IP Library Granted Patent US 8,330,194
Granted Patent B2
US 8,330,194 · App. 12/941,258 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Substrate for semiconductor device including an island-shaped underlying film overlapping a transistor, method of manufacturing the same, semiconductor device and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,330,194
App. No.
12/941,258
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate for a semiconductor device is provided, including: a substrate; a transistor, formed on the substrate, that includes a semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode disposed so as to be opposed to the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween; and an underlying film disposed below the semiconductor layer, as an underlayer of the transistor, and formed in an island shape so as to at least partially overlap the semiconductor layer, in a plan view of the substrate.

Claims (18)

1. A semiconductor device substrate comprising:

a substrate;

a transistor, formed on the substrate, that includes a semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode disposed so as to be opposed to the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween; and

an underlying film disposed below the semiconductor layer, as an underlayer of the transistor, and formed in an island shape so as to at least partially overlap the semiconductor layer, in a plan view of the substrate,

wherein the underlying film is formed so that the central portion thereof is thinner than the edge thereof, in a plan view of the substrate.

2. The semiconductor device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode is disposed above the semiconductor layer, and

the underlying film is formed more widely than the semiconductor layer, in a plan view of the substrate.

3. The semiconductor device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode is disposed below the semiconductor layer, and

the underlying film is formed more widely than the gate electrode, in a plan view of the substrate.

4. A semiconductor device comprising the semiconductor device substrate according to any one of claims 1 , 2 , and 3 .

5. An electronic device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 4 .

6. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device substrate including a transistor having a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode on a substrate, comprising:

forming the semiconductor layer;

forming the gate insulating film between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode;

forming the gate electrode so as to be opposed to the semiconductor layer with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween; and

forming an underlying film in an island shape, as an underlayer of the transistor, below the semiconductor layer so as to at least partially overlap the semiconductor layer, in a plan view of the substrate,

wherein the underlying film is formed so that the central portion thereof is thinner than the edge thereof, in a plan view of the substrate.

7. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the forming of the underlying film includes forming the underlying film by applying an insulating material to a region in which the underlying film on the substrate is formed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2010
From: SATO, TAKASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025321/0711 →