Semiconductor device, display device including the semiconductor device, display module including the display device, and electronic appliance including the semiconductor device, the display device, and the display module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9564535-B2
Application number	US-201514632381-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2015
Priority date	Feb 28, 2014
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A change in electrical characteristics is inhibited and reliability is improved in a semiconductor device using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor. One embodiment of a semiconductor device including a transistor includes a gate electrode, first and second insulating films over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the second insulating film, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. A third insulating film is provided over the transistor and a fourth insulating film is provided over the third insulating film. The third insulating film includes oxygen. The fourth insulating film includes nitrogen. The amount of oxygen released from the third insulating film is 1×10 19 /cm 3 or more by thermal desorption spectroscopy, which is estimated as oxygen molecules. The amount of oxygen molecules released from the fourth insulating film is less than 1×10 19 /cm 3 .

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a transistor comprising:
a gate electrode;
a first insulating film over the gate electrode;
a second insulating film over the first insulating film;
an oxide semiconductor film over the second insulating film;
a source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; and
a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;

a third insulating film over the transistor;
a fourth insulating film over the third insulating film; and
a fifth insulating film on and in direct contact with the fourth insulating film,
wherein the fourth insulating film comprises oxygen,
wherein the fifth insulating film comprises nitrogen,
wherein the third insulating film has a spin density corresponding to a signal that appears at g=2.001 lower than or equal to 3×10 17 spins/cm 3 by electron spin resonance measurement,
wherein an amount of oxygen molecules released from the fourth insulating film is greater than or equal to 1×10 19 /cm 3 when measured by thermal desorption spectroscopy, and
wherein an amount of oxygen molecules released from the fifth insulating film is less than 1×10 19 /cm 3 when measured by the thermal desorption spectroscopy.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth insulating film further comprises nitrogen and silicon.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth insulating film further comprises silicon.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film comprises nitrogen and silicon.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises O, In, Zn, and M and
wherein the M is one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, and Hf.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes a crystal part, and
wherein the crystal part includes a portion whose c-axis is a parallel to a normal vector of a surface where the oxide semiconductor film is formed.

7. A display device comprising:
the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ; and
a display element.

8. An electronic appliance comprising:
the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ; and
an operation key or a battery.

9. A semiconductor device comprising:
a transistor comprising:
a gate electrode;
a first insulating film over the gate electrode;
a second insulating film over the first insulating film;
an oxide semiconductor film over the second insulating film;
a third insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film;
a fourth insulating film over the third insulating film;
a source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; and
a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film; and

a fifth insulating film on and in direct contact with the fourth insulating film;
wherein the fourth insulating film comprises oxygen,
wherein the fifth insulating film comprises nitrogen,
wherein the third insulating film has a spin density corresponding to a signal that appears at g=2.001 lower than or equal to 3×10 17 spins/cm 3 by electron spin resonance measurement,
wherein an amount of oxygen molecules released from the third insulating film is greater than or equal to 1×10 19 /cm 3 when measured by thermal desorption spectroscopy, and
wherein an amount of oxygen molecules released from the fourth insulating film is less than 1×10 19 /cm 3 when measured by the thermal desorption spectroscopy.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the fourth insulating film further comprises nitrogen and silicon.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the fifth insulating film further comprises silicon.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the first insulating film comprises nitrogen and silicon.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises O, In, Zn, and M and
wherein the M is one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ga, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, and Hf.

14. A display device comprising:
the semiconductor device according to claim 9 ; and
a display element.

15. A display module comprising:
the display device according to claim 14 ; and
a touch sensor.

16. An electronic appliance comprising:
the semiconductor device according to claim 9 ; and
an operation key or a battery.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fifth insulating film is silicon nitride or aluminum nitride.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fourth insulating film is silicon nitride oxide or silicon oxide,
wherein the fifth insulating film is silicon nitride or aluminum nitride.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the fifth insulating film is silicon nitride or aluminum nitride.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the fourth insulating film is silicon nitride oxide or silicon oxide,
wherein the fifth insulating film is silicon nitride or aluminum nitride.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Yamazaki Shunpei
• Koezuka Junichi
• Jintyou Masami
• Kurosaki Daisuke

Classifications

• H10D30/6704

  having supplementary regions or layers in the thin films or in the insulated bulk substrates for controlling properties of the device · CPC title

• H10D30/6755 Primary

  Oxide semiconductors, e.g. zinc oxide, copper aluminium oxide or cadmium stannate · CPC title

• H01L29/66969

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L29/7869 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L29/24

  Electricity · mapped topic