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公开(公告)号:US20240395941A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-28
申请号:US18792762
申请日:2024-08-02
Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Shunpei YAMAZAKI , Masahiro TAKAHASHI , Tatsuya HONDA , Takehisa HATANO
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L29/00 , H01L29/04 , H01L29/12 , H01L29/20 , H01L29/22 , H01L29/24 , H01L29/26 , H01L29/772
Abstract: Provided is a structure of a transistor, which enables a so-called normally-off switching element, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a structure of a semiconductor device which achieves high-speed response and high-speed operation by improving on characteristics of a transistor, and a manufacturing method thereof. Provided is a highly reliable semiconductor device. In the transistor in which a semiconductor layer, source and drain electrode layers, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode layer are stacked in that order. As the semiconductor layer, an oxide semiconductor layer which contains at least four kinds of elements of indium, gallium, zinc, and oxygen, and has a composition ratio (atomic percentage) of indium as twice or more as a composition ratio of gallium and a composition ratio of zinc, is used.
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公开(公告)号:US20240079499A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18381668
申请日:2023-10-19
Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Masahiro TAKAHASHI , Kengo AKIMOTO , Shunpei YAMAZAKI
IPC: H01L29/786 , C01G15/00 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1368 , H01L21/02 , H01L27/12 , H01L29/04 , H01L29/24 , H01L29/66
CPC classification number: H01L29/7869 , C01G15/006 , G02F1/134309 , G02F1/136213 , G02F1/1368 , H01L21/02565 , H01L21/02609 , H01L27/1225 , H01L27/1285 , H01L29/045 , H01L29/24 , H01L29/66969 , H01L29/78696 , H10K59/1213
Abstract: To provide an oxide semiconductor film having stable electric conductivity and a highly reliable semiconductor device having stable electric characteristics by using the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film contains indium (In), gallium (Ga), and zinc (Zn) and includes a c-axis-aligned crystalline region aligned in the direction parallel to a normal vector of a surface where the oxide semiconductor film is formed. Further, the composition of the c-axis-aligned crystalline region is represented by In1+δGa1−δO3(ZnO)m (0
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公开(公告)号:US20230307622A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18202449
申请日:2023-05-26
Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yohei MOMMA , Takahiro KAWAKAMI , Teruaki OCHIAI , Masahiro TAKAHASHI
IPC: H01M4/46 , H01M4/1391 , H01M4/62 , H01M4/36 , C01G51/00 , H01M4/525 , H01M4/131 , H01M10/0525
CPC classification number: H01M4/466 , H01M4/1391 , H01M4/62 , H01M4/366 , C01G51/42 , H01M4/525 , H01M4/625 , H01M4/131 , H01M10/0525 , C01P2002/85 , C01P2004/04 , C01P2006/40 , C01P2002/00 , G01N23/2273
Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery having favorable cycle characteristics and high capacity. A covering layer containing aluminum and a covering layer containing magnesium are provided on a superficial portion of the positive electrode active material. The covering layer containing magnesium exists in a region closer to a particle surface than the covering layer containing aluminum is. The covering layer containing aluminum can be formed by a sol-gel method using an aluminum alkoxide. The covering layer containing magnesium can be formed as follows: magnesium and fluorine are mixed as a starting material and then subjected to heating after the sol-gel step, so that magnesium is segregated.
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公开(公告)号:US20230290926A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-14
申请号:US18200204
申请日:2023-05-22
Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Teruaki OCHIAI , Takahiro KAWAKAMI , Mayumi MIKAMI , Yohei MOMMA , Masahiro TAKAHASHI , Ayae TSURUTA
IPC: H01M4/131 , H01M4/1315 , H01M4/1391 , H01M4/62 , H01M4/13915 , H01M4/134 , H01M4/36 , H01M4/525 , H01M4/86
CPC classification number: H01M4/131 , H01M4/1315 , H01M4/1391 , H01M4/625 , H01M4/13915 , H01M4/134 , H01M4/366 , H01M4/525 , H01M4/8657 , H01M2004/021
Abstract: A positive electrode active material which can improve cycle characteristics of a secondary battery is provided. Two kinds of regions are provided in a superficial portion of a positive electrode active material such as lithium cobaltate which has a layered rock-salt crystal structure. The inner region is a non-stoichiometric compound containing a transition metal such as titanium, and the outer region is a compound of representative elements such as magnesium oxide. The two kinds of regions each have a rock-salt crystal structure. The inner layered rock-salt crystal structure and the two kinds of regions in the superficial portion are topotaxy; thus, a change of the crystal structure of the positive electrode active material generated by charging and discharging can be effectively suppressed. In addition, since the outer coating layer in contact with an electrolyte solution is the compound of representative elements which is chemically stable, the secondary battery having excellent cycle characteristics can be obtained.
