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Stable amorphous metal oxide semiconductor

US9306078B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2008
Grant dateApr 5, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K50/11
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thin film semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer including a mixture of an amorphous semiconductor ionic metal oxide and an amorphous insulating covalent metal oxide. A pair of terminals is positioned in communication with the semiconductor layer and define a conductive channel, and a gate terminal is positioned in communication with the conductive channel and further positioned to control conduction of the channel. The invention further includes a method of depositing the mixture including using nitrogen during the deposition process to control the carrier concentration in the resulting semiconductor layer.

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