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US 8,685,787 · App. 13/211,504 · Granted Apr 1, 2014

Manufacturing method of semiconductor device

Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,685,787
App. No.
13/211,504
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

One object is to have stable electrical characteristics and high reliability and to manufacture a semiconductor device including a semi-conductive oxide film. Film formation is performed by a sputtering method using a target in which gallium oxide is added to a material that is easy to volatilize compared to gallium when the material is heated at 400° C. to 700° C. like zinc, and a formed film is heated at 400° C. to 700° C., whereby the added material is segregated in the vicinity of a surface of the film and the oxide is crystallized. Further, a semi-conductive oxide film is deposited thereover, whereby a semi-conductive oxide having a crystal which succeeds a crystal structure of the oxide that is crystallized by heat treatment is formed.

Claims (25)

1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a first film that contains an oxide including at least a first metal element and a second metal element, over a substrate;

heating the first film to form a first layer that contains a crystal of an oxide including the first metal element as a main metal component and a second layer that is on a side closer to the substrate than the first layer and contains an oxide including the second metal element as a main metal component;

forming a second film that is in contact with the first layer and contains an oxide; and

heating the first layer and the second film.

2. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 1 , wherein the second film is a semi-conductive oxide film.

3. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the second metal element to a metal element in the second film is greater than or equal to 0.2.

4. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 1 , wherein the first film is formed by a DC sputtering method.

5. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a first film that contains an oxide including at least a first metal element and a second metal element, over a substrate;

heating the first film to form a first layer that contains a crystal of an oxide including the first metal element as a main metal component and a second layer that is on a side closer to the substrate than the first layer and contains an oxide including the second metal element as a main metal component;

forming a second film that is in contact with the first layer and contains an oxide; and

forming a third film from the first layer and the second film by heating the first layer and the second film.

6. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 5 , wherein the second film is a semi-conductive oxide film.

7. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the second metal element to a metal element in the second film is greater than or equal to 0.2.

8. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 5 , wherein the first film is formed by a DC sputtering method.

9. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

forming a first film that contains an oxide including at least a first metal element and a second metal element, over a substrate;

heating the first film to form a first layer that contains a crystal of an oxide including the first metal element as a main metal component and a second layer that is on a side closer to the substrate than the first layer and contains an oxide including the second metal element as a main metal component;

forming a second film that is in contact with the first layer and contains an oxide;

forming a third film from the first layer and the second film by heating the first layer and the second film; and

etching the third film and the second layer.

10. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 9 , wherein the second film is a semi-conductive oxide film.

11. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 9 , wherein a ratio of the second metal element to a metal element in the second film is greater than or equal to 0.2.

12. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, according to claim 9 , wherein the first film is formed by a DC sputtering method.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2011
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026763/0656 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-187878 · Aug 25, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120052624A1 · Mar 1, 2012