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Granted Patent B2
US 9,954,117 · App. 15/661,040 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

Semiconductor device and display device including the semiconductor device

Inventors: Junichi Koezuka (Tochigi, JP); Masami Jintyou (Tochigi, JP); Yukinori Shima (Gunma, JP); Takashi Hamochi (Tochigi, JP); Yasutaka Nakazawa (Tochigi, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/78696H01L27/1225H01L29/24H01L29/41733H01L29/45H01L29/4908H01L29/66969H01L29/7869H01L29/78621H01L29/78627H01L27/3262H01L2029/7863
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Patent No.
US 9,954,117
App. No.
15/661,040
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor is provided. In particular, a planar semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor is provided. A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor and having large on-state current is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film over the oxide insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first region overlapped with the gate electrode and a second region not overlapped with the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode. The first region and the second region have different impurity element concentrations. The gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode contain the same metal element.

Claims (49)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an oxide insulating film;

an oxide semiconductor film over the oxide insulating film, the oxide semiconductor film comprising a first region and a second region;

a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate insulating film between the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film therebetween;

a second gate electrode;

a capacitor; and

a first insulating film overlapping the first region with the gate insulating film therebetween,

wherein the first insulating film is on and in contact with the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode,

wherein the first region and the gate electrode overlap each other,

wherein the first insulating film is in contact with the second region, and

wherein an electrode of the capacitor and the oxide semiconductor film are formed from a same layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region comprises a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer overlapping each other.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film further comprises a third oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of an impurity element of the second region is higher than a concentration of the impurity element of the first region.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the impurity element is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, chlorine, and a rare gas.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises an oxide comprising In, M, and Zn, and

wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, and Hf.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film is a silicon nitride film.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the gate electrode and parts of the source electrode and the drain electrode exist in the same layer and comprise the same metal element.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film covers and is in contact with the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode.

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

11. A semiconductor device comprising:

an oxide insulating film;

an oxide semiconductor film over the oxide insulating film, the oxide semiconductor film comprising a first region and a second region;

a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor film;

a gate insulating film between the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor film with the gate insulating film therebetween;

a second gate electrode;

a capacitor; and

a first insulating film overlapping the first region with the gate insulating film therebetween,

wherein the first insulating film is on and in contact with the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode,

wherein the first region and the gate electrode overlap each other,

wherein the first insulating film is in contact with the second region,

wherein an electrode of the capacitor comprises an oxide semiconductor, and

wherein the electrode of the capacitor and the oxide semiconductor film are on and in contact with the oxide insulating film.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first region comprises a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer overlapping each other.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the oxide semiconductor film further comprises a third oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein a concentration of an impurity element of the second region is higher than a concentration of the impurity element of the first region.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the impurity element is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, chlorine, and a rare gas.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises an oxide comprising In, M, and Zn, and

wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, and Hf.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first insulating film is a silicon nitride film.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein at least a part of the gate electrode and parts of the source electrode and the drain electrode exist in the same layer and comprise the same metal element.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first insulating film covers and is in contact with the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode.

20. A display device comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2017
From: KOEZUKA, JUNICHI; JINTYOU, MASAMI; SHIMA, YUKINORI; HAMOCHI, TAKASHI; NAKAZAWA, YASUTAKA; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043869/0777 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-271312 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
JP 2014-037207 · Feb 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15434153 · Feb 16, 2017
Continuation 14582273 · Dec 24, 2014
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