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US 12,336,224 · App. 17/830,620 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Hiromichi Godo (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuhiro Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10D30/6755H10D30/6739H01L21/02554H01L21/02565
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Patent No.
US 12,336,224
App. No.
17/830,620
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

To reduce oxygen vacancies in an oxide semiconductor film and the vicinity of the oxide semiconductor film and to improve electric characteristics of a transistor including the oxide semiconductor film. A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode whose Gibbs free energy for oxidation is higher than that of a gate insulating film. In a region where the gate electrode is in contact with the gate insulating film, oxygen moves from the gate electrode to the gate insulating film, which is caused because the gate electrode has higher Gibbs free energy for oxidation than the gate insulating film. The oxygen passes through the gate insulating film and is supplied to the oxide semiconductor film in contact with the gate insulating film, whereby oxygen vacancies in the oxide semiconductor film and the vicinity of the oxide semiconductor film can be reduced.

Claims (84)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a gate electrode; and

an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode with a gate insulating film therebetween,

wherein the gate electrode comprises:

a first layer in contact with the gate insulating film;

a second layer under the first layer; and

a third layer under the second layer,

wherein the first layer and the third layer overlap with each other with the second layer provided therebetween,

wherein the first layer is in direct contact with a top surface and side surfaces of the second layer,

wherein each of the first layer and the second layer comprises a first metal element and oxygen,

wherein the first layer has an oxygen concentration lower than that of the second layer,

wherein the third layer has a conductivity higher than that of each of the first layer and the second layer, and

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

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first metal element is selected from silver, copper, ruthenium, iridium, platinum, and gold.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a density of the gate insulating film is lower than 3.2 g/cm 3 .

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate insulating film comprises a layer, and

wherein the layer comprises one of aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, germanium oxide, yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, neodymium oxide, hafnium oxide, and tantalum oxide.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate insulating film has an oxygen-transmitting property, and

wherein the gate electrode is configured to supply oxygen included in the gate electrode to the oxide semiconductor film through the gate insulating film.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer and the second layer are more hardly oxidized than the gate insulating film.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a work function of the first layer is greater than 5 eV.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

a gate electrode; and

an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode with a gate insulating film therebetween,

wherein the gate electrode comprises:

a first layer in contact with the gate insulating film;

a second layer under the first layer; and

a third layer under the second layer,

wherein the first layer and the third layer overlap with each other with the second layer provided therebetween,

wherein the first layer is in direct contact with a top surface and side surfaces of the second layer,

wherein each of the first layer and the second layer comprises a first metal element and oxygen,

wherein the first layer has an oxygen concentration lower than that of the second layer,

wherein the third layer has a conductivity higher than that of each of the first layer and the second layer,

wherein the first layer has a Gibbs free energy for oxidation higher than that of the gate insulating film, and

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

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first layer comprises a region being in direct contact with a part of a top surface of the third layer.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first metal element is selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, ruthenium, iridium, platinum, and gold.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein a density of the gate insulating film is lower than 3.2 g/cm 3 .

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the gate insulating film comprises a layer, and

wherein the layer comprises one of aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, germanium oxide, yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, neodymium oxide, hafnium oxide, and tantalum oxide.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the gate insulating film has an oxygen-transmitting property, and

wherein the gate electrode is configured to supply oxygen included in the gate electrode to the oxide semiconductor film through the gate insulating film.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first layer and the second layer are more hardly oxidized than the gate insulating film.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein a work function of the first layer is greater than 5 eV.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a gate electrode; and

an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode with a gate insulating film therebetween,

wherein the gate electrode comprises:

a first layer in contact with the gate insulating film;

a second layer under the first layer; and

a third layer under the second layer,

wherein the first layer and the third layer overlap with each other with the second layer provided therebetween,

wherein the first layer is in direct contact with a top surface and side surfaces of the second layer and a part of a top surface of the third layer,

wherein each of the first layer and the second layer comprises an oxide of a first metal element,

wherein the first layer has an oxygen concentration lower than that of the second layer,

wherein the third layer has a conductivity higher than that of each of the first layer and the second layer, and

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

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the first metal element is at least one selected from silver, copper, ruthenium, iridium, platinum, and gold.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 ,

wherein a density of the gate insulating film is lower than 3.2 g/cm 3 .

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the gate insulating film comprises a layer, and

wherein the layer comprises one of aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, germanium oxide, yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, neodymium oxide, hafnium oxide, and tantalum oxide.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the gate insulating film has an oxygen-transmitting property, and

wherein the gate electrode is configured to supply oxygen included in the gate electrode to the oxide semiconductor film through the gate insulating film.

21. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the first layer and the second layer are more hardly oxidized than the gate insulating film.

22. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 ,

wherein a work function of the first layer is greater than 5 eV.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-257487 · Nov 25, 2011 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16038515 · Jul 18, 2018
Continuation 14620403 · Feb 12, 2015
Division 13674175 · Nov 12, 2012
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