IP Library Granted Patent US 10,074,747
Granted Patent B2
US 10,074,747 · App. 15/372,493 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Miyake (Kanagawa, JP); Kei Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Kouhei Toyotaka (Kanagawa, JP); Masashi Tsubuku (Kanagawa, JP); Kosei Noda (Kanagawa, JP); Hideaki Kuwabara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/78609G06K19/07758H01L21/8236H01L23/66H01L27/0883H01L29/24H01L29/66969H01L29/7869H01L29/78696G11C7/00G11C19/28H01L2223/6677H02M3/07
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Patent No.
US 10,074,747
App. No.
15/372,493
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to reduce leakage current and parasitic capacitance of a transistor used for an LSI, a CPU, or a memory. A semiconductor integrated circuit such as an LSI, a CPU, or a memory is manufactured using a thin film transistor in which a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor which becomes an intrinsic or substantially intrinsic semiconductor by removing impurities which serve as electron donors (donors) from the oxide semiconductor and has larger energy gap than that of a silicon semiconductor. With use of a thin film transistor using a highly purified oxide semiconductor layer with sufficiently reduced hydrogen concentration, a semiconductor device with low power consumption due to leakage current can be realized.

Claims (44)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an antenna; and

a semiconductor integrated circuit,

wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit comprises:

a first conductive layer;

a first insulating layer over the first conductive layer;

an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer;

a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer over the oxide semiconductor layer;

a second insulating layer over the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer;

a gate insulating layer over the second insulating layer;

a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer; and

a fourth conductive layer,

wherein the gate insulating layer is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer through a first opening provided in the second insulating layer, and

wherein the fourth conductive layer overlaps with the first conductive layer through a second opining provided in the second insulating layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer contains In, Ga, and Zn.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit is a CPU.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit is an LSI.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit is a DRAM.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is an electronic book.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is a cellular phone.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a hydrogen concentration in the oxide semiconductor layer is lower than or equal to 5×10 19 /cm 3 and a carrier concentration in the oxide semiconductor layer is lower than or equal to 5×10 14 /cm 3 .

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening is provided between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer.

10. A semiconductor device comprising:

an antenna;

a first conductive layer;

a thin film transistor; and

a fourth conductive layer,

wherein the thin film transistor comprises:

a first insulating layer over the first conductive layer;

an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer;

a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer over the oxide semiconductor layer;

a second insulating layer over the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer;

a gate insulating layer over the second insulating layer; and

a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer,

wherein the gate insulating layer is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer through a first opening provided in the second insulating layer, and

wherein the fourth conductive layer overlaps with the first conductive layer through a second opining provided in the second insulating layer.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein an off-current value of the thin film transistor is less than or equal to 1×10 −13 A.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer contains In, Ga, and Zn.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein a hydrogen concentration in the oxide semiconductor layer is lower than or equal to 5×10 19 /cm 3 and a carrier concentration in the oxide semiconductor layer is lower than or equal to 5×10 14 /cm 3 .

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the first opening is provided between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 ,

wherein a fifth conductive layer is provide in the thin film transistor,

wherein the fifth conductive layer is under the first insulating layer, and

wherein the fifth conductive layer overlaps with the oxide semiconductor layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2017
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KOYAMA, JUN; MIYAKE, HIROYUKI; TAKAHASHI, KEI; TOYOTAKA, KOUHEI; TSUBUKU, MASASHI; NODA, KOSEI; KUWABARA, HIDEAKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041161/0749 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-238885 · Oct 16, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 13799246 · Mar 13, 2013
Continuation 12904565 · Oct 14, 2010
Related Publication 20170092776A1 · Mar 30, 2017
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