IP Library Granted Patent US 12,520,537
Granted Patent B2
US 12,520,537 · App. 18/070,638 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Composite oxide semiconductor and transistor

Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10D30/6755C01G15/006H10D30/60H10D30/6733H10D62/80H10D86/411H10D86/423H10D86/60H10D99/00C01P2002/85C01P2004/64C01P2006/40H10D62/402H10D62/86
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Patent No.
US 12,520,537
App. No.
18/070,638
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel material and a transistor including the novel material are provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a composite oxide including at least two regions. One of the regions includes In, Zn and an element M1 (the element M1 is one or more of Al, Ga, Si, B, Y, Ti, Fe, Ni, Ge, Zr, Mo, La, Ce, Nd, Hf, Ta, W, Mg, V, Be, and Cu) and the other of the regions includes In, Zn, and an element M2 (the element M2 is one or more of Al, Ga, Si, B, Y, Ti, Fe, Ni, Ge, Zr, Mo, La, Ce, Nd, Hf, Ta, W, Mg, V, Be, and Cu). In an analysis of the composite oxide by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, the detected concentration of the element M1 in a first region is less than the detected concentration of the element M2 in a second region, and a surrounding portion of the first region is unclear in an observed mapping image of the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

Claims (25)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display portion over a substrate, the display portion comprising a first transistor; and

a driver circuit for driving the display portion, the driver circuit comprising a second transistor,

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises a metal oxide film in a channel region,

wherein the metal oxide film has a single-layer structure and comprises a first region and a second region which are distributed in a mosaic pattern in the metal oxide film,

wherein the first region comprises In, Ga, and Zn,

wherein the second region comprises In, Ga, and Zn,

wherein a concentration of indium in the first region is higher than a concentration of indium in the second region in an analysis of the metal oxide film by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy,

wherein a concentration of gallium in the second region is higher than a concentration of gallium in the first region in the analysis of the metal oxide film by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and

wherein the metal oxide film comprises a nanocrystal.

2 . A display device comprising:

a display portion over a substrate, the display portion comprising a first transistor; and

a driver circuit for driving the display portion, the driver circuit comprising a second transistor,

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises a metal oxide film in a channel region,

wherein the metal oxide film has a single-layer structure and comprises a first region and a second region which are distributed in a mosaic pattern in the metal oxide film,

wherein the first region comprises In, Ga, and Zn,

wherein the second region comprises In, Ga, and Zn,

wherein a concentration of indium in the first region is higher than a concentration of indium in the second region in an analysis of the metal oxide film by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy,

wherein a concentration of gallium in the second region is higher than a concentration of gallium in the first region in the analysis of the metal oxide film by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and

wherein the metal oxide film comprises a region where a plurality of spots is observed in a ring-like diffraction pattern by electron diffraction analysis.

3 . A display device comprising:

a display portion over a substrate, the display portion comprising a first transistor; and

a driver circuit for driving the display portion, the driver circuit comprising a second transistor,

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises a metal oxide film in a channel region, and

wherein the metal oxide film has a single-layer structure and comprises a first region and a second region which are distributed in a mosaic pattern in the metal oxide film.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-206732 · Oct 21, 2016 · national
JP 2016-231956 · Nov 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17110591 · Dec 3, 2020
Continuation 15782146 · Oct 12, 2017
Related Publication 20230097298A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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