公开(公告)号：US20150048365A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-19

申请号：US14496500

申请日：2014-09-25

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Yusuke NONAKA ,  Noritaka ISHIHARA ,  Masashi OOTA ,  Hideyuki KISHIDA

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/04

CPC classification number: H01L29/7869 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/477 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/4908 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/78603 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/78696

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.

公开(公告)号：US20150041806A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-12

申请号：US14521716

申请日：2014-10-23

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Masayuki SAKAKURA ,  Yoshiaki OIKAWA ,  Kenichi OKAZAKI ,  Hotaka MARUYAMA ,  Masashi TSUBUKU

IPC: H01L27/12

CPC classification number: H01L27/1225 ,  G02F1/13306 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/13394 ,  G02F1/134336 ,  G02F1/13439 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F1/136204 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/133302 ,  G02F2001/133357 ,  G02F2201/123 ,  G11C19/28 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/127 ,  H01L27/1288 ,  H01L29/247 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/78648 ,  H01L29/78693 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: An object is to improve reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device including a driver circuit portion and a display portion (also referred to as a pixel portion) over the same substrate is provided. The driver circuit portion and the display portion include thin film transistors in which a semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor; a first wiring; and a second wiring. The thin film transistors each include a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer. In the thin film transistor in the driver circuit portion, the semiconductor layer is sandwiched between a gate electrode layer and a conductive layer. The first wiring and the second wiring are electrically connected to each other in an opening provided in a gate insulating film through an oxide conductive layer.

Abstract translation: 目的是提高半导体器件的可靠性。 提供了包括驱动电路部分和在相同基板上的显示部分（也称为像素部分）的半导体器件。 驱动器电路部分和显示部分包括其中半导体层包括氧化物半导体的薄膜晶体管; 第一布线 和第二布线。 薄膜晶体管各自包括源极电极层和漏极电极层。 在驱动电路部分的薄膜晶体管中，半导体层夹在栅电极层和导电层之间。 第一布线和第二布线在通过氧化物导电层设置在栅极绝缘膜中的开口中彼此电连接。

公开(公告)号：US20150034947A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：US14444789

申请日：2014-07-28

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Masashi OOTA ,  Koji DAIRIKI ,  Masahiro TAKAHASHI

IPC: H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/24

CPC classification number: H01L29/045 ,  H01L21/02554 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/02631 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693

Abstract: A crystalline oxide semiconductor film which can be used as a semiconductor film of a transistor or the like is provided. In particular, a crystalline oxide semiconductor film with less defects such as grain boundaries is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a crystalline oxide semiconductor film which is provided over a substrate and has a region including five or less areas where a transmission electron diffraction pattern showing discontinuous points is observed when an observation area is changed one-dimensionally within a range of 700 nm, using a transmission electron diffraction apparatus with an electron beam having a probe diameter of 1 nm.

Abstract translation: 可以提供可用作晶体管等的半导体膜的结晶氧化物半导体膜。 特别地，提供了具有较少缺陷如晶界的结晶氧化物半导体膜。 本发明的一个实施方案是一种结晶氧化物半导体膜，其设置在基板上并且具有包括五个或更少区域的区域，其中当观察区域在一个范围内改变时观察到显示不连续点的透射电子衍射图案 使用具有探针直径为1nm的电子束的透射电子衍射装置。

公开(公告)号：US20150024544A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-22

申请号：US14508075

申请日：2014-10-07

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Yusuke NONAKA ,  Takayuki INOUE ,  Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Kengo AKIMOTO ,  Akiharu MIYANAGA

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L23/552

CPC classification number: H01L29/78606 ,  H01L23/552 ,  H01L23/564 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78696 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

Abstract: An object is to manufacture a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film, which has stable electric characteristics and high reliability. A crystalline oxide semiconductor film is formed, without performing a plurality of steps, as follows: by utilizing a difference in atomic weight of plural kinds of atoms included in an oxide semiconductor target, zinc with low atomic weight is preferentially deposited on an oxide insulating film to form a seed crystal including zinc; and tin, indium, or the like with high atomic weight is deposited on the seed crystal while causing crystal growth. Further, a crystalline oxide semiconductor film is formed by causing crystal growth using a seed crystal with a hexagonal crystal structure including zinc as a nucleus, whereby a single crystal oxide semiconductor film or a substantially single crystal oxide semiconductor film is formed.

