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Granted Patent B2
US 10,361,318 · App. 15/785,562 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Takahiro Sato (Tochigi, JP); Yasutaka Nakazawa (Tochigi, JP); Takayuki Cho (Tochigi, JP); Shunsuke Koshioka (Tochigi, JP); Hajime Tokunaga (Yokohama, JP); Masami Jintyou (Shimotsuga, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/78696G02F1/1368G02F1/136277H01L21/02365H01L21/02403H01L21/02422H01L21/02551H01L21/02554H01L21/02565H01L21/02631H01L21/30604H01L21/465H01L27/1225H01L27/1259H01L27/3248H01L29/045H01L29/0657H01L29/1033H01L29/24H01L29/42356H01L29/66742H01L29/66969H01L29/786H01L29/7869H01L29/78693
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Patent No.
US 10,361,318
App. No.
15/785,562
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transistor includes a multilayer film in which an oxide semiconductor film and an oxide film are stacked, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film. The multilayer film overlaps with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The multilayer film has a shape having a first angle between a bottom surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a second angle between a bottom surface of the oxide film and a side surface of the oxide film. The first angle is acute and smaller than the second angle. Further, a semiconductor device including such a transistor is manufactured.

Claims (27)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating surface;

a first oxide film over and in contact with the insulating surface, the first oxide film comprising indium and gallium;

a second oxide film over and in contact with the first oxide film, the second oxide film comprising indium and gallium; and

a conductive film over and in contact with a top surface of the second oxide film, the conductive film being in contact with a side surface of the first oxide film and a side surface of the second oxide film,

wherein a length of the side surface of the first oxide film is larger than a length of the side surface of the second oxide film in a cross-sectional view, and

wherein the first oxide film is crystalline.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a gate electrode under the first oxide film.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a gate electrode over the second oxide film.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating surface;

a first oxide film over and in contact with the insulating surface, the first oxide film comprising indium, gallium and zinc;

a second oxide film over and in contact with the first oxide film, the second oxide film comprising indium, gallium and zinc; and

a conductive film over and in contact with a top surface of the second oxide film, the conductive film being in contact with a side surface of the first oxide film and a side surface of the second oxide film,

wherein a length of the side surface of the first oxide film is larger than a length of the side surface of the second oxide film in a cross-sectional view.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising a gate electrode under the first oxide film.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising a gate electrode over the second oxide film.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first oxide film is crystalline.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

an insulating surface;

a first oxide film over and in contact with the insulating surface, the first oxide film comprising indium;

a second oxide film over and in contact with the first oxide film, the second oxide film comprising indium; and

a conductive film over and in contact with a top surface of the second oxide film, the conductive film being in contact with a side surface of the first oxide film and a side surface of the second oxide film,

wherein a length of the side surface of the first oxide film is larger than a length of the side surface of the second oxide film in a cross-sectional view, and

wherein the first oxide film is crystalline.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , further comprising a gate electrode under the first oxide film.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , further comprising a gate electrode over the second oxide film.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-251794 · Nov 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15187106 · Jun 20, 2016
Continuation 14878399 · Oct 8, 2015
Continuation 14733489 · Jun 8, 2015
Continuation 14073993 · Nov 7, 2013
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