公开(公告)号：US20180366326A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US16110396

申请日：2018-08-23

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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

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

Abstract: An object is to provide a high reliable semiconductor device including a thin film transistor having stable electric characteristics. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region, heat treatment (which is for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed so as to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor film and reduce impurities such as moisture. Besides impurities such as moisture existing in the oxide semiconductor film, heat treatment causes reduction of impurities such as moisture existing in the gate insulating layer and those in interfaces between the oxide semiconductor film and films which are provided over and below the oxide semiconductor film and are in contact with the oxide semiconductor film.

公开(公告)号：US20180158956A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15872154

申请日：2018-01-16

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Junichi KOEZUKA ,  Toshinari SASAKI ,  Katsuaki TOCHIBAYASHI ,  Shunpei YAMAZAKI

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  H01L27/15 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L27/146

CPC classification number: H01L29/78606 ,  G02F1/13306 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/134309 ,  G02F1/13439 ,  G02F1/136227 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2201/121 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1248 ,  H01L27/14612 ,  H01L27/14616 ,  H01L27/15 ,  H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/3262 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/7869

Abstract: A change in electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device including an interlayer insulating film over a transistor including an oxide semiconductor as a semiconductor film is suppressed. The structure includes a first insulating film which includes a void portion in a step region formed by a source electrode and a drain electrode over the semiconductor film and contains silicon oxide as a component, and a second insulating film containing silicon nitride, which is provided in contact with the first insulating film to cover the void portion in the first insulating film. The structure can prevent the void portion generated in the first insulating film from expanding outward.

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：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：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.

公开(公告)号：US20160190348A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-30

申请号：US15062276

申请日：2016-03-07

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Junichi KOEZUKA ,  Yukinori SHIMA ,  Hajime TOKUNAGA ,  Toshinari SASAKI ,  Keisuke MURAYAMA ,  Daisuke MATSUBAYASHI

IPC: H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/24

CPC classification number: H01L29/78696 ,  H01L21/022 ,  H01L21/02263 ,  H01L21/02554 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/0262 ,  H01L29/24 ,  H01L29/513 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78648 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693

Abstract: In a semiconductor device including a transistor including a gate electrode formed over a substrate, a gate insulating film covering the gate electrode, a multilayer film overlapping with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film provided therebetween, and a pair of electrodes in contact with the multilayer film, a first oxide insulating film covering the transistor, and a second oxide insulating film formed over the first oxide insulating film, the multilayer film includes an oxide semiconductor film and an oxide film containing In or Ga, the oxide semiconductor film has an amorphous structure or a microcrystalline structure, the first oxide insulating film is an oxide insulating film through which oxygen is permeated, and the second oxide insulating film is an oxide insulating film containing more oxygen than that in the stoichiometric composition.

Abstract translation: 在包括晶体管的半导体器件中，所述晶体管包括形成在衬底上的栅电极，覆盖栅电极的栅极绝缘膜，与栅电极重叠的多层膜，栅极绝缘膜设置在其间;以及一对电极， 多层膜，覆盖晶体管的第一氧化物绝缘膜和形成在第一氧化物绝缘膜上的第二氧化物绝缘膜，所述多层膜包括氧化物半导体膜和含有In或Ga的氧化物膜，所述氧化物半导体膜具有无定形 结构或微晶结构，所述第一氧化物绝缘膜是透过氧的氧化物绝缘膜，所述第二氧化物绝缘膜是比所述化学计量组成中含有氧更多的氧化物绝缘膜。

公开(公告)号：US20150318368A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-05

申请号：US14801130

申请日：2015-07-16

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Atsuo ISOBE ,  Toshinari SASAKI ,  Junichi KOEZUKA ,  Shunpei YAMAZAKI

IPC: H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/04 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L29/4238 ,  H01L21/02565 ,  H01L21/265 ,  H01L21/425 ,  H01L21/84 ,  H01L27/1085 ,  H01L27/10876 ,  H01L27/1156 ,  H01L27/1203 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L28/40 ,  H01L29/045 ,  H01L29/0847 ,  H01L29/66477 ,  H01L29/66742 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78603 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/78693

Abstract: It is an object to provide a semiconductor device in which a short-channel effect is suppressed and miniaturization is achieved, and a manufacturing method thereof. A trench is formed in an insulating layer and impurities are added to an oxide semiconductor film in contact with an upper end corner portion of the trench, whereby a source region and a drain region are formed. With the above structure, miniaturization can be achieved. Further, with the trench, a short-channel effect can be suppressed setting the depth of the trench as appropriate even when a distance between a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer is shortened.

Abstract translation: 本发明的目的是提供一种抑制短路效应并实现小型化的半导体器件及其制造方法。 在绝缘层中形成沟槽，并且将杂质添加到与沟槽的上端角部接触的氧化物半导体膜，由此形成源极区域和漏极区域。 利用上述结构，可以实现小型化。 此外，利用沟槽，即使当源电极层和漏电极层之间的距离缩短时，也可以适当地抑制沟槽的深度适当地设定短沟道效应。

公开(公告)号：US20150279668A1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-01

申请号：US14678119

申请日：2015-04-03

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yuta ENDO ,  Toshinari SASAKI ,  Kosei NODA ,  Mizuho SATO

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/66

CPC classification number: H01L21/02554 ,  H01L21/02488 ,  H01L21/02664 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L29/4908 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/7869

Abstract: An insulating layer containing a silicon peroxide radical is used as an insulating layer in contact with an oxide semiconductor layer for forming a channel. Oxygen is released from the insulating layer, whereby oxygen deficiency in the oxide semiconductor layer and an interface state between the insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer can be reduced. Accordingly, a semiconductor device where reliability is high and variation in electric characteristics is small can be manufactured.

Abstract translation: 使用含有硅氧化物自由基的绝缘层作为与用于形成沟道的氧化物半导体层接触的绝缘层。 氧从绝缘层释放，由此可以减少氧化物半导体层中的氧缺乏和绝缘层与氧化物半导体层之间的界面状态。 因此，可以制造可靠性高，电特性变化小的半导体装置。