公开(公告)号：US20150017762A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-15

申请号：US14502012

申请日：2014-09-30

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Kengo AKIMOTO ,  Miyuki HOSOBA ,  Masayuki SAKAKURA ,  Yoshiaki OIKAWA

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/477 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/02

CPC classification number: H01L21/477 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/02664 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1248 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L27/1259 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: An object is to provide a display device with excellent display characteristics, where a pixel circuit and a driver circuit provided over one substrate are formed using transistors which have different structures corresponding to characteristics of the respective circuits. The driver circuit portion includes a driver circuit transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using a metal film, and a channel layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel portion includes a pixel transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using an oxide conductor, and a semiconductor layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel transistor is formed using a light-transmitting material, and thus, a display device with higher aperture ratio can be manufactured.

公开(公告)号：US20140252345A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-11

申请号：US14196281

申请日：2014-03-04

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Ryosuke WATANABE

IPC: H01L31/0336 ,  H01L33/18

CPC classification number: G01R31/2656 ,  H01L21/02488 ,  H01L21/02554 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/02631 ,  H01L22/12 ,  H01L22/14 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: An oxide semiconductor film having high stability with respect to light irradiation or a semiconductor device having high stability with respect to light irradiation is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor film including an oxide in which light absorption is observed by a constant photocurrent method (CPM) in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 800 nm, and in which an absorption coefficient of a defect level, which is obtained by removing light absorption due to a band tail from the light absorption, is lower than or equal to 5×10−2/cm. Alternatively, a semiconductor device is manufactured using the semiconductor film.

Abstract translation: 提供了相对于光照射具有高稳定性的氧化物半导体膜或者相对于光照射具有高稳定性的半导体器件。 本发明的一个实施方案是包括氧化物的半导体膜，其中通过在400nm至800nm的波长范围内的恒定光电流方法（CPM）观察到光吸收，并且其中缺陷水平的吸收系数 是通过从光吸收中除去带尾的光吸收而得到的，小于或等于5×10-2 / cm。 或者，使用半导体膜制造半导体器件。

公开(公告)号：US20140191230A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-10

申请号：US14202737

申请日：2014-03-10

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tatsuya HONDA ,  Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Yusuke NONAKA ,  Takashi SHIMAZU

IPC: H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L29/78693 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base insulating film including silicon, an oxide semiconductor film over the base insulating film, a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode which is in contact with the gate insulating film and overlaps with at least the oxide semiconductor film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a region in which a concentration of silicon distributed from the interface with the base insulating film toward an inside of the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %. A crystal portion is included at least in the region.

Abstract translation: 半导体器件包括：基底绝缘膜，包括硅，在基底绝缘膜上的氧化物半导体膜，氧化物半导体膜上的栅极绝缘膜，与栅极绝缘膜接触并与至少氧化物重叠的栅极; 半导体膜，以及与氧化物半导体膜电连接的源电极和漏电极。 氧化物半导体膜包括从与基底绝缘膜的界面朝向氧化物半导体膜的内部分布的硅浓度低于或等于1.0at的区域。 ％。 晶体部分至少包括在该区域中。

公开(公告)号：US20140186997A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-03

申请号：US14196236

申请日：2014-03-04

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Kengo AKIMOTO ,  Miyuki HOSOBA ,  Masayuki SAKAKURA ,  Yoshiaki OIKAWA

IPC: H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L21/477 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/02664 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1248 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L27/1259 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: An object is to provide a display device with excellent display characteristics, where a pixel circuit and a driver circuit provided over one substrate are formed using transistors which have different structures corresponding to characteristics of the respective circuits. The driver circuit portion includes a driver circuit transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using a metal film, and a channel layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel portion includes a pixel transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using an oxide conductor, and a semiconductor layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel transistor is formed using a light-transmitting material, and thus, a display device with higher aperture ratio can be manufactured.

