Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
View Patent ↗To provide a transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor film with reduced oxygen vacancies. To provide a semiconductor device that operates at high speed. To provide a highly reliable semiconductor device. To provide a miniaturized semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film; a gate electrode overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film; a gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode; and a protective insulating film that is above the oxide semiconductor film, the gate electrode, and the gate insulating film and includes a region containing phosphorus or boron.
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a base insulating film comprising a first region, a second region, and a third region;
an oxide semiconductor film over the base insulating film;
a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film; and
a gate electrode over the gate insulating film,
wherein the first region is over the third region,
wherein the first region and the oxide semiconductor film do not overlap with each other,
wherein the second region and the oxide semiconductor film overlap with each other,
wherein the first region is in contact with the gate insulating film,
wherein the second region is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film,
wherein the first region contains phosphorus or boron, and
wherein the second region and the third region do not contain phosphorus or boron.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the base insulating film comprises excess oxygen.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the gate insulating film comprises a fourth region,
wherein the fourth region and the gate electrode do not overlap with each other, and
wherein the fourth region contains phosphorus or boron.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective insulating film over the gate electrode,
wherein a part of the protective insulating film contains phosphorus or boron.
5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a transistor comprising silicon,
wherein the oxide semiconductor film is provided over the transistor.
6. A semiconductor device comprising:
a transistor comprising silicon;
an insulating film over the transistor;
an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film;
a gate insulating film adjacent to the oxide semiconductor film;
a gate electrode adjacent to the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween; and
a protective insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, the gate insulating film, and the gate electrode,
wherein a part of the insulating film contains phosphorus or boron, and
wherein a part of the protective insulating film contains phosphorus or boron.
7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the protective insulating film comprises excess oxygen.
8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the gate insulating film comprises a first region,
wherein the first region and the gate electrode do not overlap with each other, and
wherein the first region contains phosphorus or boron.
9. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the protective insulating film comprises an opening, and
wherein the part of the protective insulating film comprises a side surface of the opening.
10. A semiconductor device comprising:
a base insulating film comprising a first region, a second region, and a third region;
an oxide semiconductor film over the base insulating film;
a gate insulating film adjacent to the oxide semiconductor film;
a gate electrode adjacent to the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween; and
a protective insulating film comprising a fourth region over the oxide semiconductor film, the gate insulating film, and the gate electrode,
wherein the first region is over the third region,
wherein the first region and the oxide semiconductor film do not overlap with each other,
wherein the second region and the oxide semiconductor film overlap with each other,
wherein the first region is in contact with the gate insulating film,
wherein the second region is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film,
wherein at least one of the first region and the fourth region contains phosphorus or boron, and
wherein the second region and the third region do not contain phosphorus or boron.
11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the base insulating film comprises excess oxygen.
12. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein the protective insulating film comprises excess oxygen.
13. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the gate insulating film comprises a fifth region,
wherein the fifth region and the gate electrode do not overlap with each other, and
wherein the fifth region contains phosphorus or boron.
14. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the protective insulating film comprises an opening, and
wherein the fourth region comprises a side surface of the opening.