SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
- a gate electrode over a substrate having an insulating surface;
a first insulating film over the gate electrode;
an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating film;
a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor layer; and
a conductive film over the oxide semiconductor layer,wherein a first region in which the oxide semiconductor layer and the second insulating film are contact with each other overlaps with at least part of the gate electrode, andwherein a thickness of the oxide semiconductor layer in a second region in which the oxide semiconductor layer and the conductive film are in contact with each other is smaller than a thickness of the oxide semiconductor layer in the first region.
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Abstract
In an active matrix display device, electric characteristics of thin film transistors included in a circuit are important, and performance of the display device depends on the electric characteristics. Thus, by using an oxide semiconductor film including In, Ga, and Zn for an inverted staggered thin film transistor, variation in electric characteristics of the thin film transistor can be reduced. Three layers of a gate insulating film, an oxide semiconductor layer and a channel protective layer are successively formed by a sputtering method without being exposed to air. Further, in the oxide semiconductor layer, the thickness of a region overlapping with the channel protective film is larger than that of a region in contact with a conductive film.
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19 Claims
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a gate electrode over a substrate having an insulating surface; a first insulating film over the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating film; a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor layer; and a conductive film over the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein a first region in which the oxide semiconductor layer and the second insulating film are contact with each other overlaps with at least part of the gate electrode, and wherein a thickness of the oxide semiconductor layer in a second region in which the oxide semiconductor layer and the conductive film are in contact with each other is smaller than a thickness of the oxide semiconductor layer in the first region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
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forming a gate electrode over a substrate having an insulating surface; forming a stacked layer in which a first insulating film is formed over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer is formed over the first insulating film, and a second insulating film is formed over the oxide semiconductor layer by sputtering without being exposed to air; forming a protective film in a region overlapping with the gate electrode by selectively etching the second insulating film; etching an upper layer of the oxide semiconductor layer with the protective film as a mask; forming a conductive film over the oxide semiconductor layer and the protective film; and selectively etching the conductive film with the protective film used as an etching stopper. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
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forming a gate electrode over a substrate having an insulating surface; forming a stacked layer in which a first insulating film is formed over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer is formed over the first insulating film, and a second insulating film is formed over the oxide semiconductor layer by sputtering without being exposed to air; forming a protective film in a region overlapping with the gate electrode by selectively etching the second insulating film; etching an upper layer of the oxide semiconductor layer with the protective film as a mask; forming a conductive film over the oxide semiconductor layer and the protective film; and selectively etching the conductive film with the protective film used as an etching stopper, wherein the first insulating film and the oxide semiconductor layer are formed in the same chamber. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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