IP Library Granted Patent US 11,929,416
Granted Patent B2
US 11,929,416 · App. 17/272,399 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Ryo Tokumaru (Isehara, JP); Shinya Sasagawa (Chigasaki, JP); Tomonori Nakayama (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/45H01L21/441H01L29/24H01L29/66969H01L29/7869
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Patent No.
US 11,929,416
App. No.
17/272,399
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with favorable reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide, a second oxide over the first oxide, a first insulator over the second oxide, a first conductor over the first insulator, and a second conductor and a third conductor over the second oxide. The second conductor includes a first region and a second region, the third conductor includes a third region and a fourth region, the second region is positioned above the first region, the fourth region is positioned above the third region, and each of the second conductor and the third conductor contains tantalum and nitrogen. The atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the first region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the second region, and the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the third region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fourth region.

Claims (42)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first oxide;

a second oxide over the first oxide;

a first insulator over the second oxide;

a first conductor over the first insulator; and

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

wherein the second conductor comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein the third conductor comprises a third region and a fourth region,

wherein the second region is positioned above the first region,

wherein the fourth region is positioned above the third region,

wherein each of the second conductor and the third conductor comprises tantalum and nitrogen,

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the first region is higher than an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the second region,

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the third region is higher than an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fourth region,

wherein the second conductor further comprises a fifth region,

wherein the third conductor further comprises a sixth region,

wherein the fifth region is positioned above the second region,

wherein the sixth region is positioned above the fourth region,

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fifth region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the second region, and

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the sixth region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fourth region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a second insulator is provided over the second conductor and the third conductor.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first oxide comprises indium, an element M, and zinc, and

wherein M is aluminum, gallium, yttrium, or tin.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first oxide;

a first insulator over the first oxide;

a first conductor over the first insulator; and

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

wherein the second conductor comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein the third conductor comprises a third region and a fourth region,

wherein the second region is positioned above the first region,

wherein the fourth region is positioned above the third region,

wherein each of the second conductor and the third conductor comprises tantalum and nitrogen,

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the first region is higher than an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the second region,

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the third region is higher than an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fourth region,

wherein the second conductor further comprises a fifth region,

wherein the third conductor further comprises a sixth region,

wherein the fifth region is positioned above the second region,

wherein the sixth region is positioned above the fourth region,

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fifth region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the second region, and

wherein an atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the sixth region is higher than the atomic ratio of nitrogen to tantalum in the fourth region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; TOKUMARU, RYO; SASAGAWA, SHINYA; NAKAYAMA, TOMONORI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-171617 · Sep 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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