IP Library Granted Patent US 10,032,929
Granted Patent B2
US 10,032,929 · App. 15/683,845 · Granted Jul 24, 2018

Semiconductor device and display device including the semiconductor device

Inventors: Junichi Koezuka (Tochigi, JP); Masami Jintyou (Tochigi, JP); Yukinori Shima (Gunma, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/7869H01L27/1225H01L29/045H01L29/24H01L29/66969H01L29/78648H01L29/78693H01L29/78696H01L29/66742H01L29/786
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Patent No.
US 10,032,929
App. No.
15/683,845
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The reliability of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor is improved. The transistor in a semiconductor device includes a first oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film, a gate insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, and a second insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film includes a channel region overlapping with the second oxide semiconductor film, a source region and a drain region each in contact with the second insulating film. The channel region includes a first layer and a second layer in contact with a top surface of the first layer and covering a side surface of the first layer in the channel width direction. The second oxide semiconductor film has a higher carrier density than the first oxide semiconductor film.

Claims (53)

1. A semiconductor device comprising a transistor,

wherein the transistor comprises:

a first oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film;

a gate insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film;

a second oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film; and

a second insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the first oxide semiconductor film comprises:

a channel region overlapping with the second oxide semiconductor film;

a source region in contact with the second insulating film; and

a drain region in contact with the second insulating film,

wherein the channel region comprises:

a first layer; and

a second layer which is in contact with a top surface of the first layer and covers a side surface of the first layer in a channel width direction, and

wherein the second oxide semiconductor film has a higher carrier density than the first oxide semiconductor film, and

wherein the second oxide semiconductor film comprises a plurality of crystals.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a region in which an upper end portion of the gate insulating film is aligned with or positioned further outward than a lower end portion of the second oxide semiconductor film.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulating film comprises at least one of nitrogen and hydrogen.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor further comprises:

a third insulating film over the second insulating film;

a source electrode connected to the source region through an opening in the second insulating film and the third insulating film; and

a drain electrode connected to the drain region through an opening in the second insulating film and the third insulating film.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the source region and the drain region each comprise a region having the same hydrogen concentration as the second oxide semiconductor film.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the source region and the drain region each comprise at least one of hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur, and a rare gas.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film comprises oxygen, In, Zn, and M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn).

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of c-axes of the plurality of the crystals in the second oxide semiconductor film is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the second oxide semiconductor film.

9. A semiconductor device comprising a transistor,

wherein the transistor comprises:

a first oxide semiconductor film over a first insulating film;

a gate insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film;

a second oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film; and

a second insulating film over the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the first oxide semiconductor film comprises:

a channel region overlapping with the second oxide semiconductor film;

a source region in contact with the second insulating film; and

a drain region in contact with the second insulating film,

wherein the channel region comprises:

a first layer;

a second layer which is in contact with a top surface of the first layer and covers a side surface of the first layer in a channel width direction; and

a third layer in contact with a bottom surface of the first layer, and

wherein the second oxide semiconductor film has a higher carrier density than the first oxide semiconductor film, and

wherein the second oxide semiconductor film comprises a plurality of crystals.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , further comprising a region in which an upper end portion of the gate insulating film is aligned with or positioned further outward than a lower end portion of the second oxide semiconductor film.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the second insulating film comprises at least one of nitrogen and hydrogen.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the transistor further comprises:

a third insulating film over the second insulating film;

a source electrode connected to the source region through an opening in the second insulating film and the third insulating film; and

a drain electrode connected to the drain region through an opening in the second insulating film and the third insulating film.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the source region and the drain region each comprise a region having the same hydrogen concentration as the second oxide semiconductor film.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the source region and the drain region each comprise at least one of hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur, and a rare gas.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film comprises oxygen, In, Zn, and M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn).

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein each of c-axes of the plurality of the crystals in the second oxide semiconductor film is substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the second oxide semiconductor film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2017
From: KOEZUKA, JUNICHI; JINTYOU, MASAMI; SHIMA, YUKINORI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043925/0683 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-104495 · May 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15160059 · May 20, 2016
Related Publication 20170373196A1 · Dec 28, 2017
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