IP Library Granted Patent US 10,249,768
Granted Patent B2
US 10,249,768 · App. 15/935,324 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Junichi Koezuka (Tochigi, JP); Masami Jintyou (Tochigi, JP); Yukinori Shima (Gunma, JP); Daisuke Kurosaki (Tochigi, JP); Masataka Nakada (Tochigi, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/78693H01L27/1225H01L27/1251H01L29/7869H01L29/78606H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 10,249,768
App. No.
15/935,324
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The semiconductor device includes a first transistor provided in a driver circuit portion and a second transistor provided in a pixel portion; the first transistor and the second transistor have different structures. In an oxide semiconductor film of each of the transistors, an impurity element is contained in regions which do not overlap with a gate electrode. The regions of the oxide semiconductor film which contain the impurity element function as low-resistance regions. Furthermore, the regions of the oxide semiconductor film which contain the impurity element are in contact with a film containing hydrogen. Furthermore, the first transistor provided in the driver circuit portion may include the oxide semiconductor film in which a first film and a second film are stacked, and the second transistor provided in the pixel portion may include the oxide semiconductor film which differs from the first film in the atomic ratio of metal elements.

Claims (30)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor and a second transistor each over a first insulating

the first transistor comprising:

a first oxide semiconductor film;

a second oxide semiconductor film on and in contact with the first oxide semiconductor film;

a third oxide semiconductor film on and in contact with a top surface of the second oxide semiconductor film and side surfaces of the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film;

a first gate insulating film on and in contact with the third oxide semiconductor film; and

a first gate electrode over the first gate insulating film; and

the second transistor comprising:

a fourth oxide semiconductor film;

a second gate insulating film on and in contact with the fourth oxide semiconductor film; and

a second gate electrode over the second gate insulating film,

wherein each of the first oxide semiconductor film, the second oxide semiconductor film, the third oxide semiconductor film, and the fourth oxide semiconductor film comprises indium, gallium, and zinc, and

wherein, in each of the third oxide semiconductor film and the fourth oxide semiconductor film, a proportion of indium atoms is lower than or equal to a proportion of gallium atoms.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first transistor comprises a source electrode and a drain electrode each on and in contact with the third oxide semiconductor film.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , comprising a second insulating film over the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode,

wherein the first transistor comprises a first source electrode and a first drain electrode each over the second insulating film, and

wherein the second transistor comprises a second source electrode and a second drain electrode each over the second insulating film.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , comprising a second insulating film over the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode and in contact with the third oxide semiconductor film and the fourth oxide semiconductor film, wherein the second insulating film is a nitride insulating film.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the third oxide semiconductor film covers the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second oxide semiconductor film, a proportion of indium atoms is higher than a proportion of gallium atoms.

7. A display device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display device comprises:

a driver circuit portion comprising the first transistor; and

a pixel portion comprising:

the second transistor; and

a display element electrically connected to the second transistor.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display element is an electroluminescent element.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first gate electrode is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor.

Priority Claims (4)
JP 2014-022871 · Feb 7, 2014 · national
JP 2014-022872 · Feb 7, 2014 · national
JP 2014-051131 · Mar 14, 2014 · national
JP 2014-051136 · Mar 14, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 15226051 · Aug 2, 2016
Continuation 14608224 · Jan 29, 2015
Related Publication 20180219102A1 · Aug 2, 2018
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