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US 11,923,204 · App. 17/944,551 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Manufacturing method of semiconductor device comprising oxide semiconductor

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Junichiro Sakata (Atsugi, JP); Hiroki Ohara (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L21/465H01L21/02565H01L21/28176H01L21/324H01L21/477H01L29/04H01L29/045H01L29/66742H01L29/66969H01L29/78603H01L29/78606H01L29/78618H01L29/78642H01L29/78648H01L29/7869H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 11,923,204
App. No.
17/944,551
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device for high power application in which a novel semiconductor material having high mass productivity is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed, and then, first heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film in order to reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film. Next, in order to further reduce impurities such as moisture or hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film, oxygen is added to the oxide semiconductor film by an ion implantation method, an ion doping method, or the like, and after that, second heat treatment is performed on the exposed oxide semiconductor film.

Claims (7)

1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

performing a first heat treatment on an oxide semiconductor film at a temperature higher than or equal to 500° C. and lower than or equal to 850° C.;

adding oxygen into the oxide semiconductor film after the step of performing the first heat treatment; and

performing a second heat treatment on the oxide semiconductor film at a temperature higher than or equal to 500° C. and lower than or equal to 850° C. after the step of adding the oxygen,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises In, Ga, and Zn,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a crystal region with a grain size of 1 nm or more and 20 nm or less, and

wherein each of the first heat treatment and the second heat treatment is performed under a reduced pressure atmosphere, an inert gas atmosphere, an oxygen gas atmosphere, or an ultra dry air atmosphere (air whose moisture content is less than or equal to 20 ppm (dew point conversion, −55° C.), in the case where measurement is performed using a dew-point meter of a cavity ring-down laser spectroscopy (CRDS) system).

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-277078 · Dec 4, 2009 · national
Continuity (9)
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