公开(公告)号：US20170330751A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-16

申请号：US15665689

申请日：2017-08-01

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Toshinari SASAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Hiroki OHARA ,  Shunpei YAMAZAKI

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L27/12

CPC classification number: H01L21/02664 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/7869

Abstract: It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor having stable electric characteristics. It is another object to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device at lower cost with high productivity. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor where a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region using an oxide semiconductor layer, a source region, and a drain region are formed using an oxide semiconductor layer, heat treatment for reducing impurities such as moisture (heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed so as to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor layer.

公开(公告)号：US20170301538A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15636744

申请日：2017-06-29

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Makoto FURUNO

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  C23C14/00 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/49 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L27/115 ,  H01L27/06 ,  H01L21/8232 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/08 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L21/02266 ,  C23C14/0036 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/3407 ,  C23C14/3414 ,  H01L21/02112 ,  H01L21/8232 ,  H01L27/0688 ,  H01L27/11521 ,  H01L27/11551 ,  H01L27/1156 ,  H01L27/1207 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L28/60 ,  H01L29/4908 ,  H01L29/66477 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78645 ,  H01L29/7869

Abstract: An object is to provide a deposition method in which a gallium oxide film is formed by a DC sputtering method. Another object is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a gallium oxide film as an insulating layer such as a gate insulating layer of a transistor. An insulating film is formed by a DC sputtering method or a pulsed DC sputtering method, using an oxide target including gallium oxide (also referred to as GaOX). The oxide target includes GaOX, and X is less than 1.5, preferably more than or equal to 0.01 and less than or equal to 0.5, further preferably more than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 0.2. The oxide target has conductivity, and sputtering is performed in an oxygen gas atmosphere or a mixed atmosphere of an oxygen gas and a rare gas such as argon.

公开(公告)号：US20170025448A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-26

申请号：US15285661

申请日：2016-10-05

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jun KOYAMA ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Tetsunori MARUYAMA ,  Yuki IMOTO ,  Yuji ASANO ,  Junichi KOEZUKA

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/24

CPC classification number: H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/127 ,  H01L28/20 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/7869

Abstract: The silicon nitride layer 910 formed by plasma CVD using a gas containing a hydrogen compound such as silane (SiH4) and ammonia (NH3) is provided on and in direct contact with the oxide semiconductor layer 905 used for the resistor 354, and the silicon nitride layer 910 is provided over the oxide semiconductor layer 906 used for the thin film transistor 355 with the silicon oxide layer 909 serving as a barrier layer interposed therebetween. Therefore, a higher concentration of hydrogen is introduced into the oxide semiconductor layer 905 than into the oxide semiconductor layer 906. As a result, the resistance of the oxide semiconductor layer 905 used for the resistor 354 is made lower than that of the oxide semiconductor layer 906 used for the thin film transistor 355.

Abstract translation: 通过使用含有氢化合物如硅烷（SiH 4）和氨（NH 3）的气体的等离子体CVD形成的氮化硅层910设置在与用于电阻器354的氧化物半导体层905上并直接接触，并且氮化硅 在用于薄膜晶体管355的氧化物半导体层906上设置层910，氧化硅层909用作阻挡层。 因此，与氧化物半导体层906相比，在氧化物半导体层905中引入更高浓度的氢。结果，使用于电阻器354的氧化物半导体层905的电阻比氧化物半导体层的电阻低 906用于薄膜晶体管355。

公开(公告)号：US20170005118A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-05

申请号：US15265932

申请日：2016-09-15

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L21/385

CPC classification number: H01L27/1225 ,  H01L21/385 ,  H01L27/1214 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/127 ,  H01L27/1288 ,  H01L29/4908 ,  H01L29/78648 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L33/0041 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

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 which each have a shape whose end portions are located on an inner side than end portions of the semiconductor layer. In the thin film transistor in the driver circuit portion, the semiconductor layer is provided between a gate electrode layer and a conductive layer. The first wiring and the second wiring are electrically connected in an opening provided in a gate insulating layer 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，每个源电极层和漏极电极层的端部位于比半导体层的端部更靠内侧的形状。 在驱动电路部分的薄膜晶体管中，半导体层设置在栅电极层和导电层之间。 第一布线和第二布线通过氧化物导电层在设置在栅极绝缘层中的开口中电连接。

公开(公告)号：US20160365460A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-15

申请号：US15246853

申请日：2016-08-25

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/24 ,  G11C19/28 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F1/133 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/1368

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.

