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US 12,453,187 · App. 17/285,782 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Erika Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Kunihiro Fukushima (Kanagawa, JP); Katsuaki Tochibayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Ryota Hodo (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10D99/00H01L21/0206H01L21/0214H01L21/02178H01L21/02565H10D30/6734H10D30/6755H10D62/80H10B12/00
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Patent No.
US 12,453,187
App. No.
17/285,782
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with high reliability is provided by the following steps: forming an oxide semiconductor; forming a first insulator in contact with the oxide semiconductor; forming a second insulator over the first insulator; forming a third insulator over the second insulator; forming an opening in the third insulator, the second insulator, and the first insulator; cleaning the inside of the opening; embedding a conductor in the cleaned opening; forming the first insulator to include an excess-oxygen region; forming the second insulator to have a higher barrier property against oxygen, hydrogen, or water than the first insulator; and processing the opening to have a cylindrical shape or an inverted cone shape.

Claims (19)

1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device comprising:

forming an oxide semiconductor of a transistor;

forming a first insulator over the oxide semiconductor;

forming a second insulator over and in contact with the first insulator;

forming a third insulator over the second insulator;

forming a fourth insulator over the third insulator;

forming an opening in the fourth insulator, the third insulator, the second insulator, and the first insulator;

cleaning the inside of the opening;

forming a fifth insulator only on a side surface of the cleaned opening after the cleaning; and

embedding a conductor in the cleaned opening,

wherein the first insulator is formed to comprise an excess-oxygen region,

wherein the second insulator and the fifth insulator comprise aluminum oxide, respectively,

wherein a side surface of the second insulator and the fifth insulator are in contact with each other,

wherein the third insulator is in contact with side surfaces of the second insulator, the fourth insulator, and the fifth insulator, and

wherein the opening is processed to have a cylindrical shape or an inverted cone shape.

2. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor is an In—Ga—Zn oxide.

3. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein carbonated water is used in the cleaning.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2021
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; TAKAHASHI, ERIKA; FUKUSHIMA, KUNIHIRO; TOCHIBAYASHI, KATSUAKI; HODO, RYOTA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056318/0708 →
Priority Claims (5)
JP 2018-201656 · Oct 26, 2018 · national
JP 2018-219302 · Nov 22, 2018 · national
JP 2019-010809 · Jan 25, 2019 · national
JP 2019-102132 · May 31, 2019 · national
JP 2019-109842 · Jun 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210384326A1 · Dec 9, 2021
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