IP Library Granted Patent US 8,952,380
Granted Patent B2
US 8,952,380 · App. 13/657,165 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

Semiconductor device and electronic device

Inventors: Tatsuya Honda (Isehara, JP); Masashi Tsubuku (Atsugi, JP); Yusuke Nonaka (Atsugi, JP); Takashi Shimazu (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/42376H01L29/7869H01L29/66742H01L29/78603H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 8,952,380
App. No.
13/657,165
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

To suppress a decrease in on-state current in a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor. A semiconductor device includes an insulating film containing silicon, an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film, a gate insulating film containing silicon over the oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode which is over the gate insulating film and overlaps with at least the oxide semiconductor film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the semiconductor device, the oxide semiconductor film which overlaps with at least the gate electrode includes a region in which a concentration of silicon distributed from an interface with the insulating film is lower than or equal to 1.1 at. %. In addition, a concentration of silicon contained in a remaining portion of the oxide semiconductor film except the region is lower than the concentration of silicon contained in the region.

Claims (61)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating film containing silicon and oxygen;

an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film;

a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate electrode which is over the gate insulating film and overlaps with at least the oxide semiconductor film; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode which are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film which overlaps with at least the gate electrode includes a region in which a concentration of silicon distributed from an interface between the oxide semiconductor film and the insulating film toward the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1.1 at. %.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the region is present in a range of 5 nm or less in a film thickness direction from the interface with the insulating film, and

wherein a concentration of silicon contained in a remaining portion of the oxide semiconductor film except the region is lower than the concentration of silicon contained in the region.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a concentration of silicon contained in the region is lower than or equal to 0.1 at. %.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the insulating film contains carbon, and

wherein a concentration of carbon in the region is lower than or equal to 1.0×10 20 atoms/cm 3 .

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has crystallinity.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes an amorphous structure.

7. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating film containing silicon and oxygen;

an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film;

a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate electrode which is over the gate insulating film and overlaps with at least the oxide semiconductor film; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode which are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film which overlaps with at least the gate electrode includes a region in which a concentration of silicon distributed from an interface between the oxide semiconductor film and the insulating film toward the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1.1 at. %, and

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises at least one of indium and zinc.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the region is present in a range of 5 nm or less in a film thickness direction from the interface with the insulating film, and

wherein a concentration of silicon contained in a remaining portion of the oxide semiconductor film except the region is lower than the concentration of silicon contained in the region.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein a concentration of silicon contained in the region is lower than or equal to 0.1 at. %.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the insulating film contains carbon, and

wherein a concentration of carbon in the region is lower than or equal to 1.0×10 20 atoms/cm 3 .

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has crystallinity.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes an amorphous structure.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film further comprises tin.

14. An electronic device comprising a semiconductor device:

the semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating film containing silicon and oxygen;

an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film;

a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate electrode which is over the gate insulating film and overlaps with at least the oxide semiconductor film; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode which are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film which overlaps with at least the gate electrode includes a region in which a concentration of silicon distributed from an interface between the oxide semiconductor film and the insulating film toward the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1.1 at. %.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the region is present in a range of 5 nm or less in a film thickness direction from the interface with the insulating film, and

wherein a concentration of silicon contained in a remaining portion of the oxide semiconductor film except the region is lower than the concentration of silicon contained in the region.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14 ,

wherein a concentration of silicon contained in the region is lower than or equal to 0.1 at. %.

17. The electronic device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the insulating film contains carbon, and

wherein a concentration of carbon in the region is lower than or equal to 1.0×10 20 atoms/cm 3 .

18. The electronic device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has crystallinity.

19. The electronic device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes an amorphous structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2012
From: HONDA, TATSUYA; TSUBUKU, MASASHI; NONAKA, YUSUKE; SHIMAZU, TAKASHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029390/0356 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-236186 · Oct 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130105791A1 · May 2, 2013