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US 10,504,924 · App. 15/583,325 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Semiconductor device and display device including the semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Yasutaka Nakazawa (Tochigi, JP); Yasuharu Hosaka (Tochigi, JP); Kenichi Okazaki (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1225H01L27/1255H01L29/7869H01L29/78696H01L29/78648
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Patent No.
US 10,504,924
App. No.
15/583,325
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, field-effect mobility and reliability are improved. A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, an insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film, and a pair of electrodes over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor film and a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film is formed using In oxide or In—Zn oxide. The second oxide semiconductor film is formed using In-M-Zn oxide (M is Al, Ga, or Y) and includes a region where the number of In atoms is 40% or more and 50% or less and the number of M atoms is 5% or more and 30% or less of the total number of In, M, and Zn atoms.

Claims (30)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a gate electrode;

an insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film; and

a pair of electrodes over the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises a first oxide semiconductor film and a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the first oxide semiconductor film is In oxide or In—Zn oxide,

wherein the second oxide semiconductor film is In-M-Zn oxide,

wherein M is Al, Ga, or Y, and

wherein the second oxide semiconductor film comprises a region where a number of the In atoms is greater than or equal to 40% and less than or equal to 50% of a total number of the In atoms, the M atoms, and the Zn atoms, and a region where a number of the M atoms is greater than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 30% of the total number of the In atoms, the M atoms, and the Zn atoms.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second oxide semiconductor film comprises a region whose sheet resistance is higher than or equal to 1×10 2 Ω/square and lower than 1×10 6 Ω/square in a region in contact with the pair of electrodes.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a peak is observed at around 2θ=31° not in the first oxide semiconductor film but in the second oxide semiconductor film when a crystal structure of the oxide semiconductor film is measured by XRD analysis.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first oxide semiconductor film comprises a region not comprising the M.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein when an atomic ratio of the In to the M to the Zn is x:y:z and x is 4, the second oxide semiconductor film comprises a region where y is higher than or equal to 1.5 and lower than or equal to 2.5 and z is higher than or equal to 2 and lower than or equal to 4.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the atomic ratio of the In to the M to the Zn is 4:2:3 or in a neighborhood of 4:2:3.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein when an atomic ratio of the In to the M to the Zn is x:y:z and x is 5, the second oxide semiconductor film comprises a region where y is higher than or equal to 0.5 and lower than or equal to 1.5 and z is higher than or equal to 5 and lower than or equal to 7.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the atomic ratio of the In to the M to the Zn is 5:1:6 or in a neighborhood of 5:1:6.

9. A display device comprising:

the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ; and

a display element.

10. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 9 ; and

an operation key or a battery.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2017
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; NAKAZAWA, YASUTAKA; HOSAKA, YASUHARU; OKAZAKI, KENICHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042196/0562 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-094012 · May 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170323908A1 · Nov 9, 2017
Cited By (1)
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