semiconductor film comprising indium, gallium, and zinc;

an oxide film comprising indium overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film;

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

an oxide insulating film over the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a nitride insulating film over the oxide insulating film;

an organic resin film over the nitride insulating film;

an insulating film over and in contact with the organic resin film;

a first electrode in contact with the source electrode or the drain electrode in a first opening provided in the oxide insulating film and the nitride insulating film, a second opening provided in the organic resin film, and a third opening provided in the insulating film;

a second electrode comprising a region overlapping with the first electrode with the insulating film provided therebetween;

an alignment film over the second electrode; and

a liquid crystal film over the alignment film,

wherein the first electrode is configured to function as a pixel electrode,

wherein the second electrode is configured to function as a common electrode,

wherein the alignment film is in contact with a top surface of the insulating film and a top surface of the first electrode,

wherein the second electrode is in contact with a top surface of the organic resin film,

wherein the insulating film is in contact with a bottom surface of the first electrode,

wherein the insulating film is in contact with the nitride insulating film,

wherein the region, in which the second electrode overlaps with the first electrode with the insulating film provided therebetween, overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film and the oxide film comprising indium, and

wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises indium, tin, and oxygen.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein an atomic ratio of the indium in the oxide semiconductor film is different from the atomic ratio of the indium in the oxide film comprising indium.

8. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the oxide film comprising indium further comprises gallium, and

wherein an atomic ratio of the gallium to the indium in the oxide film comprising indium is higher than the atomic ratio of the gallium to the indium in the oxide semiconductor film.

9. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a gate electrode over the substrate;

a gate insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over the gate electrode with the gate insulating film provided therebetween;

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

a first insulating film over the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a second insulating film over the first insulating film;

a third insulating film over the second insulating film, the third insulating film comprising an organic insulating material;

a fourth insulating film over and in contact with the third insulating film, the fourth insulating film comprising silicon nitride;

a first electrode in contact with the source electrode or the drain electrode, the first electrode configured to function as a pixel electrode;

a second electrode comprising a region overlapping with the first electrode with the fourth insulating film provided therebetween, the second electrode configured to function as a common electrode;

a fifth insulating film over the second electrode; and

a liquid crystal film over the fifth insulating film,

wherein the fifth insulating film is in contact with a top surface of the fourth insulating film and a top surface of the first electrode,

wherein the second electrode is in contact with a top surface of the third insulating film,

wherein the fourth insulating film is in contact with a bottom surface and a side surface of the first electrode, and

wherein the region, in which the second electrode overlaps with the first electrode with the fourth insulating film provided therebetween, overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: KOEZUKA, JUNICHI; SHIMA, YUKINORI; TOKUNAGA, HAJIME; SASAKI, TOSHINARI; MURAYAMA, KEISUKE; MATSUBAYASHI, DAISUKE
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055887/0478 →
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 (5)
Continuation 16878758 · May 20, 2020
Continuation 16429176 · Jun 3, 2019
Continuation 15150587 · May 10, 2016
Division 14060925 · Oct 23, 2013
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