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US 8,115,278 · App. 12/477,968 · Granted Feb 14, 2012

Manufacturing method of semiconductor device, evaluation method of semiconductor device, and semiconductor device

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,115,278
App. No.
12/477,968
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor element formed over the same substrate as a TFT, includes a semiconductor film having an impurity region; an insulating film formed over the semiconductor film; an electrode divided into a plurality of parts over the insulating film by spacing a distance a in a first direction (channel width direction); an insulator with a width b formed to be in contact with a side wall of the electrodes and an insulator formed in a region between the electrodes divided into a plurality of parts; a silicide layer formed over part of the surface of the impurity region; and characteristics of the TFT are evaluated by measuring resistance of the semiconductor film of the semiconductor element.

Claims (44)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first insulating film over a substrate;

an island-shaped semiconductor film having an impurity region over the first insulating film, the impurity region comprising:

a first region over the first insulating film; and

a second region over the first region;

a second insulating film, which is over the island-shaped semiconductor film, formed so as to expose a portion of the impurity region;

a first electrode and a second electrode separated in a direction over the second insulating film, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode overlap the island-shaped semiconductor film so that a first channel formation region and a second channel formation region are formed in the impurity region, and wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are aligned along a channel width direction of the first channel formation region;

a first insulator on a first side face of each of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second insulator in a region between a second side face of the first electrode and a second side face of the second electrode, and

a resistive element formed in the impurity region between the first channel formation region and the second channel formation region,

wherein a metal silicide is formed in the second region.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device includes an element for evaluation having the first electrode and the second electrode.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the resistive element comprises the first electrode and the second electrode.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the impurity region is formed by adding an impurity element by using the first electrode and the second electrode as masks.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are separated by a distance “a”,

wherein the first insulator has a width “b”, and

wherein the distance “a” between the first electrode and the second electrode and the width “b” of the first insulator satisfy a relation of a<2b.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulator is a sidewall.

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal silicide includes an element selected from the group consisting of nickel, titanium, cobalt, and platinum.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 is a test element group.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a metal silicide is not formed in the first region.

10. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first insulating film over a substrate;

an island-shaped semiconductor film having an impurity region over the first insulating film, the impurity region comprising:

a first region over the first insulating film; and

a second region over the first region;

a second insulating film, which is over the island-shaped semiconductor film, formed so as to expose a portion of the impurity region;

a first electrode and a second electrode separated in a direction over the second insulating film, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode overlap the island-shaped semiconductor film so that a first channel formation region and a second channel formation region are formed in the impurity region, and wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are aligned along a channel width direction of the first channel formation region;

a first insulator on a first side face of each of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second insulator in a region between a second side face of the first electrode and a second side face of the second electrode;

a resistive element formed in the impurity region between the first channel formation region and the second channel formation region;

an interlayer insulating film over the second region, the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a conductive layer which is in contact with the second region through a contact hole in the interlayer insulating film

wherein a metal silicide is formed in the second region.

11. A semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the semiconductor device includes an element for evaluation having the first electrode and the second electrode.

12. A semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the resistive element comprises the first electrode and the second electrode.

13. A semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the impurity region is formed by adding an impurity element by using the first electrode and the second electrode as masks.

14. A semiconductor device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are separated by a distance “a”,

wherein the first insulator has a width “b”, and

wherein the distance “a” between the first electrode and the second electrode and the width “b” of the first insulator satisfy a relation of a<2b.

15. A semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the first insulator is a sidewall.

16. A semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the metal silicide includes an element selected from the group consisting of nickel, titanium, cobalt, and platinum.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 is a test element group.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein a metal silicide is not formed in the first region.

Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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