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Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

US5866930A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 1996
Grant dateFeb 2, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B69/00
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device comprises a first conducting layer, a first insulating layer formed on the first conducting layer, a second conducting layer formed on the first insulating layer and facing the first conducting layer, wherein, at least part of a peripheral portion of the region of at least one of the first and second conducting layers, in contact with the first insulating layer, includes an amorphous conducting layer made of a semiconductor, and the amorphous conducting layer contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, argon, chlorine, and fluorine and a total concentration of the at least one element falls within the range from 0.1 atomic % to 20 atomic %.

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