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公开(公告)号:US20230269949A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US18043669
申请日:2021-08-26
Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Shunpei YAMAZAKI , Yasuhiro JINBO , Hitoshi KUNITAKE , Yuji EGI , Masahiro TAKAHASHI , Shuntaro KOCHI
IPC: H10B53/30 , H10B53/10 , H01L29/786 , H01L29/66
CPC classification number: H10B53/30 , H10B53/10 , H01L29/78696 , H01L29/7869 , H01L29/6675
Abstract: A material having favorable ferroelectricity is provided. An embodiment of the present invention is a metal oxide film including a first layer and a second layer. The first layer contains first oxygen and hafnium, and the second layer contains second oxygen and zirconium. The hafnium and the zirconium are bonded to each other with the first oxygen positioned therebetween, and the second oxygen is bonded to the zirconium.
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公开(公告)号:US20220238718A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17616426
申请日:2020-06-01
Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Tomosato KANAGAWA , Masahiro TAKAHASHI
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L27/108 , H01L27/12 , H01L29/24
Abstract: A novel metal oxide is provided. The metal oxide includes a crystal. The crystal has a structure in which a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer are stacked. The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are each substantially parallel to a formation surface of the metal oxide. The first layer includes a first metal and oxygen. The second layer includes a second metal and oxygen. The third layer includes a third metal and oxygen. The first layer has an octahedral structure. The second layer has a trigonal bipyramidal structure or a tetrahedral structure. The third layer has a trigonal bipyramidal structure or a tetrahedral structure. The octahedral structure of the first layer includes an atom of the first metal at a center. The trigonal bipyramidal structure or the tetrahedral structure of the second layer includes an atom of the second metal at a center. The trigonal bipyramidal structure or the tetrahedral structure of the third layer includes an atom of the third metal at a center. The valence of the first metal is equal to the valence of the second metal. The valence of the first metal is different from the valence of the third metal.
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公开(公告)号:US20220173394A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-02
申请号:US17441808
申请日:2020-03-23
Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yohei MOMMA , Teruaki OCHIAI , Mayumi MIKAMI , Jo SAITO , Masahiro TAKAHASHI
Abstract: A method for forming a positive electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The method for forming a positive electrode active material includes a first step of placing a first container in which a mixture of a lithium oxide, a fluoride, and a magnesium compound are put, in a heating furnace, a second step of providing an atmosphere including oxygen in an inside of the heating furnace, and a third step of heating the inside of the heating furnace. The third step is performed after the first step and the second step are performed. Preferably, an atmosphere including oxygen is provided in the heating furnace before the inside of the heating furnace is heated. More preferably, the fluoride is lithium fluoride and the magnesium compound is magnesium fluoride.
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公开(公告)号:US20210280718A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-09
申请号:US17257921
申请日:2019-07-16
Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Daisuke MATSUBAYASHI , Yuichi YANAGISAWA , Masahiro TAKAHASHI
IPC: H01L29/786 , H01L29/10
Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device in which first to third conductors are placed over a first oxide; first and second oxide insulators are placed respectively over the second and third conductors; a second oxide is placed in contact with a side surface of the first oxide insulator, a side surface of the second oxide insulator, and a top surface of the first oxide; a first insulator is placed between the first conductor and the second oxide; and the first oxide insulator and the second oxide insulator are not in contact with the first to third conductors, the first insulator, and the first oxide.
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公开(公告)号:US20210225887A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-22
申请号:US17144550
申请日:2021-01-08
Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Masahiro TAKAHASHI , Takuya HIROHASHI , Masashi TSUBUKU , Noritaka ISHIHARA , Masashi OOTA
IPC: H01L27/12 , H01L29/04 , H01L21/66 , H01L29/24 , G02F1/1368 , G01N23/207 , H01L29/66 , C23C14/08 , H01L29/786
Abstract: A metal oxide film including a crystal part and having highly stable physical properties is provided. The size of the crystal part is less than or equal to 10 nm, which allows the observation of circumferentially arranged spots in a nanobeam electron diffraction pattern of the cross section of the metal oxide film when the measurement area is greater than or equal to 5 nmφ and less than or equal to 10 nmφ.
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公开(公告)号:US20210020935A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
申请号:US17036611
申请日:2020-09-29
Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Inventor: Masahiro TAKAHASHI , Mayumi MIKAMI , Yohei MOMMA , Teruaki OCHIAI , Jyo SAITOU
IPC: H01M4/525 , C01G51/00 , C01G53/00 , H01M10/0525
Abstract: A positive electrode active material has a small difference in a crystal structure between the charged state and the discharged state. For example, the crystal structure and volume of the positive electrode active material, which has a layered rock-salt crystal structure in the discharged state and a pseudo-spinel crystal structure in the charged state at a high voltage of approximately 4.6 V, are less likely to be changed by charging and discharging as compared with those of a known positive electrode active material. In order to form the positive electrode active material having the pseudo-spinel crystal structure in the charged state, it is preferable that a halogen source such as a fluorine and a magnesium source be mixed with particles of a composite oxide containing lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen, which is synthesized in advance, and then the mixture be heated at an appropriate temperature for an appropriate time.
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