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Oxide semiconductor film and semiconductor device

US8492758B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 2010
Grant dateJul 23, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/6729
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device with good electrical characteristics and a display device including the semiconductor device as a switching element. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a needle crystal group provided on at least one surface side of the oxide semiconductor layer grows in a c-axis direction perpendicular to the surface and includes an a-b plane parallel to the surface, and a portion except for the needle crystal group is an amorphous region or a region in which amorphousness and microcrystals are mixed. Accordingly, a highly reliable semiconductor device with good electrical characteristics can be formed.

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