Thin film transistor and organic EL display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10008611-B2
Application number	US-201515321975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2015
Priority date	Jun 26, 2014
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

A thin film transistor includes: a substrate; an undercoat layer disposed on the substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer formed above the undercoat layer and including at least indium; a gate insulating layer located opposite the undercoat layer with the oxide semiconductor layer being between the gate insulating layer and the undercoat layer; a gate electrode located opposite the oxide semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer being between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein fluorine is included in a region which is an internal region in the oxide semiconductor layer and is close to the undercoat layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thin film transistor comprising:
a substrate;
an inorganic layer disposed on the substrate;
an oxide semiconductor layer formed above the inorganic layer and including at least indium, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises:
a first region containing fluorine, and
a second region free of fluorine, wherein the first region is between the second region and the inorganic layer;

an insulating layer located opposite the inorganic layer with the oxide semiconductor layer being between the insulating layer and the inorganic layer;
a gate electrode located opposite the oxide semiconductor layer with the insulating layer being between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; and
a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer.

2. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inorganic layer is an undercoat layer including silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride and is formed on a top surface of the substrate.

3. The thin film transistor according to claim 2 ,
wherein the inorganic layer is formed by stacking insulating films.

4. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inorganic layer is a layer including amorphous silicon as a main component and is formed on an under surface of the substrate.

5. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein a fluorine concentration of the first region closer to the inorganic layer in the oxide semiconductor layer is higher than a fluorine concentration of the first region close to the second region.

6. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first region has a fluorine concentration gradient in a thickness direction.

7. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first region has a film thickness of at least 15 nm.

8. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first region has a film thickness of at least 20 nm.

9. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein a fluorine concentration of the oxide semiconductor layer is higher than a hydrogen concentration of the oxide semiconductor layer.

10. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,
wherein metallic elements included in the oxide semiconductor layer further include at least one of gallium or zinc.

11. An organic EL display device including the thin film transistor according to claim 1 , the organic EL display device comprising:
pixels arranged in a matrix; and
organic EL elements each formed corresponding to a different one of the pixels,
wherein the thin film transistor is a driving transistor which drives the organic EL elements.

Assignees

• Joled Inc

Inventors

• Matsumoto Mitsutaka
• Kanegae Arinobu

Classifications

• H10P32/17

  characterised by the semiconductor material · CPC title

• H10P32/14

  within a single semiconductor body or layer in a solid phase; between different semiconductor bodies or layers, both in a solid phase · CPC title

• H10P32/12

  between a solid phase and a gaseous phase · CPC title

• H10P14/692

  composed of oxides, glassy oxides or oxide-based glasses · CPC title

• H10P14/69

  Inorganic materials · CPC title