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Granted Patent B2
US 11,211,467 · App. 16/755,208 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Tomoki Hiramatsu (Koto, JP); Yusuke Nonaka (Atsugi, JP); Noritaka Ishihara (Koza, JP); Shota Sambonsuge (Matsudo, JP); Yasumasa Yamane (Atsugi, JP); Yuta Endo (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/517H01L21/823857H01L29/511
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Patent No.
US 11,211,467
App. No.
16/755,208
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; a first oxide provided over the first insulator; a second oxide provided over the first oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor provided apart from each other over the second oxide; a third oxide provided over the second oxide, the first conductor, and the second conductor; a second insulating film provided over the third oxide; and a third conductor provided over the second oxide with the third oxide and the second insulating film positioned therebetween. The third oxide contains a metal element and nitrogen, and the metal element is bonded to nitrogen.

Claims (26)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first insulator;

a first oxide over the first insulator;

a second oxide over the first oxide;

a first conductor and a second conductor apart from each other over the second oxide;

a third oxide over the second oxide, the first conductor, and the second conductor;

a second insulating film over the third oxide; and

a third conductor over the second oxide with the third oxide and the second insulating film positioned therebetween,

wherein the first oxide comprises a first layer and a second layer,

wherein the second layer comprises a metal element and nitrogen, and

wherein the metal element is bonded to nitrogen.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second layer is a layer holding a fixed charge.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a percentage of the number of nitrogen atoms in the second layer is lower than 0.1 atomic %.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer has a higher oxygen concentration than the second layer, and

wherein the second layer has a higher nitrogen concentration than the first layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the percentage of the number of the nitrogen atoms in the second layer is higher than or equal to 0.02 atomic %.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first oxide, the second oxide, and the third oxide comprise In, an element M, and Zn, and

wherein the element M comprises any one of Al, Ga, Y, and Sn.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal element is one selected from In, an element M, and Zn, and

wherein the element M comprises any one of Al, Ga, Y, and Sn.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-216669 · Nov 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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