IP Library Granted Patent US 9,627,413
Granted Patent B2
US 9,627,413 · App. 14/567,205 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Semiconductor device and display device

Inventors: Kenichi Okazaki (Tochigi, JP); Takashi Hamochi (Tochigi, JP); Yukinori Shima (Gunma, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1225H01L29/045H01L29/41733H01L29/42384H01L29/7869H01L29/78648H01L29/78693H01L29/78696H01L2029/42388
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Patent No.
US 9,627,413
App. No.
14/567,205
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The semiconductor device includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, a first gate electrode overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the first gate electrode, a first insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, a pair of electrodes that are over the first insulating film and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, a second insulating film over the first insulating film and the pair of electrodes, and a second gate electrode that is over the second insulating film and overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film. The first insulating film includes a region having a thickness of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and the pair of electrodes includes a region in which a distance between the electrodes is 1 μm or more and 6 μm or less.

Claims (63)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising:

a first gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film overlapping the first gate electrode;

a gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the first gate electrode;

a first insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;

a pair of electrodes that are over the first insulating film and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;

a second insulating film over the first insulating film and the pair of electrodes; and

a second gate electrode that is over the second insulating film and overlaps the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the first insulating film comprises a region where a nitrogen concentration measured by SIMS is lower than or equal to 6×10 20 atoms/cm 3 ,

wherein the first insulating film includes a region having a thickness greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm,

wherein a spin density of the second insulating film is lower than or equal to 3×10 17 spins/cm 3 at g=2.001, and

wherein the pair of electrodes includes a region in which a distance between the pair of electrodes is greater than or equal to 1μm and less than or equal to 6μm.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises an In-M-Zn oxide where M is Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes a crystal part, and a c-axis of the crystal part is aligned parallel to a normal vector of a surface where the oxide semiconductor film is formed.

4. A display device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

5. An electronic device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

6. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising:

a first gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film overlapping the first gate electrode;

a gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the first gate electrode;

a first insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;

a pair of electrodes that are over the first insulating film and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;

a second insulating film over the first insulating film and the pair of electrodes; and

a second gate electrode that is over the second insulating film and overlaps the oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the first insulating film comprises a region where a nitrogen concentration measured by SIMS is lower than or equal to 6×10 20 atoms/cm 3 ,

wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to each other in an opening in the gate insulating film, the first insulating film, and the second insulating film, and the oxide semiconductor film is surrounded by the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode with the gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the first gate electrode and with the first insulating film and the second insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the second gate electrode,

wherein the first insulating film includes a region having a thickness greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm,

wherein a spin density of the second insulating film is lower than or equal to 3×10 17 spins/cm 3 at g=2.001, and

wherein the pair of electrodes includes a region in which a distance between the pair of electrodes is greater than or equal to 1 μm and less than or equal to 6 μm.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises an In-M-Zn oxide where M is Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes a crystal part, and a c-axis of the crystal part is aligned parallel to a normal vector of a surface where the oxide semiconductor film is formed.

9. A display device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 6 .

10. An electronic device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 6 .

11. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising:

a first gate electrode;

a stacked-layer oxide film comprising an oxide semiconductor film and a metal oxide film, the stacked-layer oxide film overlapping the first gate electrode;

a gate insulating film between the stacked-layer oxide film and the first gate electrode;

a first insulating film over the stacked-layer oxide film;

a pair of electrodes that are over the first insulating film and electrically connected to the stacked-layer oxide film;

a second insulating film over the first insulating film and the pair of electrodes; and

a second gate electrode that is over the second insulating film and overlaps the stacked-layer oxide film,

wherein the first insulating film comprises a region where a nitrogen concentration measured by SIMS is lower than or equal to 6×10 20 atoms/cm 3 ,

wherein the first insulating film includes a region having a thickness greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm,

wherein a spin density of the second insulating film is lower than or equal to 3×10 17 spins/cm 3 at g=2.001, and

wherein the pair of electrodes includes a region in which a distance between the pair of electrodes is greater than or equal to 1 μm and less than or equal to 6 μm.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to each other in an opening in the gate insulating film, the first insulating film, and the second insulating film, and the stacked-layer oxide film is surrounded by the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode with the gate insulating film between the stacked-layer oxide film and the first gate electrode and with the first insulating film and the second insulating film between the stacked-layer oxide film and the second gate electrode.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises an In-M-Zn oxide where M is Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes a crystal part, and a c-axis of the crystal part is aligned parallel to a normal vector of a surface where the oxide semiconductor film is formed.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the metal oxide film is an In-M-Zn oxide or an In-M oxide where M is Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the metal oxide film includes a crystal part, and a c-axis of the crystal part is aligned parallel to a normal vector of a surface where the metal oxide film is formed.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein an energy level of a bottom of a conduction band of the metal oxide film is closer to a vacuum level than that of the oxide semiconductor film is.

18. A display device including the semiconductor device according to claim cm 11 .

19. An electronic device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 11 .

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of electrode comprises copper.

21. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the pair of electrode comprises copper.

22. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the pair of electrode comprises copper.

23. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first gate electrode comprises copper.

24. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the first gate electrode comprises copper.

25. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first gate electrode comprises copper.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2015
From: OKAZAKI, KENICHI; HAMOCHI, TAKASHI; SHIMA, YUKINORI; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034773/0377 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2015
From: OKAZAKI, KENICHI; HAMOCHI, TAKASHI; SHIMA, YUKINORI; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034733/0593 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-256867 · Dec 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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