Abstract translation: 本发明的目的是提供具有优异显示特性的显示装置，其中使用具有对应于各个电路的特性的不同结构的晶体管形成设置在一个基板上的像素电路和驱动电路。 驱动器电路部分包括驱动电路晶体管，其中使用金属膜形成栅电极层，源电极层和漏电极层，并且使用氧化物半导体形成沟道层。 像素部分包括其中使用氧化物导体形成栅电极层，源电极层和漏电极层的像素晶体管，并且使用氧化物半导体形成半导体层。 像素晶体管使用透光材料形成，因此可以制造具有较高开口率的显示装置。

公开(公告)号：US20140183532A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-03

申请号：US14199257

申请日：2014-03-06

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Kengo AKIMOTO ,  Hiroki OHARA ,  Tatsuya HONDA ,  Takatsugu OMATA ,  Yusuke NONAKA ,  Masahiro TAKAHASHI ,  Akiharu MIYANAGA

IPC: H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L29/78696 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/1033 ,  H01L29/247 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693

Abstract: An oxide semiconductor film which has more stable electric conductivity is provided. Further, a semiconductor device which has stable electric characteristics and high reliability is provided by using the oxide semiconductor film. An oxide semiconductor film includes a crystalline region, and the crystalline region includes a crystal in which an a-b plane is substantially parallel with a surface of the film and a c-axis is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the film; the oxide semiconductor film has stable electric conductivity and is more electrically stable with respect to irradiation with visible light, ultraviolet light, and the like. By using such an oxide semiconductor film for a transistor, a highly reliable semiconductor device having stable electric characteristics can be provided.

Abstract translation: 提供了具有更稳定的导电性的氧化物半导体膜。 此外，通过使用氧化物半导体膜提供具有稳定的电特性和高可靠性的半导体器件。 氧化物半导体膜包括结晶区域，并且结晶区域包括其中a-b平面基本上平行于膜的表面并且c轴基本上垂直于膜的表面的晶体; 氧化物半导体膜具有稳定的导电性，并且相对于可见光，紫外线等的照射而言更加电稳定。 通过使用这种用于晶体管的氧化物半导体膜，可以提供具有稳定电特性的高可靠性半导体器件。

公开(公告)号：US20140113405A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-24

申请号：US14055970

申请日：2013-10-17

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Masashi TSUBUKU ,  Ryosuke WATANABE ,  Noritaka ISHIHARA ,  Masashi OOTA

IPC: H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L21/02422 ,  H01L21/02472 ,  H01L21/02483 ,  H01L21/02488 ,  H01L21/02502 ,  H01L21/02554 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/0262 ,  H01L21/02631 ,  H01L21/02664 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693

Abstract: To form an oxide semiconductor film with a low density of localized levels. To improve electric characteristics of a semiconductor device including the oxide semiconductor. After oxygen is added to an oxide film containing In or Ga in contact with an oxide semiconductor film functioning as a channel, heat treatment is performed to make oxygen in the oxide film containing In or Ga transfer to the oxide semiconductor film functioning as a channel, so that the amount of oxygen vacancies in the oxide semiconductor film is reduced. Further, an oxide film containing In or Ga is formed, oxygen is added to the oxide film, an oxide semiconductor film is formed over the oxide film, and then heat treatment is performed.

Abstract translation: 形成具有低密度局部化水平的氧化物半导体膜。 为了改善包括氧化物半导体的半导体器件的电特性。 在与用作沟道的氧化物半导体膜接触的含有In或Ga的氧化物膜上加氧后，进行热处理，使含有In或Ga的氧化物膜中的氧转移到作为通道发挥作用的氧化物半导体膜， 使得氧化物半导体膜中的氧空位量减少。 此外，形成含有In或Ga的氧化物膜，在氧化膜上添加氧，在氧化膜上形成氧化物半导体膜，然后进行热处理。