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Oxide semiconductor, thin film transistor, and display device

US9647137B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateMay 9, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D99/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object is to control composition and a defect of an oxide semiconductor, another object is to increase a field effect mobility of a thin film transistor and to obtain a sufficient on-off ratio with a reduced off current. A solution is to employ an oxide semiconductor whose composition is represented by InMO3(ZnO)m, where M is one or a plurality of elements selected from Ga, Fe, Ni, Mn, Co, and Al, and m is preferably a non-integer number of greater than 0 and less than 1. The concentration of Zn is lower than the concentrations of In and M. The oxide semiconductor has an amorphous structure. Oxide and nitride layers can be provided to prevent pollution and degradation of the oxide semiconductor.

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