Patent · US Active

Semiconductor device comprising an oxide semiconductor

US9287117B2 · kind B2 · utility

22Cited by
29References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 2013
Grant dateMar 15, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 11, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/80
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To provide a highly reliable semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor by suppression of change in its electrical characteristics. Oxygen is supplied from a base insulating layer provided below an oxide semiconductor layer and a gate insulating layer provided over the oxide semiconductor layer to a region where a channel is formed, whereby oxygen vacancies which might be generated in the channel are filled. Further, extraction of oxygen from the oxide semiconductor layer by a source electrode layer or a drain electrode layer in the vicinity of the channel formed in the oxide semiconductor layer is suppressed, whereby oxygen vacancies which might be generated in a channel are suppressed.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.