公开(公告)号：US20160308035A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US15193827

申请日：2016-06-27

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Toshinari SASAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Hiroki OHARA ,  Shunpei YAMAZAKI

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/12

CPC classification number: H01L29/66969 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/42356 ,  H01L29/42384 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor having stable electric characteristics. It is another object to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device at lower cost with high productivity. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes a thin film transistor where a semiconductor layer having a channel formation region, a source region, and a drain region are formed using an oxide semiconductor layer, heat treatment (heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed so as to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor layer and reduce impurities such as moisture. Moreover, the oxide semiconductor layer subjected to the heat treatment is slowly cooled under an oxygen atmosphere.

公开(公告)号：US20160307925A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US15191644

申请日：2016-06-24

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Hiroki OHARA ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Toshinari SASAKI ,  Miyuki HOSOBA

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L21/477 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/127 ,  H01L21/477 ,  H01L27/1214 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L27/1274 ,  H01L27/1296 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693

Abstract: An object is to manufacture and provide a highly reliable semiconductor device including a thin film transistor with stable electric characteristics. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor in which a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region serves as an oxide semiconductor film, heat treatment for reducing impurities such as moisture (heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed after an oxide insulating film serving as a protective film is formed in contact with an oxide semiconductor layer. Then, the impurities such as moisture, which exist not only in a source electrode layer, in a drain electrode layer, in a gate insulating layer, and in the oxide semiconductor layer but also at interfaces between the oxide semiconductor film and upper and lower films which are in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, are reduced.

公开(公告)号：US20160284865A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-29

申请号：US15171292

申请日：2016-06-02

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Toshinari SASAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Masashi TSUBUKU

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/423

CPC classification number: H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1214 ,  H01L27/1248 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/3248 ,  H01L27/3262 ,  H01L27/3265 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/42356 ,  H01L29/45 ,  H01L29/458 ,  H01L29/4908 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693

Abstract: It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable display device using a thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics and high reliability as a switching element. In a bottom gate thin film transistor including an amorphous oxide semiconductor, an oxide conductive layer having a crystal region is formed between an oxide semiconductor layer which has been dehydrated or dehydrogenated by heat treatment and each of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer which are formed using a metal material. Accordingly, contact resistance between the oxide semiconductor layer and each of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer can be reduced; thus, a thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics and a highly reliable display device using the thin film transistor can be provided.

公开(公告)号：US20160268359A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-15

申请号：US15161363

申请日：2016-05-23

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shunpei YAMAZAKI ,  Junichiro SAKATA ,  Hiroki OHARA ,  Hideaki KUWABARA

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/3262 ,  G06F1/163 ,  H01L21/02614 ,  H01L27/1218 ,  H01L27/1222 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78603 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78696 ,  H04B1/16

Abstract: One object is to provide a semiconductor device with a structure which enables reduction in parasitic capacitance sufficiently between wirings. In a bottom-gate type thin film transistor including a stacked layer of a first layer which is a metal thin film oxidized partly or entirely and an oxide semiconductor layer, the following oxide insulating layers are formed together: an oxide insulating layer serving as a channel protective layer which is over and in contact with a part of the oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer; and an oxide insulating layer which covers a peripheral portion and a side surface of the stacked oxide semiconductor layer.

公开(公告)号：US20160225797A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-04

申请号：US15096663

申请日：2016-04-12

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Junichiro SAKATA ,  Toshinari SASAKI ,  Miyuki HOSOBA

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/1225 ,  H01L21/02554 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/02631 ,  H01L27/1218 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L27/127 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78633 ,  H01L29/78645 ,  H01L29/78648 ,  H01L29/78654 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78696

Abstract: An object is to provide a display device which operates stably with use of a transistor having stable electric characteristics. In manufacture of a display device using transistors in which an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a channel formation region, a gate electrode is further provided over at least a transistor which is applied to a driver circuit. In manufacture of a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a channel formation region, the oxide semiconductor layer is subjected to heat treatment so as to be dehydrated or dehydrogenated; thus, impurities such as moisture existing in an interface between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate insulating layer provided below and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and an interface between the oxide semiconductor layer and a protective insulating layer provided on and in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer can be reduced.