Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device
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Application No.: US15053594Application Date: 2016-02-25
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Publication No.: US09496413B2Publication Date: 2016-11-15
- Inventor: Masashi Tsubuku , Yusuke Nonaka , Noritaka Ishihara , Masashi Oota , Hideyuki Kishida
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office
- Agent Eric J. Robinson
- Priority: JP2012-104858 20120501; JP2012-263065 20121130; JP2013-023631 20130208; JP2013-051611 20130314
- Main IPC: H01L21/336
- IPC: H01L21/336 ; H01L29/786 ; H01L29/78 ; H01L21/44 ; H01L29/04 ; H01L21/477 ; H01L29/66 ; H01L21/02

Abstract:
Reducing hydrogen concentration in a channel formation region of an oxide semiconductor is important in stabilizing threshold voltage of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor and improving reliability. Hence, hydrogen is attracted from the oxide semiconductor and trapped in a region of an insulating film which overlaps with a source region and a drain region of the oxide semiconductor. Impurities such as argon, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, or boron are added to the region of the insulating film which overlaps with the source region and the drain region of the oxide semiconductor, thereby generating a defect. Hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor is attracted to the defect in the insulating film. The defect in the insulating film is stabilized by the presence of hydrogen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160181432A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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