IP Library Granted Patent US 11,963,374
Granted Patent B2
US 11,963,374 · App. 17/582,092 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP); Kiyoshi Kato (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10B99/00G11C11/405G11C16/0433H01L27/105H01L27/11803H01L27/1207H01L27/1225H01L27/124H01L27/1255H01L29/16H01L29/24H01L29/247H01L29/7869H01L29/78693H01L29/78696H10B41/20H10B41/70H10B69/00G11C2211/4016H01L21/8221H01L27/0688H01L29/7833H10B12/00
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Patent No.
US 11,963,374
App. No.
17/582,092
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to provide a semiconductor device with a novel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring; a fourth wiring; a first transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and a second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The first transistor is provided in a substrate including a semiconductor material. The second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer.

Claims (63)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor; and

a second transistor,

wherein a channel formation region of the first transistor comprises silicon,

wherein a channel formation region of the second transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor,

wherein a first insulating layer is provided over the channel formation region of the first transistor,

wherein a first gate electrode of the first transistor is provided over the first insulating layer,

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor via a first opening in a second insulating layer, a second opening in a third insulating layer, a third opening in a fourth insulating layer, a fourth opening in a fifth insulating layer, a fifth opening in the fifth insulating layer, and a sixth opening in the fourth insulating layer,

wherein the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor is in contact with a top surface of a layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor,

wherein a second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided below the channel formation region of the second transistor, and

wherein, in a cross-sectional view, the layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor extends beyond an end portion of the second gate electrode.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided on the second insulating layer.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a conductor electrically connected to the channel formation region of the second transistor extends beyond an end portion of the fifth opening and the sixth opening, and

wherein the conductor overlaps with the first gate electrode of the first transistor.

5. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor; and

a second transistor,

wherein a channel formation region of the first transistor comprises silicon,

wherein a channel formation region of the second transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor,

wherein a first insulating layer is provided over the channel formation region of the first transistor,

wherein a first gate electrode of the first transistor is provided over the first insulating layer,

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor,

wherein the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor is in contact with a top surface of a layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor,

wherein a second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided below the channel formation region of the second transistor, and

wherein, in a cross-sectional view, the layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor extends beyond an end portion of the second gate electrode.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided on a second insulating layer provided over the first gate electrode.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor; and

a second transistor,

wherein a channel formation region of the first transistor comprises silicon,

wherein a channel formation region of the second transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor,

wherein a first insulating layer is provided over the channel formation region of the first transistor,

wherein a first gate electrode of the first transistor is provided over the first insulating layer,

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor,

wherein a second insulating layer is in contact with a side surface of a layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor and a top surface of the layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor,

wherein a first opening and a second opening are provided in the second insulating layer,

wherein a second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided below the channel formation region of the second transistor, and

wherein, in a cross-sectional view, the layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor extends beyond an end portion of the second gate electrode.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided on a third insulating layer provided over the first gate electrode.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein a third insulating layer is provided over the second insulating layer,

wherein a conductor is provided over the third insulating layer, and

wherein the conductor overlaps with the first gate electrode of the first transistor, the first opening, and the second opening.

12. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor; and

a second transistor,

wherein a channel formation region of the first transistor comprises silicon,

wherein a channel formation region of the second transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor,

wherein a first insulating layer is provided over the channel formation region of the first transistor,

wherein a first gate electrode of the first transistor is provided over the first insulating layer,

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor via a first opening in a second insulating layer, a second opening in a third insulating layer, a third opening in a fourth insulating layer, a fourth opening in a fifth insulating layer, a fifth opening in the fifth insulating layer, and a sixth opening in the fourth insulating layer,

wherein the fourth insulating layer is in contact with a side surface of a layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor and a top surface of the layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor,

wherein a second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided below the channel formation region of the second transistor, and

wherein, in a cross-sectional view, the layer which comprises the oxide semiconductor extends beyond an end portion of the second gate electrode.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the second gate electrode of the second transistor is provided on the second insulating layer.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 ,

wherein a conductor electrically connected to the channel formation region of the second transistor extends beyond an end portion of the fifth opening and the sixth opening, and

wherein the conductor overlaps with the first gate electrode of the first transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KOYAMA, JUN; KATO, KIYOSHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058737/0675 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-251261 · Oct 30, 2009 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 16944289 · Jul 31, 2020
Continuation 16558386 · Sep 3, 2019
Continuation 15615873 · Jun 7, 2017
Continuation 15175190 · Jun 7, 2016
Continuation 14804478 · Jul 21, 2015
Continuation 14336107 · Jul 21, 2014
Division 12914672 · Oct 28, 2010
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