Semiconductor device and display device including semiconductor device
The reliability of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor can be improved by suppressing a change in electrical characteristics. A transistor included 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 in contact with the gate insulating film, a source region in contact with the second insulating film, and a drain region in contact with the second insulating film. The second oxide semiconductor film has a higher carrier density than the first oxide semiconductor film.
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a transistor, the transistor comprising:
an oxide semiconductor film;
a gate insulating film comprising any one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon nitride oxide over the oxide semiconductor film;
a metal oxide film over the gate insulating film;
a first conductive film, having a region overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film and the metal oxide film provided therebetween, over the metal oxide film;
an insulating film comprising hydrogen over the first conductive film; and
a second conductive film and a third conductive film, electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, over the insulating film comprising hydrogen,
wherein the first conductive film functions as a gate electrode,
wherein a top surface of the oxide semiconductor film has a first region in contact with a portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, a second region in contact with another portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, and a third region in contact with the gate insulating film between the first region and the second region, and
wherein the metal oxide film has a crystalline portion in which a plurality of spots is observed in form of a ring by a nanobeam electron diffraction pattern.
2. A semiconductor device comprising:
a transistor, the transistor comprising:
an oxide semiconductor film;
a gate insulating film comprising any one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon nitride oxide over the oxide semiconductor film;
a metal oxide film over the gate insulating film;
a first conductive film, having a region overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film and the metal oxide film provided therebetween, over the metal oxide film;
an insulating film comprising hydrogen over the first conductive film; and
a second conductive film and a third conductive film, electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, over the insulating film comprising hydrogen,
wherein the first conductive film functions as a gate electrode,
wherein a top surface of the oxide semiconductor film has a first region in contact with a portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, a second region in contact with another portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, and a third region in contact with the gate insulating film between the first region and the second region,
wherein the metal oxide film has a plurality of crystalline portions, and
wherein an orientation between one of the plurality of crystalline portions and another of the plurality of crystalline portions differs.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein no grain boundary is observed in the metal oxide film in a high-resolution TEM image.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein no grain boundary is observed in the metal oxide film in a high-resolution TEM image.
5. A semiconductor device comprising:
a transistor, the transistor comprising:
an oxide semiconductor film;
a gate insulating film comprising any one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon nitride oxide over the oxide semiconductor film;
a metal oxide film over the gate insulating film;
a first conductive film, having a region overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film and the metal oxide film provided therebetween, over the metal oxide film;
an insulating film comprising hydrogen over the first conductive film; and
a second conductive film and a third conductive film, electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, over the insulating film comprising hydrogen,
wherein the first conductive film functions as a gate electrode,
wherein, in a cross-sectional view in a channel-length direction of the transistor, a width of the gate insulating film is greater than a width of the metal oxide film,
wherein a top surface of the gate insulating film has a first region in contact with a first portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, a second region in contact with a second portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, and a third region in contact with the metal oxide film between the first region and the second region, and
wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a fourth region in contact with a third portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, a fifth region in contact with a fourth portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, and a sixth portion in contact with the gate insulating film between the fourth region and the fifth region.
6. A semiconductor device comprising:
a transistor, the transistor comprising:
a first conductive film;
a first gate insulating film over the first conductive film;
an oxide semiconductor film over the first gate insulating film;
a second gate insulating film comprising any one of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon nitride oxide over the oxide semiconductor film;
a metal oxide film over the second gate insulating film;
a second conductive film, having a region overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film with the second gate insulating film and the metal oxide film provided therebetween, over the metal oxide film;
an insulating film comprising hydrogen over the second conductive film; and
a third conductive film and a fourth conductive film, electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, over the insulating film comprising hydrogen,
wherein each of the first conductive film and the second conductive film functions as a gate electrode,
wherein, in a cross-sectional view in a channel-length direction of the transistor, a width of the second gate insulating film is greater than a width of the metal oxide film and smaller than a width of the first conductive film,
wherein a top surface of the second gate insulating film has a first region in contact with a first portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, a second region in contact with a second portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, and a third region in contact with the metal oxide film between the first region and the second region, and
wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a fourth region in contact with a third portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, a fifth region in contact with a fourth portion of the insulating film comprising hydrogen, and a sixth portion in contact with the second gate insulating film between the fourth region and the fifth region.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the oxide semiconductor film and the metal oxide film comprises In, Ga, and Zn.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the oxide semiconductor film and the metal oxide film comprises In, Ga, and Zn.
9. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein each of the oxide semiconductor film and the metal oxide film comprises In, Ga, and Zn.
10. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the oxide semiconductor film and the metal oxide film comprises In, Ga, and Zn.